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Christmas Countdown 2021

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  • #392
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,776 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


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    Decorating Disney World involves 8.5 million lights.



  • #393
    CarrieAnne
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    128



  • #394
    Carodh
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    Brown Thomas yipppeee!!!!!

    https://fb.watch/7uaI8-pPag/



  • #395
    freshpopcorn
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    Long before Christmas trees became a standard decoration, the Irish would gather sprigs of their native evergreen, holly, to decorate their homes for the holiday.



  • #396
    Dazler97
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    I'm gonna start my shopping in October



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  • #397
    Cork Lass
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117778801#Comment_117778801

    Why so late ? 😂



  • #398
    freshpopcorn
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117781542#Comment_117781542

    I keep on wondering when I'll start and then I remember I've already bought a tree and balls!



  • #399
    DvB
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117781557#Comment_117781557

    Balls or baubles!? 😲

    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • #400
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,776 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117781559#Comment_117781559

    We're common so often say balls!



  • #401
    Cork Lass
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    Going into town tomorrow so will be visiting BT Christmas shop. Normally buy one nice tree bauble (not ball 😂) each year and get ideas on how to decorate the tree. Early or not, their trees are always beautifully decorated and i often try to recreate them at home.



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  • #402
    Dazler97
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,433 ✭✭✭Dazler97


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117781542#Comment_117781542

    Hahaha I'm 24 so I have alot of bills haha



  • #403
    CarrieAnne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 705 ✭✭✭CarrieAnne


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    The Rain earlier in my neck of the woods…. would FORCE THOSE OF US WHO ARE ENLIGHTENED .... to watch Christmas movies!

    Hopefully weather not as bad where ye are…. Movie chose then optional! 😂🎅☃️



  • #404
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,776 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


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    Almost 28 sets of LEGO are sold every second during the Christmas season.



  • #405
    DvB
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    Getting closer

    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • #406
    Littlehorny
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,350 ✭✭✭Littlehorny


    ^^^ Still the best Christmas movie ever imo 😊🎄



  • #407
    CarrieAnne
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  • #408
    freshpopcorn
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    There is an old tradition that in some Irish houses (although now not many), people put a tall, thick candle on the sill of the largest window after sunset on Christmas Eve. The candle is left to burn all night and represents a welcoming light for Mary and Joseph.



  • #409
    freshpopcorn
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    100 days until December 1st!



  • #410
    freshpopcorn
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    Christmas crackers are also associated with Knut's parties, held in Sweden at the end of the Christmas season.



  • #411
    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 26,077 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    I’m loving FPC’s facts of the day with the countdown.



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  • #412
    Autosport
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    🤶🤶🧑‍🎄🧑‍🎄🎅🎅



  • #413
    Autosport
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    🎅🎅🎅🎅🧑‍🎄🧑‍🎄🧑‍🎄



  • #414
    freshpopcorn
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    In Spanish, Christmas Eve is called "Nochebuena,'' literally translated as "Good Night.



  • #415
    freshpopcorn
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    In the late Victorian period a tradition grew up that Christmas puddings should be made on or immediately after the Sunday "next before Advent", i.e. four to five weeks before Christmas.



  • #416
    TRS30
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117797885#Comment_117797885

    Someone got '1001 Great Christmas Stats' for Christmas!!



  • #417
    freshpopcorn
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    There could be deer running across the Motorway!

    Rudolph's the Red Nose Reindeer story was originally written in verse by Robert L May for the Montgomery Ward chain of department stores.



  • #418
    freshpopcorn
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    The tradition of a decorated tree is old since the Celts already decorated a tree, the symbol of life at the time of the winter solstice.



  • #419
    DvB
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    Another week bites the dust

    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • #420
    freshpopcorn
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    In Finland some people choose to decorate trees with fat balls outside and it's considered good luck for farmers to feed birds at Christmas.



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  • #421
    freshpopcorn
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    For most children in The Netherlands, the most important day during December is 5th December, when Sinterklaas (St. Nicholas) brings them their presents! Nicholas' Day is on the 6th December, but in The Netherlands, the major celebrations are held on the 5th December, St. ... Nicholas' Eve.



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