It is thought that the concoction we now know as eggnog started out as a mixture of Spanish Sherry and milk which The English used to call "Dry sack posset".
Thursday, 15 April 2021
CHRISTMAS CACTUS # 2
The
Christmas cactus
The winter-bloomer
Its jointed flat segments
Look like experiments
Made by a young boy
With a construction set toy
But the rose-purple flowers
Light up the winter hours
CHESTNUTS ROASTING ON AN OPEN FIRE
“Chestnuts roasting on an open fire”
That’s Christmas day with Stephen
But I only have myself to blame
For marrying a sodding vegan
THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE SWEETEST CHRISTMAS (2017)
While working as a receptionist, pastry chef Kylie Watson (Lacey Chabert) dreams of having her own café, but after having her start up loan turned down by the bank she is beginning to think that’s all it is, a dream.
Her boss and boyfriend Alex (Lane Edwards) arranges a special surprise dinner
for their anniversary and his first mistake was booking a table at the pizzeria
of Nick Mazannti (Lea Coco), her old boyfriend from culinary school, his second
was to offer Kylie a promotion when she thinks he’s about to propose, so they
broke up.
Soon after she learns she's made it to the finals
of the American Gingerbread Competition, but when she returns home to her
sister’s house, she discovers the oven she was planning to use has been damaged
by fire and will be out of commission until Christmas.
But she is still determined to enter, so she reaches
out to Nick and asks if she can make use of one of his ovens to craft her ambitious gingerbread
confections and he agrees, and as the two reminisce about the dreams of their
youth, their romance is rekindled, but nothing in her life is ever straight forward.
SANS DAY CAROL
The
"Sans Day Carol," is a traditional carol from Cornwall.
The carol focuses on the aspects of the symbolism of the evergreen Holly in the
form of the different colored berries.
Red berries represent the blood of Jesus and white berries symbolize his
purity, Green berries represent the cross upon which Christ was crucified and
black symbolize his death.
FESTIVE FACT # 08
The largest crèche in the world is an 1136 square-meter miniature of a Provencal village, located in the town of Grignan in the Drôme, 10 km west of Valréas.
TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS # 26
Twas the night before Christmas
And all thru the church
The faithful were eager for mass
As on their pews they perch
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