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An English Christmas Day

5 hours ago ago from Squashed Tomatoes

And so as not to forget my roots, and to be sure the children get a little English culture, we have to celebrate Christmas the English way too After the opening of the Christmas stockings at a ridiculously early hour (chocolate coins and tangerines included), and the playing of new gifts, it was outside to make a few snowmen (Of course this wouldn't really happen in England as we rarely have enough snow), but anyway, it ...

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Quirky Christmas Traditions Worldwide

13 hours ago ago from race42008.com

Fun, quirky & strange Christmas traditions around the world Bring your roller skates to Caracas, Venezuela , where they block the streets on Christmas Eve so that locals can roller-skate to church for Christmas service. Don't swat the tree in Ukraine , where a fake spider and spider's web are placed on Christmas trees for decoration. It is believed that a spider web found on Christmas morning is a sign of good luck for the coming year. On ...

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Merry Christmas!

7 hours ago ago from Reference Man

Only in my family does Christmas Eve consist of a Handel's Messiah sing-along. I don't just mean the Hallelujah Chorus; I mean the entire first part, sung out of three copies of the musical score, accompanied by The English Concert & Choir. Christmas goodies, besides the fun of being around family, include the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary and The Beatles: Rock Band , which is a lot more inclusive to the elder generation than regular ...

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Weird Little Friend

16 hours ago ago from Secret forest

There are no stuffed stockings in Catalan homes at Christmas, but a log. A shitting log, to be precise. He's named Tió and his sole purpose is to bring little gifts to the children. Firstly, a month before Christmas, the youngsters feed the Tió. He especially likes tangerine peels, and he eats at night. At Christmas Day, he's allowed to enter the dining room; the children are told to go to another room to cool a stick with which they ...

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Christmas Facts

19 hours ago ago from Fear The AoD!!!

Merry Christmas to all my readers. Here's a list of gathered Christmas facts and trivia. enjoy. "Hot cockles" was a popular game at Christmas in medieval times. It was a game in which the other players took turns striking the blindfolded player, who had to guess the name of the person delivering each blow. "Hot cockles" was still a Christmas pastime until the Victorian era. "White Christmas" (1954), starring Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye, ...

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Richard (RJ) Eskow: An American Christmas Playlist

17 hours ago ago from Huffington Post

American music gives us more than enough to provide a great list of songs to play this Christmas. Since I was unable to finish my own Christmas single - maybe I'll have the time and money next year - I dug up twelve songs from a variety of styles to inspire you on the holiday. One for each day of Christmas ... "Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto," James Brown - "... and tell 'em James Brown sent you." A solid funk groove creates the ...

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Asylum's Happy Holiday Roundup

21 hours ago ago from Asylum

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