Breton
Nedeleg laouen na bloavezh mat
Cornwall
Nadelik looan na looan blethen noweth
Gaelic
Nollaig chridheil agus Bliadhna mhath ùr!
Ireland
Nollaig Shona Dhuit, or Nodlaig mhaith chugnat
Isle of Mann
Nollick ghennal as blein vie noa
Scotland
Nollaig chridheil huibh
Wales
Nadolig Llawen
Making your way in life, it’s nice
To
know you can, once or twice
Rely
on other people in a trice
For
assistance, guidance or advice
They’ll
be no shortage of advice
But
knowing what piece or slice
Of
advice or guidance will suffice
You
might just as well roll a dice
This
axiom though it be concise
Won’t
be bettered to be precise
So
you take heed or pay the price
“Don’t
eat yellow snow or ice”
Holiday
Road Trip is the tale of two co-workers, Patrick (Patrick Muldoon) and Maya
(Ashley Scott), who work for a high-profile Pet Supplies company in Washington
D.C.
The
pair are like chalk and cheese which becomes evident when they are assigned to
travel across country in an RV with the companies most prized possession,
Scoots the dog, on a social media tour right before Christmas.
Maya
is a driven, ambitious businesswoman looking to turn her job into a great
career but after her boyfriend, Davis (Kip Pardue), dumps her just before
Christmas, she decides to volunteer for the Road Trip along with Pat and
Scoots!
Patrick
on the other hand, who was like the little kid who never really grew up, was
not given a choice, as Max (George Hamilton) the founder of the company, was
Patricks father.
So
the road trip begins and Patrick and Maya are a match made in hell, but as time
and miles ebb away they find their difference ebb away with them, thanks to a
little Christmas magic.
Despite
the general awfulness of the Christmas song there are however always exceptions
to the rule and I have a short list of personal favourites.
Without exception all my choices not only include the song but the best
performer of that song and so in no particular order here is my nineteenth
selection.
In Dulci Jubilo
Music by Mike Oldfield, Lyrics by M. Oldfield / W. Murray
Good
Christian men, rejoice,
With heart and soul, and voice;
Give ye heed to what we say:
Jesus Christ is born to-day;
Ox and ass before him bow,
And he is in the manger now.
Christ is born to-day!
Christ is born to-day!
Good Christian men, rejoice,
With heart and soul, and voice;
Now ye hear of endless bliss:
Jesus Christ was born for this!
He hath oped the heavenly door,
And man is blessed evermore.
Christ was born for this!
Christ was born for this!
Good Christian men, rejoice,
With heart and soul, and voice;
Now ye need not fear the grave:
Jesus Christ was born to save!
Calls you one and calls you all
To gain his everlasting hall.
Christ was born to save!
Christ was born to save!
Bohemia
Vesele Vanoce
Bulgaria
Tchestita Koleda;
Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo
Czech Republic
Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy
Rok
Hungary
Kellemes Karacsonyi unnepeket
Poland
Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia or Boze Narodzenie
Romania
Sarbatori vesele
Slovakia
Sretan Bozic
Vesele Vianoce
A stastlivy Novy Rok
Slovenia
Vesele Bozicne. Screcno Novo Leto
For Christmas I bought my Auntie
A
brand new wooden leg
I
didn’t have it specially made
No
I just got it off the peg
You
may say it’s not a nice gift
Or
even that it’s a killer
It
wasn’t her main present though
It
was just a stocking filler
Sports
caster Bruce Dalt (Bruce Boxleitner) is relentlessly competitive and has a
ceaseless go-for-the-gold attitude.
Unsurprisingly
his natural urge to win gets him into trouble, in particular while watching his
son Jason (Kenton Duty) at his High School basketball game. Where he gets into
an altercation with an umpire that lands him in court and he is ordered to do
community service as a bell-ringer for the Salvation Army.
Worse
than that because the incident was captured on video and quickly went viral and
negatively impacts his job, where he is demoted, and his family, affecting the
design business of his wife Kasey (Laura Spencer).
Major
Melvin Lowell (Antonio Fargas) of the Salvation Army, knowing of God's love,
guides his actions, and shows Bruce that the charity of Christmas stretches way
beyond just coins gathered in a collection pot.
