The UK 2023 'Days Of Christmas'

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 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Keeping this blog's tradition going, this is my Yuletide posting about all that you should know for Christmas. But let's just take a moment in the busy day to remember what it's all about - the people you love. I'm thinking of the people you love right now ... are you thinking of mine?

Of course, it's not just about family and friends (if that's who I was thinking of) but also presents, alcohol and oodles of sitting around in front of the TV (or under the the sun you lucky Southern Hempishpereans!).

If Jesus is your thing, I mean, if he's your bag, what you're into man then do the religious thing as well. Just don't get all "God" over Christmas and try to remember that it was originally a pagan festival around the longest day, certainly don't want you Christians foisting your ideas on people and trying to subvert the real message!

Fun. that's the real message. Believe in Father Christmas (who shats all over Santa) and have too much laughter with the people you love, but remember it can all be a bit much sometimes, How to party if you’re shy, socially awkward – or just plain boring.

If you only click a few things, these are the ones

The Christmas collection of articles starts with:

Christmas stuff on this blog

Some Christmas humour to warm the bits of your cockles, first from this blog ...
Christmmas tree lights, no more tangle method

Christmas madness from the World Wide Web

(those in bold are new this year)

Places and their Christmas unusual

10 misc Christmas things

  1. 20 Christmas Party Games From Years Gone By
  2. Readers reply: what traditions do I need to add to my Christmas Day?
  3. And the cry from the children was, "Is it Christmas yet?"
  4. The Origins of 10 Popular Christmas Carols
  5. The Joker's Still Getting Away… Celebrating 50 Years of 'Jingle Bells, Batman Smells'
  6. The Story of Yule – How Vikings Did Christmas
  7. The origins of Boxing Day, the day after Christmas
  8. A fun way to dispose of your Christmas tree
  9. The Truth Behind the White Christmas Dream
  10. 57 Victorian Christmas Cards That Are As Creepy As Those Times Themselves

Christmas videos




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  1. AnonymousSaturday, December 09, 2023 12:02:00 pm

    Thanks Mike! It would take a year of Christmases to read-absorb all of this!

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