Monday, 19 July 2021

THOMAS PATRON SAINT OF

 


St Thomas the Apostle is the patron saint against doubt and of architects,

blind people, builders, carpenters, construction workers, Ceylon East Indies, geometricians, India, masons, Pakistan, people in doubt, Sri Lanka, stone masons, stonecutters and theologians.

ST THOMAS DAY

 

Although July 3rd has been the feast day for St Thomas for many centuries December 21st was given as a feast day to Thomas for no significant historical reason throughout the Middle Ages undoubtedly to divert attention from the pagan rites associated with the day.

FRUMENTY

 

Frumenty is a traditional Christmas meal from the middle ages made principally from Kibbled or cracked wheat admittedly this dish was more popular amongst the have not’s than the have’s.

Saturday, 17 July 2021

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS IN VERMONT (2016)

 

With Christmas fast approaching Ruthless businessman Preston Bullock (Chevy Chase) sends his rising star Riley Thomas (Abigail Hawk) to the small town of Chestnut, Vermont to evaluate the assets of one of his companies, an outerwear clothing manufacturer, which is pretty much the only significant employer in the town.

As she begins making plans for liquidation she meets the youthful CEO, Wyatt (David O'Donnell) and the company's founder, Nick (Howard Hesseman) now retired, and she hires –the latter as her apprentice to help.

Of course, everyone assumes she's there to save the company and she keeps her true motives a secret but she comes to appreciate what the company means to the people of Chestnut and she slowly comes to embrace the small town's values and even helps create a new product line just in time for Christmas, and as her priorities change she falls in love in the process.

STEPHEN PATRON SAINT OF

 

St Stephen the Martyr is the patron saint of casket makers, coffin makers, deacons, headaches, horses, masons, diocese of Owensboro Kentucky and stone masons

REPRESENTING ST STEPHEN

 

St Stephen is represented as a deacon carrying a pile of rocks, as a deacon with rocks gathered in his vestments or as a deacon with rocks on his head.

He is also represented as a deacon with rocks or a book at hand, by stones or by a palm.

CHRISTIANS OF ST. THOMAS

There is still a large native population on Malabar Coast in India who call themselves “Christians of St. Thomas.”