Most brewers will produce a robust and full-bodied winter ale in time for the Christmas festivities.
It
will be called Winter Warmer, Christmas ale, Winter ale or any combination of
all the above.
In
the 21st century when all the bars are stocked with many and various insipid
imported lagers and the infamous Alco pops, I just hope the brewers continue
producing the traditional Christmas tipple.
“12 Days” is story about a hopelessly romantic writer, Cynthia (Meredith Hagner), and the inability of the men in her life to live up to her romantic ideal.
But when her and her friend and illustrator Liam
(Bobby Campo) go to her father’s house for the Christmas Wedding of her sister
Janet (Megan Park) Cynthia starts receiving at her door anonymous gifts of the “12
Days of Christmas”.
It's a fun mystery but Cynthia is determined to
find out who the great romantic is that’s sending the gifts and conscripts everyone
around her to assist.
Eventually she decides that it must be a local
Deputy, Scott (Aaron O'Connell), but will he live up to her expectations or
will there be a final twist or two.
The next time you complain
At
the lack of Christmas nookey
Spare
a thought for old St Nick
And
have a little sympathy
For
he only comes but once a year
And
then he’s up a chimney
The name “Santa Claus” is derived from the good Bishop “Saint Nicholas,” patron saint of beggars and thieves and in the middle Ages, thieves were known as “clerks of St. Nicholas.”
TRADITIONAL
GLUHWEIN RECIPE
Ingredients:
1
bottle red wine
1
cup water
1
cup sugar
2
cloves
2
sticks of cinnamon
Orange
and lemon peel
Instructions:
With
the exception of the wine boil all ingredients together and reduce the volume
by half.
Remove
from the heat Strain and then add the Wine.
Return
to the heat bringing the mixture to the boil but not boiling.
Remove
from the heat and Serve hot.
Jamie Patterson (Mason Douglas) is jealous of his rich friend Blake Matthews (Juliocesar Chavez) so when he gets annoyed at his parents (Antonio Sabato Jr and Shannen Doherty) he makes a wish to swap families with his wealthy best friend at Christmas.
To
his delight his wish comes true and he finds himself living the extravagant
lifestyle he always dreamed of true However despite having everything he ever
wanted, his new mother and father have little time for him, and he grandmother has
been dumped in a home and so he ends up trying to put things back the way they
were.
The first church to be built in New York or New Amsterdam as it was at the time was built by the Dutch.
When it was completed, the Dutch named it in honor of the gift giving Saint - St Nicholas.