TRIVIAL TITBIT # 08

 

In the 5th century the Western Church ordered the 'Mass of Christ' to be forever celebrated on the day of the old Roman feast of the Birth of Sol (the Sun).

WHY DOESN'T SANTA HAVE ANY KIDS?

 

Why doesn't Santa have any kids?

Well, it’s impossible for him see

As he only comes once a year

And he’s normally up a chimney

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – ON THE TWELFTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS (2015)

 

At college one Christmas, Maggie Chalke (Brooke Nevin) finds out that she had lost her lift home for Christmas because they had decided to leave early because a storm was on its way, however Mitch O'Grady (Robin Dunne) overhears her conversation and offers to take her instead as it was on his way.

Maggie was doubly delighted as she had a major crush on Mitch and sharing a car journey allowed her to get to know him better and the journey revealed his great love for everything Christmas and he teaches her some of the many traditions.

After he drops her at her home, she spends Christmas looking forward to seeing him again, but he doesn’t return to college after the Christmas break.

It’s Christmas more than ten years later before she sees her long-time crush again, she is a journalist at the local paper and he is a radio DJ and when she learns that Mitch's love for Christmas has drastically changed, she tries to bring his holiday spirits back by showing him the magic of Christmas with twelve gifts of Christmas.

 

TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS # 32

 

Twas the night before Christmas

And all thru the Manor

Not a creature was stirring

As they’d been cooked for dinner

BRUMALIA

 

In the Roman Empire on the great day of December 25th, came the Brumalia or festival of the shortest day.
It was a day of great religious significance for the sun-worshipers.
This day was also known as Natalis Solus Invicti or the "Birth of the Unconquerable Sun"
This was the time when the day began again to lengthen.
In the fifth century the Western Church ordered Christmas to be celebrated forever on the day of the old Roman feast of the birth of Sol.

SEASONAL SNIPPET # 02

 

During the winter solstice the druids gathered mistletoe and hung it in their homes while the Saxons favoured holly and ivy.

 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A ROCKPORT CHRISTMAS (1988)

 

As World War 2 rages on in Europe the Bundy family are making plans for a Christmas reunion in the small town of Rockport.

The matriarch Martha (Eva Marie Saint) cashes in all of her ration-stamps to purchase the best Christmas dinner she can with everyone expected round the table.

Rockport is a small town where everyone knows everyone else and the tough times bring them even closer.
But the one person no one wants to see at their door is the Western Union man, because most of the news he delivers are telegrams from the War Department, reporting the death of a loved one and sadly he makes his rounds far too often.
This is a wonderful Christmas movies with happiness and sadness in equal measure and some strong performances, Hal Holbrook as head of the family, Joseph, Courteney Cox as expectant daughter in law Nora, and the strongest of all Nancy Travis as young widow Leah.