WHEN RUDOLPH HAD AN UPSET STOMACH

 

When Rudolph had an upset stomach

It was one of Santa little helpers

Who came to the sick Reindeers rescue

And gave him some Elka-seltzer

CHRISTMAS CANDLES – A DIVINE LIGHT

 The lighting of candles during religious festivals precedes Christianity by many centuries originally part of pagan ritual practiced by early sun worshippers. When Christianity was well established the church tried in vain to eradicate the ritual use of candles.

Then in the spirit of “if you can’t beat them join them” they gradually incorporated the lighting of candles into Christian services.

The candles were invested with a new meaning and they came to symbolize the divine light that illuminated the world, Christ.

THE HUMBLE MINCE PIE

 

The mince pie was originally oblong in shape which was supposed to symbolize the cradle of Christ.

The pie was covered with a thick crusty pastry cover which had an indentation in the center in which a small doll also made from pastry supposed to be the Christ child was placed.

The original mince pie was filled with minced lamb's tongue and mutton.

It wasn’t until returning medieval Crusaders brought back spices from the East which replaced the meat filling.

It was also at this time the pies became the familiar round shape.

Even though few people are aware of their origins the mince pie remains one of the most popular Christmas treats.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS WITH THE KRANKS

 

A fun Christmas movie in which Luther Krank (Tim Allen) is fed up with the commerciality of Christmas anyway but when only daughter Blair (Julie Gonzalo) leaves and goes to another country he decides to skip the holiday and go on a vacation cruise with his wife Nora (Jamie Lee Curtis) instead.

All they have to do then is resist the pressure from their neighbours to participate in the house decorating contest and survive all the other seasonal nonsense.

But when their daughter calls on Christmas Eve and says she’s coming home for Christmas, it causes an uproar in the Krank household as the family scrambles to create a perfect Christmas from scratch in 12 hours will hilarious effect when the pesky neighbours suddenly become their allies.

PLUM PUDDING

 

Plum pudding is a famous and almost typically English dessert.

It got its name of plum pudding in the 17th century because plum was one of the ingredients.

But quite why they settled on plum pudding as the plum was only one of more than two dozen of the finely chopped ingredients folded into the dough.

The finished steamed pudding adorned with a sprig of holly would be brought flaming to the table and served with great ceremony.

SANTA’S HELPERS HAVE A CRICKET TEAM

 

Santa’s Helpers have a cricket team

And they play when they can

They have no problem getting numbers

And the substitute is twelfth man

THE ORIGINS OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE – THE VICTORIAN WAY

 

For the Victorians, the ideal Christmas tree had to be six branches tall and it was placed on a table covered with a white damask tablecloth. The tree was then decorated with garlands, assorted candies, and delicate paper flowers.