The first time I met
My
pretty little Miss
We
needed mistletoe
To
share a Christmas Kiss
Now
when I meet
With
my pretty Miss
We
need no artificial aid
For
us to share a kiss
And
when we meet
And
we share a kiss
Every
day is Christmas
For
me and my little Miss
The Welsh are a very musical nation so Caroling is particularly popular in Wales where it is called eisteddfodde and is amongst other things often accompanied by a harp.
One
custom in some rural areas a person is chosen to travel around the town draped
in white and carrying a horse's skull on a long pole.
If
anyone is given a "bite" by the horse's jaws they must pay a fine.
Jack Green (Dean Cain) inherited a southern Californian horse ranch from his father complete with an all-natural toy factory in the barn. Along with his wife Cherie (Jean Louisa Kelly) he is bullied into taking in the three “holy terrors” from orphanage run by his bossy aunt Rita (Mimi Kennedy).
It's
only for a few weeks while renovations are done which would be completed before
the holidays.
Mike
(Dylan
Sprayberry) and his buddies,
Henry (Alex Zubarev) and Ray (Spencer
Bridges), prove to be a
handful, but Jack proves that he has father-potential and he and Cherie like
having them around.
The
trio go on their best behaviour after overhearing the couple are considering
adopting just one of them, but that means they have to become rivals in order
to be the one that’s chosen, resulting in trouble for everyone and fun for the
viewer.
In Italy the big San Nicola festival commemorates the event of 1087 when the mortal remains of St. Nicholas were brought to Bari.
Many Christians were sufficiently concerned after the Turks
occupied Myra they would no longer be permitted to visit the Saints tomb.
So, a group of Italian sailors spirited them away to Bari where a
huge was Cathedral was built in his honor.
At the festival every May, Nicola's statue is taken out to sea for
a day and then Thousands welcome it back to Bari with a lighted procession
winding from the harbor to a public square.
The mayor and other dignitaries greet the statue and address the crowds. The week-long celebration includes a solemn high mass in the basilica which is filled to over-flowing with devout worshipers.
Christmas is a deeply religious time
That
one and all thinks shouldn’t be missed
And
observe it in his or her own way,
Thought
normally by getting totally pissed
There has long been a rather fanciful notion that Boxing Day dates from the middle Ages with the noble lords and ladies of England presenting Christmas gifts in boxes to their servants on December 26th there is no evidence to support this, but it is a nice idea though unlikely.
Ashley Matthews (Kari Hawker-Diaz) has been on her own all her life, but she feels even more alone when it gets close to Christmas as she searches fruitlessly for a job and the endless Christmas cheer around her only rubs salt in the wounds as she scrimps and scrapes by to support herself and her dog, Dash.
However,
help is at hand from her neighbour, Nick Anderson (Bruce Davison), who knows
exactly what to do to help and he offers her a job.
He
asks her to be his assistant in what turns out to be a philanthropic endeavour,
however there’s one catch’ she can't tell anyone that her new boss is a kind of
Secret Santa, and she must help people anonymously.
Through
her new job, Ashley meets Will (K.C. Clyde), a writer for a business magazine
who uncovers what Ashley is doing, and more importantly, Nick's involvement in
the acts of kindness.
As
Ashley and Nick help people in need, she tries to protect Nick's secret, and
her own heart, while Will must weigh the consequences of what might happen if
he exposes them.
