20 PEOPLE WHO LEFT THE WORLD ON DECEMBER 21ST

 

918 Conrad I, German King and Duke of Franconia

1375 Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian poet

1597 Petrus Canisius, Dutch Jesuit saint, aged 76

1674 Rutger van Haersolte, viceroy of Overijsselse, 66

1736 Alessandro Galilei, Italian architect, aged 45

1864 William Henry Fry, composer, 51

1890 Niels Wilhelm Gade, Danish composer, aged 73

1906 Adalbert von Goldschmidt, composer, 58

1928 Harry Butt, English cricketer, wicket-keeper

1940 F Scott Fitzgerald, author, died of a heart attack aged 44

1945 George S Patton, World War Two U.S. General killed in car crash aged 60
1955 Dorothy Bernard, actress, 65

1957 Eric Coates, composer, 71

1958 Harry Byron (HB) Warner, actor, aged 83

1963 Jack Hobbs, English cricketer

1967 Stuart Erwin, actor, dies of heart attack aged 64

1974 Richard Long, actor, 47

1980 Marc Connelly, playwright, aged 90

1983 Rod Cameron, actor 73

1992 Stella Adler, U.S. actress, 90

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE TWELVE WISHES OF CHRISTMAS (2011)

 

Willing to try anything to transform her life, Laura Lindsey (Elisa Donovan), follows her best friend's suggestion and sets up a session with a life coach, Noel (Chonda Pierce), who tells Laura to make 12 wishes to make a positive change in her life.

Laura is sceptical and thinks it’s a load of hippy nonsense but to her great surprise it worked, however before long, Laura realizes that her wishes were sparking unforeseen circumstances and she must act quickly to get her life back before Christmas and recover her dog as well.

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 3^rd has been the feast day for St Thomas for many centuries December 21^st 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.

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