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Wednesday, 19 May 2021
THE HAMLET OF CHRISTMAS PIE
Christmas Pie is a small hamlet between the villages of Normandy and Wanborough in Surrey.
Quite how the hamlet of
Christmas Pie, got its name has been a puzzle for many generations.
17th
century maps show a Christmas Farm and in an article in an addition of the
Surrey Advertiser it stated there was once a Pie Farm.
Another
story tells of a farmer whose name was Christmas, which was a fairly common
name in West Surrey at the time.
The
story tells that the man, who had a large family and no prospects of feeding
them through the festive season went into the wood and trapped rabbits and
other small game which his wife cooked into a pie and thus the name was coined.
If
that tale is too farfetched for you another theory is that it takes its name
from the popular Christmas pie church festivities.
The
only flaw in this theory being that as Christmas Pie is a hamlet it has no
church and never has done.
As there
is documentary evidence of a Christmas farm and a Pie farm I think the most
likely origin of the name is that at some point after the 17th century
the two farms merged for whatever reason and became Christmas pie farm which in
time became Christmas Pie.
THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS IN EDEN
It was the night before Christmas
That magical time to believe
When Adam said in the garden of Eden
Hey it's Christmas, Eve!
THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A SONG FOR CHRISTMAS (II) (2017)
“A Song For Christmas” is set in a small town where two single parents, Vet Jennifer (Kelli Williams), who is new in town, and bespoke furniture maker, Nate (Jonathan Scarfe), stumble into the possibility of love for Christmas, only to discover that their daughters Charlotte and Melissa (Pippa Mackie and Kayla Wallace) are embroiled in a rivalry at school as they compete for the Christmas Solo at the Christmas Festival.
When the rivalry gets out of control and Charlotte
is on the wrong end of some nasty pranks things come to a head and the parents
and the school get involved, but will that lead everyone to a peaceful and
merry Christmas?
An enjoyable tale of teenage angst and mature
courtship, beautiful music and perfect friendships.
Alistair Abell stars as Nates brother, Pete, Ricky
He and Naika Toussaint as Charlotte’s friends Henry and Audrey, and Natalie von
Rotsburg as music teacher Ms. Baxter.
CHRISTMAS ISLAND
Located some 2600km north-west of Perth, Western Australia Christmas Island is a mere dot in the Indian Ocean.
Its
closest neighbor is Java; 360km away However Christmas
Island is an Australian Territory.
Christmas
Island was for centuries protected by its isolation and rugged coasts.
The
island was first included on British and Dutch navigational charts from the
early seventeenth century but it was the Captain of the East India Ship Company
vessel the Royal Mary, William Mynors, who named the island after he arrived on
Christmas Day 1643.
It
was phosphate mining which first brought prosperity to the island in 1891 which
continued right up until the Japanese occupied the island during the Second
World War.
Then
After World War II Christmas Island came under the jurisdiction of the new
Colony of Singapore until in 1957 when the Australian government acquired
Christmas Island from the Singapore Government for a compensation of 2.9
million pounds.
The
island was a Crown colony until its transfer to Australia was finalized on 1st
October 1958.
In
1980, a National Park was declared in the Egeria Point area. The National Park
now covers over 65% of the island.
Although
phosphate mining continues in a small way and the authorities have flirted with
gambling as an attraction the islands main source of prosperity now is tourism.
Christmas
Island is a natural paradise with its national park containing species of flora
& fauna found nowhere else in the world.
The
vivid Red Crab for example inhabiting the forest floor and the Myriads of tropical
fish swimming in the coastal waters or further out the spinner dolphins or the
majestic whale shark.
Now
in the 21st century The Island has been chosen as a suitable site
for a space satellite launching station the decision will be made shortly.
TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS # 38
Twas the night before Christmas
And all round the Close
The Carol Singers perform
For the festive and the morose
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