Christmas Countdown 2021

Sheep Shagger

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117964126#Comment_117964126

I swim outside all year round and its quite often warmer in that out, a lot of people don't believe me when I say it!. Starting to cool a bit with water temps at 15 degrees the last few days but still very pleasent.

freshpopcorn

7-Up on Ice was first held in 2002. In the first year more than 90,000 people attended the event in Smithfied. 7-Up became the main sponsor in 2003 and Keith Duffy launched one of Europe's largest outdoor ice rinks.

It last took place in 2009 and it was launched by Jayne Torvill.

DvB

Less than 3 months to go....

freshpopcorn

Here's a record from 1997. I don't know if the tree is still going.

Every year, Janet Parker of Chippenham, Wiltshire, UK, puts up her Christmas tree, which was purchased - possibly from Woolworths - for her Great Aunt in 1886. Standing 30 cm (12 in) high in an ornate pot, it gets decorated with cherubs and the Virgin Mary.

freshpopcorn

During the Christmas Season inn Venezuela and Trinidad a type of eggnog is consumed and it's called Ponche Crema.

TRS30

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117969498#Comment_117969498

Now that is some tradition!!

freshpopcorn

In the Ukraine, spiders are considered a good luck symbol at Christmas!

freshpopcorn

1. The most watched Christmas program in the Uk was Only Fools and Horses 'Time On Our Hands' and it aired on December 29, 1996 and had an audience of 24.25 million.

PTH2009

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117981821#Comment_117981821

Why can't Xmas TV be like that nowadays

DvB

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117981821#Comment_117981821

That's a phenomenal figure of people.... almost half the population of the UK sat down to watch a TV programme at the same time!

TRS30

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117982153#Comment_117982153

Is a real testament to the quality of the show. The writing and acting is top drawer.

DvB

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117982196#Comment_117982196

Best comedy show ever IMO. I still watch them on Gold/Dave (cant remember which channel has them on repeat constantly 🤣) and get a giggle. My kids still refer to it as 'hookey street' from when I had it on when they were small and they associated the line in the theme song as being the shows name...

TRS30

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117982222#Comment_117982222

Same was watching one of the Christmas specials (the Dad one) just the other night. Dave or UK Gold show them regularly.

freshpopcorn

The first Late Late Toy Show took place in 1975 and it was only a short segment in the show!

TRS30

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117986488#Comment_117986488

'75 was a great year!! 😀

scottygee

HO HO HO

Mannnn 79 days to go!!! It's coming in hot!!!

What's on everyone's Christmas movie playlist right now? Need suggestions hahahaha

PaulT21

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117987173#Comment_117987173

/https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2057919921/christmas-movies/p40

@scottygee Check out the thread above for plenty of ideas .😀

freshpopcorn

Right before Christmas in 2010, people enjoyed a stunning total lunar eclipse. It was the first time since 1638 that an eclipse coincided with winter solstice, making it a historic event.

freshpopcorn

Mistletoe is the floral emblem of the US state of Oklahoma and the flower of the UK county of  Herefordshire. Every year, the UK town of Tenbury Wells holds a mistletoe festival and crowns a 'Mistletoe Queen''.

DvB

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freshpopcorn

The world’s largest Christmas stocking is measured at 177 feet tall by 72 feet wide and weighs 820 pounds. A local sewing group in Sedalia, Missouri made this stocking in 2017. Sewing each stitch by hand, it took about three months to complete.

freshpopcorn

Elf on the Shelf was written in 2004 by Carol Aebersold and daughter Chanda Bell and illustrated by Coë Steinwart. It was launched in 2005. I didn't realise it was that old.

Autosport

😍😍😍

freshpopcorn

In the 2008 Christmas Special of Gavin and Stacey. Stacey had a Christmas job in M&S. The scenes were filmed in the M&S store in Culverhouse Cross in Cardiff.

freshpopcorn

Jesus Refulsit Omnium is often cited as the oldest known Christmas song in the world. Like many of the first Christmas songs, “Jesus Refulsit Omnium” is a Christian hymn. The hymn was composed in Latin by St. Hilary of Poitiers sometime in the fourth century

freshpopcorn

The tallest chocolate Santa (hollow) measured 16 ft 4.85 in and was achieved by the shopping centre Mirabello in Cantù, Italy, on 11 December 2011.

freshpopcorn

Anne Doyle presented her first news bulletin on Christmas Day 1979 and her last one on Christmas Day in 2011!

DvB

time to start adding in the countdown to the best day of the year!!

TRS30

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118022247#Comment_118022247

Single digit weeks........whoo hooo.....

Autosport

🧑‍🎄🎅🤶