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Christmas Countdown 2021

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  • #572
    TRS30
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,865 ✭✭✭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!



  • #573
    DvB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,211 ✭✭✭✭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)

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




  • #574
    TRS30
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    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.



  • #575
    DvB
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    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.

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




  • #576
    TRS30
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    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!



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  • #577
    tscul32
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,662 ✭✭✭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.



  • #578
    freshpopcorn
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    37.jpg

    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.



  • #579
    freshpopcorn
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    36.jpg

    The Snowman was released on 26th of December 1982!



  • #580
    TRS30
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118189394#Comment_118189394

    Interesting release date!!



  • #581
    DvB
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    5 weeks eve.png

    hard to keep the recommended advice!

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




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  • #582
    freshpopcorn
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    35.jpg

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



  • #583
    Cork Lass
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118195090#Comment_118195090

    That’s a beautiful picture 🎄



  • #584
    DvB
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    5 weeks.jpg

    Getting real close now....

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




  • #585
    Autosport
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  • #586
    freshpopcorn
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    34b.jpg 34a.jpg

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

    The remake was released on November 18th 1994.



  • #587
    freshpopcorn
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    33.jpg

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



  • #588
    freshpopcorn
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    32.png

    Santa Claus was known as Sinterklaas in Dutch



  • #589
    TRS30
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    20's in 3 days is too scary for this time of the morning!



  • #590
    freshpopcorn
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    31.jpg

    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.



  • #591
    Autosport
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    5DABF5C4-03FB-44FC-B146-5617331BDB4A.jpeg




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  • #592
    freshpopcorn
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    30.jpg

     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.



  • #593
    freshpopcorn
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    29.jpg

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



  • #594
    TRS30
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    20's here we are. Only seems the other day we were at 100!



  • #595
    DvB
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    CyM-ZN-W8AEMdOY.jpg

    Panic station territory!

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




  • #596
    freshpopcorn
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    28.jpg

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



  • #597
    DvB
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    4 weeks.jpg

    Last weekly one outside the month of December!!

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




  • #598
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,905 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    What a gorgeous pic, DvB! 😊



  • #599
    freshpopcorn
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    27.jpg

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



  • #600
    SarahLil
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118234247#Comment_118234247

    It’s beautiful isn’t it



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  • #601
    Graces7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭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

    Post edited by Graces7 on


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