Christmas Countdown 2021

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Baubles were first invented in Lauscha, by local man Hans Greiner, who first manufactured them in the  late 1840's The first baubles were fruit and nut shaped glass, eventually turning into a more spherical shape.

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 The Romans invented mulled wine as an efficient way to make unremarkable wine tastier and more aromatic.

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At 11 am (our times) on Christmas Eve a country called Tonga will be one of the first countries celebrating Christmas Day.(I hope that makes sense)/

DvB

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One of the best selling toys of Christmas 1990 was the Lego Duplo Zoo it would have being Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles but there was there wasn't enough produced.

Loughc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118139513#Comment_118139513

The realisation that its 39 days to go in 2 days has really freaked me out.

the 100-1 countdown is on another planet on speed compared to 300-201 and 200-101.

Posy

It's unbelievable, isn't it!!? 39 days means there is essentially one month to go. 😲

freshpopcorn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118167436#Comment_118167436

I think during this period it just gets so Christmasy the time just flies!

freshpopcorn

How The Flintstones saved Christmas aired on Christmas Day in 1964!

TRS30

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118167505#Comment_118167505

Christmas has its own time zone!!

DvB

Funnily enough this is the time I feel we're in a Christmas limbo of sorts. Christmas stuff is appearing all over yet it seems too early to put up the decorations & go all out on the tunes etc. and I haven't quite gotten fully into the Christmas mood (to be fair it'll probably be work finishing up before that happens) so the next stage for me will be the LLTS weekend, with our decorations going up & Christmas FM launching on FM on the Sunday after... then I'll be as close to being in christmas mode as possible until the day I finish up work for the year.

As ever the time is flying by though... but then again, cliché's are cliché's for a reason 😀

Bananaleaf

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118167938#Comment_118167938

You have just explained perfectly how I feel.

The OH's birthday is 30th November and I always feel like we can't get Christmassy until that is done.

I feel really in limbo at the moment

freshpopcorn

They are 222,000 Christmas lights in Oxford Street, London.

TRS30

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118172866#Comment_118172866

Wouldn't want to be checking them if they didn't work or untangling them!

DvB

Into the 30's....😯

TRS30

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118173033#Comment_118173033

May as well start pre-heating the oven!

DvB

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118173126#Comment_118173126

Love it...!😃

Loughc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118173033#Comment_118173033

Actually criminal how fast the year is going.

freshpopcorn

Tom and Jerry the night before Christmas was released on December 6th 1941!

SarahLil

Loved Tom and Jerry, why do they not show any of these anymore

I remember I had a colouring book of Tom and Jerry I coloured it so neatly

TRS30

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118179130#Comment_118179130

Was my favorite cartoon when i was younger, as well as 'Top Cat'.

Back when there was only 6/7 channels and only 1 showed cartoons!

DvB

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118179185#Comment_118179185

I remember when we had 5 channels (RTE 1 RTE2, UTV, BBC1 & BBC2) ... still remember Channel 4 launching and the excitement generated for having a new channel!! Mad now when you see hundreds if not 1000's of channels available to us ( & still not having anything decent on to watch over christmas)

TRS30

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118179207#Comment_118179207

Totally, channel surf for ages and nothing on that I want to watch. Will most likely only watch a handful of things over Christmas, outside of movies.

DvB

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118179238#Comment_118179238

Barely watch any scheduled TV these days (other than live sport) We tend to record (series link mostly) most things & watch them later so we can fast forward through the adverts.... though we did stop a few last night during bake off to watch the christmas ones 😀 dont see that changing much as time goes by, reckon even the TV channels will end up streaming and their associated 'players' will become the standard way to watch things and not by scheduled TV listings.

TRS30

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118179317#Comment_118179317

We would be the same. Yep, can see all channels going to a stream style set up, like Disney have, with no channels as such. The free ones can still get the ad revenue as you have to watch them first. I would prefer to pay, again like Disney, and have no ads!

tscul32

Yeah, we'll have to dig out an aerial to watch the toy show. We moved the tv to the other end of the room this time last year and got a cable run behind the wall when the stove was going in. It stopped working after a couple of days so no we've to trail a cable (which we don't have) across the room or connect an aerial for RTE. Or cast it from the player via a phone or something.

freshpopcorn

Measuring a whopping 15.47 m (50 ft 9 in) long and 8.23 m (27 ft) wide, the largest Santa hat was created by children from Norway’s Chill Youth Club. The festive headgear, which took a total of three months to construct, was presented in Fredrikstad on 9 December 2008.

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The Snowman was released on 26th of December 1982!

TRS30

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118189394#Comment_118189394

Interesting release date!!

DvB

hard to keep the recommended advice!

freshpopcorn

The candles on the Advent wreath symbolize hope, love, joy and peace.

Cork Lass

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118195090#Comment_118195090

That’s a beautiful picture 🎄

DvB

Getting real close now....

Autosport

freshpopcorn

The original Miracle on 34th Street was released on June 11th 1947.

The remake was released on November 18th 1994.

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The North Pole has no time zone also the sun rises and sets only once a year!

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Santa Claus was known as Sinterklaas in Dutch

TRS30

20's in 3 days is too scary for this time of the morning!

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December 25 was probably chosen because it coincided with the ancient pagan festival Saturnalia, which celebrated the agricultural god Saturn with partying, gambling, and gift-giving.

Autosport

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 We leave carrots for Santa Claus’ reindeer because, in Norse mythology, people left hay and treats for Odin’s eight-legged horse Sleipnir “in hopes the god would stop by their home during his Yule hunting adventures.” Dutch children adopted this tradition too, and would treats for St. Nick’s horse.

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Rudolph was almost named Rollo or Reginald. Reginald the Red-Nosed Reindeer doesn’t quite have the same ring to it.

TRS30

20's here we are. Only seems the other day we were at 100!

DvB

Panic station territory!

freshpopcorn

 The highest-grossing Christmas movie of all time is How the Grinch Stole Christmas. The Jim Carey version.

DvB

Last weekly one outside the month of December!!

Posy

What a gorgeous pic, DvB! 😊

freshpopcorn

Miriam O'Callaghan switched on the Christmas lights in Dublin on the 15th November 2009!

SarahLil

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118234247#Comment_118234247

It’s beautiful isn’t it

Graces7

Well, Advent is here so Christmas not far behind. Advent Wreath first candle lit with Advent carols on youtube.

I chose not to have TV; so I can choose youtube goodies and avoid the hype. Gentle into the season.

Just my way, trimmed and settled over the decades .

Decorations next weekend