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Mizuko
post Dec 6 2009, 08:32 PM
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:D I'm so happy! I GET TO SPEND CHRISTMAS WITH BOTH SIDES OF MY FAMILY! I am staying with my mum on Christmas day, then after that I am going to Melbourne with my dad. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lalaexdee.gif)
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ZBoy
post Dec 8 2009, 04:24 AM
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Tinsel on the Christmas Tree is attributed to a woman whose husband died. She was left to bring up a large family of children herself. She was left to do everything working so hard and she was determined to make a happy time for them at Christmas. She prepared a Christmas Tree to surprise them on Christmas Day. Unfortunately spiders visited the tree, and crawled from branch to branch, making webs all over it. The Christ Child saw the tree and knew she would be devastated to find this on Christmas morning. He changed the spiders' webs to shining silver.
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post Dec 8 2009, 10:07 PM
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Electric lights for Christmas trees were first invented by The Edison Company in 1882. Up until then, if trees were lit, candles were used and then, usually only on Christmas Eve night.
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Tolby
post Dec 8 2009, 10:10 PM
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I bet Christmas morning is a lot less tragic thanks to that.
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ZBoy
post Dec 10 2009, 03:32 AM
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Can you believe that ‘Santa’ has been around since the 4th century? Originally known as Saint Nicholas, the patron of children and sailors, the bishop was immortalized because of his generous and loving nature towards children. He was said to have brought joy to the poor by throwing gifts through their windows. The Dutch called him Sint Nikolass, which eventually evolved into Sinter Klaas. It wasn’t until the Dutch began entering America that the colonials of New York began calling him Santa Claus.
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post Dec 10 2009, 10:39 PM
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A traditional Christmas dinner in early England was the head of a pig prepared with mustard.
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Oscar
post Dec 11 2009, 12:24 AM
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Mustard? Hmm, maybe I'll try pork with mustard now. Should I use spicy mustard or regular? No,no, there's also chipotle! So many mustard variations! 8D
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post Dec 11 2009, 05:13 AM
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Ew. mustard. *Gags* Tomato sauce for the win!
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General_Wolfy
post Dec 11 2009, 07:25 PM
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What did they do with the rest of the pig? D:
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post Dec 11 2009, 10:12 PM
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If you received all of the gifts in the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas," you would receive 364 gifts.
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post Dec 12 2009, 06:48 PM
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The dogs barking "Jingle Bells" on the novelty record were not dogs at all, but parrots, which can mimic dogs and are easier to train. I find this quite funny!
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post Dec 13 2009, 06:47 PM
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Christmas was declared a national holiday in 1870. I'm just adding some dates to the list of facts.
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post Dec 14 2009, 04:00 AM
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Woof, woof woof! Parrot, parrot, parrot! Jingle all the way! What a great tune.

I enjoy singing Christmas Carols in a loud, obnoxious voice. So it's a good thing when Christmas comes around. :D
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post Dec 14 2009, 09:47 PM
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The practice of hanging stockings over the fireplace on Christmas Eve comes from England. The legend of St. Nicholas has it that the latter was a kind saint who was believed to have left gifts of gold coins in the stockings of three poor maidens, who badly needed the money for their wedding dowries. They hung their stockings to dry over the fireplace, and to their great surprise, they found bags of gold in them the next morning. Following this, children kept hanging Christmas stockings over the fireplace on Christmas Eve in the hope that Santa would drop gifts and toys in them!
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post Dec 15 2009, 11:25 PM
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In many households, part of the fun of eating Christmas pudding is finding a trinket that predicts your fortune for the coming year. For instance, finding a coin means you will become wealthy. A ring means you will get married; while a button predicts bachelorhood. The idea of hiding something in the pudding comes from the tradition in the Middle Ages of hiding a bean in a cake that was served on Twelfth Night. Whoever found the bean became "king" for the rest of the night.
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post Dec 16 2009, 11:40 PM
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One of the most popular Christmas songs, “Jingle Bells” was actually written for Thanksgiving!
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Oscar
post Dec 17 2009, 03:42 AM
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:O I will never look at "Jingle Bells" in the same way again.
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ZBoy
post Dec 17 2009, 03:56 AM
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Haha! At first I really didn't believe it when I came across this fact. I then sang through the whole song and noticed that there is no mention of Christmas or anything related to it really.
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post Dec 17 2009, 04:55 PM
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A little behind the scenes today!

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Tiny Tim in "A Christmas Carol," three other alliterative names were considered by Dickens. They were Little Larry, Puny Pete, or Small Sam.
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Oscar
post Dec 17 2009, 05:46 PM
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I like Small Sam. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lalaexdee.gif) But yeah, Tiny Tim was the best choice.
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