St Nicholas is represented by 3 balls, an anchor, a ship, a bishop with 3 children in a tub at his feet or 3 golden balls on a book.
He is also represented as a bishop calming a storm, 3
bags of gold, a bishop holding 3 balls, a bishop holding 3 bags of gold or a
bishop with 3 children.
Candace Cameron Bure stars in this gem of a Christmas Movie, as estranged twin sisters, Kate Lockhart and Chris Dixon.
Both women are unhappy and frustrated with
their own lives, Kate is a successful executive with a great apartment and no
social life and divorced mother of two Chris is an underappreciate school
teacher. Though they hadn’t been close for a number of years, they are each
envious of the other's life.
After being tricked into having a
pre-Christmas brunch by their father (Walter Platz) a year after their mother's death, they talk
during the meal and the two voice their belief that the other has an easier
life than the other but they are unable to convince the other.
So an impasse was reached so they do what any
identical twins in need of new outlooks would do: they swap lives until
Christmas Day, and by doing so, each woman discovers the true meaning of her
life and gains a deeper perspective and appreciation for what she already had.”
Tom
Kinder (Eion Bailey) and Greg Turner (Mark Deklin) provide the love interest in
this enjoyable festive romance.
At last I have some time to spare
No
more work until the New Year
Its
nearly Christmas so beware
The
weather's bitter so have a care
Peace
and goodwill and never fear
A
wish for one and all for the coming year
On the eve of her feast day People lit "St. Lucy's fires" they would throw incense into the flames and then bath in the smoke
This
they believed would protect them against witchcraft, disease, and other evils.
863 Boudouin with the Iron Arm married Judith, daughter of Charles de Kales
1545
Council of Trente the 19th ecumenical council opens
1642
Dutch navigator Abel Tasman discovers New Zealand
1577 Sir Francis Drake sets sail from England
to circumnavigate the world
1833 HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin aboard
arrives in Port Deseado, Patagonia
1843
"A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens first published
1903
Wright Brothers make maiden flight at Kittyhawk
1903
Italo Marcioni patents ice cream cone in New Jersey
1913
the Mona Lisa which was stolen in Aug 1911 returned to the Louvre
1916
Avalanche in the Tyrol kills 10,000 Austrian and Italian troops in 24 hrs
1918
U.S. Army of occupation crosses Rhine and enters Germany
1918 Wilson, becomes the first serving
president to make a foreign visit (France)
1919 Ross and Smith land in Australia after
flying from London
1920
League of nations establishes International Court of Justice in The Hague
1928
Clip-on tie designed
1938 Los Angeles freezes at 28ø F
1939
Battle of the River Plate between 3 British cruisers and the German Graf Spee
1941
U-81 torpedoes British aircraft carrier Ark Royal
1943 150 U.S. Marauders bomb Schiphol
1944 Japanese kamikaze pilot crashes into U.S.
cruiser Nashville killing 138
1949 Knesset votes to transfer Israel's
capital to Jerusalem
1951 Future British Prime Minister Margaret
Roberts marries Denis Thatcher
1959
Archbishop Makarios elected first president of Cyprus
1966
U.S. bomb Hanoi for the first time
1967 Unsuccessful coup against Greek King
Constantine II
1974
Malta becomes a republic
1976
Longest non-stop passenger flight 13hours 14mins (Sydney to San Francisco)
1977
14 University of Evansville basketball players die in plane crash
1978
the first U.S. coin to honor a woman, the Susan B. Anthony dollar is issued
1979
Strikes against price increases in Gdansk Poland
1981
Polish government declares martial law and arrests Solidarity activists
1982
a major Earthquake hits Northern Yemen killing 2,000
1990
Heavy earthquake strikes Sicily, 18 die
1993
Fire in textile factory in Fuzjou China, killing 60
1994 American eagle commuter plane crashes in
North Carolina, killing 15
IN DULCI JUBILO
Words by Heinrich Suso and Traditional Music
In
dulci jubilo
Let us our homage show
Our heart's joy reclineth
In praesepio
And like a bright star shineth
Matris in gremio,
Alpha es et O!
O
Jesu parvule,
My heart is sore for Thee
Hear me, I beseech Thee
O puer optime
My praying let it reach Thee!
O princeps
gloriae.
Trahe me post te.
O patris caritas!
O Nati lenitas!
Deeply were we stained
Per nostra crimina
But Thou for us hast gained
Coelorum gaudia,
Qualis gloria!
Ubi
sunt gaudia,
If that they be not there?
There are Angels singing
Nova cantica;
And there the bells are ringing
In Regis curia.
O that we were there!
We step through the door
To
enjoy the seasonal fare
Chestnuts
roasting in the fire
The
smell of cinnamon is in the air
I
watched a snow flake melt
On
her glistening auburn hair
As
we held hands in the soft light
Of
the Christmas candle glow
Then
I gave her a little parcel
Tied
up in ribbon with a bow
And
I kissed my first love
Beneath
a sprig of mistletoe
