Wednesday, 19 May 2021

OH NO HE ISN’T

 

My great uncle John was an actor on the stage

Who was best known as a pantomime dame

Famous for his ugly sister and widow twanky

But not anymore which is a great shame

 

He has gone to that great pantomime in the sky

No longer will he don grease paint and his regalia

I will still see him though from time to time

Because he’s not dead he’s just working for Ryan air

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – EACH PRECIOUS HEARTBEAT (2016)

 

When Alice (Sharon Lawrence), a beloved neonatal intensive care unit supervisor is forced to take early retirement, her young colleague, Jenny (Emilie Ullerup), decides to turn the upcoming staff Christmas party into a surprise celebration for her.

But the plan is complicated by the hospital's new CFO Matt (Kristoffer Polaha) who has been tasked with cutting costs, and he was the one instrumental in letting Alice go.

It’s up to Jenny to show Matt that the hospital and its staff is about heart and not the bottom line.

ON CHRISTMAS DAY 1599

 

The city of Natal was founded in Brazil.

JULENISSE - JOLLY BRINGER OF GIFTS

In the Christmas tradition of the Scandinavian countries are a variety of Christmas gnomes responsible for the gift giving and one of them is called Julenisse.

And the Children in Scandinavia wait for a little bearded gnome called Julenisse to put presents under the Christmas tree in the night.

The children must leave a bowl of porridge out for this jolly bringer of gifts with a sack on his back who rides a sleigh drawn by a reindeer.

If the children forget to put out the porridge, he plays tricks on them.

TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS # 40

 

Twas the night before Christmas

And all thru the Mill

Nothing was stirring

As the great wheel was still

Only the fire in the hearth moved

As it kept away the chill

Friday, 14 May 2021

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS CRUSH (2012)

 

Twenty-eight-year-old Georgia (Rachel Boston) is convinced that the man of her dreams is the one “that got away” back in high school Craig (Jon Prescott).

She has tried dating other men over the years, but they just never seem to compare to her high school flame.

When Georgia’s mother, (Marilu Henner) tells her about her high school reunion a week before Christmas, she is thrilled to finally have a chance to win Craig back.

But as she gets to relive high school for a night, she begins to realize it might not be Craig who got away at all, but Ben Oliver (Jonathan Bennett) an old friend with whom she'd fallen out of touch, but was now within reach.

Harry Hamlin also stars as Mr. Taylor, the socially awkward teacher that all the girls had a crush on, and some of them still do.

ON CHRISTMAS DAY 1492

 

Christopher Columbus' ship the Santa Maria docked in what was to become the Dominican Republic.