Christmas Links #3

 
"A Christmas lights show is due to go ahead despite the theft of £80,000 worth of copper cabling.  Months of planning had gone into the Light Up Sir Harold Hillier Gardens At Christmas event in Romsey, organisers said."

"Avril Douglas says she has been 'stabbed in the back' for her part in the display."

"Bernard Falk reports on Christmas in Northern Ireland, as the bombs and killings continue."

"On New Year’s Eve in 1972, a group of Ukrainians set out to carol — a seemingly innocent holiday tradition. But for the KGB, the Soviet Union’s security services, this was no ordinary celebration. As the carolers moved from house to house, their movements were tracked."

"This week: it’s English local government reform a-go-go! Also: a map of London’s first, long-forgotten Overground Network; and two charts summing up all US presidential history."

"Christmas in Middle-Earth is the infectious musical brainchild of actor/musicians Brendan Dalton. A one-time Blue Man, Dalton used his free time during the height of pandemic life to compose an album's worth of Tolkien-inspired Christmas jams."

"On the festive Life Day, Rey and BB-8 embark on an epic adventure across Star Wars history."

"Sophie Ellis-Bextor has a stocking full of essential festive tunes - nothing but the favourites that you know and love."

"Lib Dem leader teams up with choir of young carers to record a version of their self-penned song, Love is Enough."

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