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!
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)
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
The Snowman was released on 26th of December 1982!
Interesting release date!!
hard to keep the recommended advice!
The candles on the Advent wreath symbolize hope, love, joy and peace.
That’s a beautiful picture 🎄
Getting real close now....
The original Miracle on 34th Street was released on June 11th 1947.
The remake was released on November 18th 1994.
The North Pole has no time zone also the sun rises and sets only once a year!
Santa Claus was known as Sinterklaas in Dutch
20's in 3 days is too scary for this time of the morning!
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.
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.
Rudolph was almost named Rollo or Reginald. Reginald the Red-Nosed Reindeer doesn’t quite have the same ring to it.
20's here we are. Only seems the other day we were at 100!
Panic station territory!
The highest-grossing Christmas movie of all time is How the Grinch Stole Christmas. The Jim Carey version.
Last weekly one outside the month of December!!
What a gorgeous pic, DvB! 😊
Miriam O'Callaghan switched on the Christmas lights in Dublin on the 15th November 2009!
It’s beautiful isn’t it
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
