Christmas Links #5

 
"December is here and the spirit of Christmas is spreading across Somerset, from the famous market in Bath down to Weston-super-Mare."

"Kelly Scott joined the Wildcats of Kilkenny, Finn Forster, and the Globe Community Choir for Middlesbrough's Christmas lights switch on."

"Play School goes "through the square window" to the village of Bonsall, where a stagecoach gives the local school children a ride to the Christmas fair. Carol Leader and Ted Moult join children from Bonsall School and Churchtown School."

"Liverpool Cathedral is dazzling once again as its immersive light installation returns for Christmas 2024."

"A hearty helping of vintage comedies, stuffed with laughs and spiced with Christmas cheer."

"Christmas as we know it would not exist without them."

"All-star version of Do They Know It’s Christmas?, spliced together from previous versions, falls short of the No 1 success of those earlier hits."

"The Academy Award winner shows off her versatility with a wistful new holiday song."
on Saturday, November 30, 2024 0 comments Labels:

Christmas Links #4

 
'I love Christmas but I've got no one to put my tree up':
"Christine from Lightwood mentioned to Stuart George that she'd love a Christmas tree this year but doesn't have anyone to help her put it up. Stuart couldn't have that, so went to help."

"At a time of environmental loss and climate chaos, should we be cutting down living trees just for the Christmas period? We delve deeper..."

"When you visit the uBlock Origin page on the Chrome Web Store in Google Chrome, you see a notification near the top that states that the extension is no longer available."

"Escape rooms, murder mystery experiences and crazy golf are replacing traditional boozy lunches."

"In medieval times, Christmas celebrations carried on for multiple raucous days and nights."

"In the past on Black Friday™ I used to live blog it for the Guardian, initially as a pseudo-affiliate marketing link ploy, and in later years with a view to promoting small sustainable businesses in the UK that got in touch to promote things, which felt more on-brand."

"Gingerbread is associated with a number of things - Christmas, being an excellent construction tool when erecting giant displays of biscuits when you're a contestant on Great British Bake Off, and the slightly peculiar choice of a couple who wanted to have a son and so baked one for themselves."

"Activities were held for families to help kick off Christmas celebrations in the village."

"This motion has been signed by 10 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted."

"With the Christmas period fast approaching, it’s time for us to start thinking about how we can create a fun and festive atmosphere in our homes."
on Friday, November 29, 2024 0 comments Labels:

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."

on Thursday, November 28, 2024 0 comments

Christmas Links #2


"Residents in one Lincolnshire market town are embracing their "wonky" Christmas tree and all its flaws." 

"As is tradition, we find ourselves once again in the heart of holiday movie season. This year's installments include everything from a snowman who "comes to life," shirtless Chad Michael Murray, Jack Black as Satan, and two Donna Kelce cameos."

"Lohan and Ian Harding play a former perfect couple, with new partners, who must keep their romantic past a secret. But why did they ever break up?"

"One man's foolhardy quest to watch a Christmas movie every day for a whole damn year."

"Gift cards can be divisive. But if you choose well, your friends and family will be able to buy or experience something otherwise out of reach."

"Sally Lindsay shares stories behind some of our favourite Christmas songs."

"For the festive season, Printemps Haussmann invites you on a magical adventure aboard the Printemps Express, bound for Christmas! From November 7 to December 31, 2024, let yourself be transported on a magical journey through the window carriages, brought to life by passengers in recycled fabrics."

"Santa Sleigh Mk.I and II are eight or nine engines transport aircraft, powered by magic reindeer engines.  The Mk.II version allows extended all weather operations."

"THE first seasonal event in Alcester was a glowing success as the town’s Christmas lights were switched on last Sunday."

"This Christmas, Wealden Funerals is putting a smile on the faces of isolated elderly folks in our care homes."
on Wednesday, November 27, 2024 0 comments Labels:

Christmas Links #1


"Seamus Heaney reflects on the different ways of celebrating Christmas. Joined by local children at the Ulster Folk Museum in Northern Ireland, he enjoys a Christmas dance and hymn. Children from Lisnasharragh, Orangefield and Saint Augustin's secondary schools perform a rhyming mummers' play. Saint Patrick enters first, followed by Beelzebub and Saint George."

"Here's a list of the best-ever Christmas carols for the festive season, as voted for by 50 top choral experts from across the UK and US. Do you agree with their choices?"

"Snow has fallen on Christmas Day in the UK 39 times in the last 53 years, according to Met Office data."

"The introduction of the six new London Overground names is finally, tangibly, underway. But the changes are being phased in, as befits a seriously complex operation, with some happening now, some delayed until next month or next year, and some kicked far into the future because cost has outweighed practicality. Let's call them Stage 1, Stage 2 and Stage 3."

"People in Shrewsbury have said they are "furious", after the "disgraceful" smashing of a gravestone for Ebenezer Scrooge."

"A Christmas Carol is a 1984 British-American made-for-television film adaptation of Charles Dickens' famous 1843 novella of the same name. The film was directed by Clive Donner, who had been an editor of the 1951 film Scrooge, and stars George C. Scott as Ebenezer Scrooge. It was filmed in the historic medieval county town of Shrewsbury in Shropshire."

"Georgia & Joanne Stanfield explain how they started racing the Cheddleton Pudding 10k."

"Families can look forward to a range of creative workshops and activities throughout the festive period."

"Ahead of Grand Theft Hamlet, in which Shakespeare’s play is staged entirely inside a video game, check out cinema’s avenging princes, from Laurence Olivier to Ethan Hawke."
on Tuesday, November 26, 2024 0 comments Labels:
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