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."
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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."
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