Willow's Christmas Facts
 

Hello everybody I have been asked to present some facts about Christmas in the run-up to the festival so here goes. I will be posting every other night.

No.1 - Saint Nicholas

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Thank you Willow never knew that:tu




Looking forward to the next one:D

On the first day of Christmas Willow sent to us, the first of her Xmas facts:-D

Thanks Willow, lovely to see you again:tu

Interesting stuff Willow. I didn't know the colour of Santa's outfit was decided by a Coca-Cola ad.

Well said Willow, Santa is a creation of an evil corporation out for tooth rotting world domination.......

.....but it tastes so nice!!!!!


Karrot

Excellent Willow, :tu

Having once lived in the very far North I've heard another version but we'll leave that for now as the folks who told me it still firmly believe in Trolls too. :eek:

I do look forward to the "Holidays Are Coming" advert on TV though, it kinda sets the scene.

We're all ready and waiting for your next fact :D (and your lovely picture). ;)

CT

Thank you Willow, such a lovely idea. :tu
I was secretly hoping for an 'Advent Nicole' calendar. :whistle: An item of clothing opens / gets removed every day :drool

It is proposed that Nicole will do some poses with just a hint of naughtiness for the festive season. They will be (almost) quite respectable and will not require "Hotspot" treatment. I hadn't thought of a Nicole Advent calander though!:no: The problem is that Nicole opening or taking off one item per day would never last through advent!

Thank You Willow
 

Thank you Willow for helping folk remember there is so much more to Christmas than greed. Santa/St Nicholas - good chap and keeps us jolly.
I have been told by Ekaterina that they used traditionally to celebrate Christmas on January 7th according to the old calendar and the presents are brought for the children by "Father Frost" and the Snow Maiden.
For myself - I hear the Red Cloak and white beard go as far back as the "Allfather - Odin! Christmas? Yule? Whatever! Have a good and happy one.

I'm pleased that you like the posting. I think that Ekaterina is possibly a day out. Old Christmas Day is 6th January. It all stems from when we changed from the Julian to the Gregorian Calendar in 1752 which caused much confusion. Wednesday 2nd September was followed by Thursday 14th September and new year deemed to start on 1st January rather than 25th March. People claimed and protested that they had been cheated out of eleven days of their lives!:confused:
PS Its also why the tax year end is 6th April - it was originally 24th March and as ever the tax man is unyielding!

Willow's Christmas Facts - 2
 

No. 2 - The Christmas Card

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Xmas Fact number two, noted and logged:tu

We're all going to be Christmas experts by the time Willow has finished with us:D




This is what Wiki says on that subject....

I couldn't find anything specific to Christmas E-cards but I think it's safe to say that it would be the same year, probably in static form rather than animated.

Ah! Bless Her! Serene, beautiful, well-read and very clever!

Thank you Willow, i did not know this


Karrot

Thanks for the information Willow, very interesting stuff.

Love & hugs,
Fay

Willow's Christmas Facts - 3
 

No. 3 Christmas banned, mince pies forbidden!

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Oliver Cromwell, sounds more like Scrooge to me, what a misery guts! :evil: :finger

Good job it was reinstated after he popped his clogs. :D

Love & hugs,
Fay

Good old Ollie, putting a stop to the silly festivities and general merriment:tu
BAH HUMBUG!!!


Breanna: Oh do stop that, revoL, You know you don't mean it...ohhh men:no:

Thanks Willow. :tu

What a spoilsport. :evil:

That all just goes to show why the Puritans and their modern politically correct ilk should never again be allowed a position of power.

CT

Willow's Christmas Facts - 4
 

No.4 - The Christmas Tree

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I like the plastic tree because im a cheap skate :D

Funnily enough the best fake tree I've ever had was a German one. It was plastic, had many parts, and had to be assembled each Christmas season, it used to take me hours to put it all together but it looked great once it was done.

Thanks for the new 'fact' Willow :tu

CT

Thanks for the info on the tree Willow. We haven't had one up for a couple of years now, or a tree. ;):D

Love & hugs,
Fay

Willow's Christmas Facts - 5
 

No. 5 - The Christmas Rose

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Thank you for that very moving story, Willow One Ive never heard before.
Lovely even for a cynical old atheist like meself. x

Ah, Willow... you are surely the most beautiful Christmas Rose anyone could wish for.

(Sorry, couldn't resist - were's the throwing-up-into-a-bucket smilie?)

Thank you Willow! That is a Christmas story I had not yet heard, and I have heard allot of them. :b

well theres this one ........http://www.jonrb.com/emoticons/vomit.gif

But this also works.......http://www.jonrb.com/emoticons/angel2.gif for Willow that is....


Karrot

More valuable than gold?

I'm off down the garden centre now, I'll buy loads of bulbs and grow myself a fortune. :D

Thanks for the tip Willow. :tu

CT

They don't grow from bulbs!:no: The Dutch tried an economy based on tulip bulbs in the 17th century - it collapsed!!

Yep, that wasn't very 'bright' of me. :whistle: :D I have some climbing rose bushes here, it was one of those that led to last year's rib cage rearrangement incident. Alan Titchmarsh, I ain't.

While a 'bulb' related economy may well, not have worked for the Dutch, it hasn't done Osram, Phillips et al. any harm. :p

CT

I hadn't heard that story before Willow.

Willow's Christmas Facts - 6
 

No. 6 - St. Stephen's Day

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Knew it had something to do with boxes and gifts, but didnt know the rest.

Thank you

Karrot

great to see the Loverly Willow with All the knowledge:tu

Willow's Christmas Facts - 7
 

No. 7 - The Twelve Days of Christmas

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Uh-oh, Willow's on the sauce.

Question is: is it a pre-Christmas nerve-calmer, or a post-birthday-party hair-of-the-dog?

Don't worry the presentation was prepared a couple of weeks ago.;)

And I just thought it was a nice thing for kids to sing:confused::o Had no idea there was a christian meaning behind it.


I can imagine Nicole's Christmas facts...

I wouldn't go too firmly down that "fact's" route.

The Christian faith has a long history of absorbing existing ritual and belief and spinning it to suit their own ends.

The early monks in Britain would have put Tony Blair's spin team to shame. :D

Always nice to see a picture of the lovely Willow though. ;)

CT