CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN BLOG Monday 21st December 2020
CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN ADVENT BLOG Monday 21st December 2020
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12 RAMBLINGS OF CHRISTMAS
ONLY 4 SLEEPS TO CHRISTMAS
- A CHRISTMAS QUOTE
“I love Christmas. I receive a lot of wonderful presents I can’t wait to exchange.” – Henny Youngman
- CHRISTMAS FEATURE – ALL THE CHRISTMAS No.1s EVER… Part 2 1987-2019
1987 Pet Shop Boys “Always on My Mind” 4
1988 Cliff Richard “Mistletoe and Wine” 4
1989 Band Aid II “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” 3
1990 Cliff Richard “Saviour’s Day” 1
1991 Queen “Bohemian Rhapsody” / “These Are the Days of Our Lives” 5
1992 Whitney Houston “I Will Always Love You” 10
1993 Mr Blobby “Mr Blobby” 3
1994 East 17 “Stay Another Day” 5
1995 Michael Jackson “Earth Song” 6
1996 Spice Girls “2 Become 1” 3
1997 Spice Girls “Too Much” 2
1998 Spice Girls “Goodbye” 1
1999 Westlife “I Have a Dream” / “Seasons in the Sun” 4
2000 Bob the Builder “Can We Fix It?” 3
2001 Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman “Somethin’ Stupid” 3
2002 Girls Aloud “Sound of the Underground” 4
2003 Michael Andrews and Gary Jules “Mad World” 3
2004 Band Aid 20 “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” 4
2005 Shayne Ward “That’s My Goal” 4
2006 Leona Lewis “A Moment Like This” 4
2007 Leon Jackson “When You Believe” 3
2008 Alexandra Burke “Hallelujah” 3
2009 Rage Against the Machine “Killing in the Name” 1
2010 Matt Cardle “When We Collide” 3
2011 Military Wives with Gareth Malone “Wherever You Are” 1
2012 The Justice Collective “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother” 1
2013 Sam Bailey “Skyscraper” 1
2014 Ben Haenow “Something I Need” 1
2015 Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir “A Bridge over You” 1
2016 Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul and Anne-Marie “Rockabye” 9
2017 Ed Sheeran “Perfect” 6
2018 LadBaby “We Built This City” 1
2019 LadBaby “I Love Sausage Rolls” 1
2020 To be announced on CHRISTMAS DAY 25th December 2020
3. CHRISTMAS MOVIE
4. CHRISTMAS SONG
- 23 Gladys Knight - Do You Hear What I Hear
5. CHRISTMAS CHILDREN’S BOOK
Young Ebenezer: A New Christmas Carol Paperback by Rose English (Author)
Paperback : 76 pages
Publisher : Gillari Books
Young Ebenezer
A New Christmas Carol
This story is a seasonal treat, a modern, lyrical re-telling of the Charles Dickens classic – ‘A Christmas Carol.’
The book is specially designed for families to share during the Holiday Season, or for young competent readers to try for themselves. This book is a beautiful gift to treasure, with full colour images on every page.
Eb is a spoilt child who really is not one for caring, and he certainly hates sharing. He is watched over by a very special guardian – the family’s ancient longcase clock, who is bestowed with magic. His name is Grandfather Time.
On Christmas Eve Grandfather Time decides he must teach the boy a lesson. So he calls upon his friends; the Ghosts of Past, Present and Future and with lessons to learn he brings forth the first tutor – a little golden-red King Charles spaniel, called Miss Ruby Heart.
Will this unlikely pair be able to teach the boy the error of his ways? Or will he be doomed to be a scruffy, lonely teenager stuck forever in his own little world?
6. CHRISTMAS CAROL
7. IT’S A CRACKER (CHRISTMAS CRACKER JOKE)
What would you call an elf who just has won the lottery? Welfy
8. EVERY CHRISTMAS TV TIMES COVER
9. A FAMOUS SCROOGE
10. SOMETHING TO LAUGH ABOUT – A TOP TV CHRISTMAS SPECIAL FROM THE PASTMr. Bean – Merry Christmas Mr. Bean
UK/Special/1992Aired on ITV
“Merry Christmas, Mr. Bean” is the seventh episode of the British television series Mr. Bean, produced by Tiger Aspect Productions for Thames Television. It was first broadcast on ITV on Tuesday, December 29, 1992 as part of ITV’s Christmas schedule and was viewed by 18.48 million viewers during its original airing. This was the final episode to be written by Richard Curtis and the last to be broadcast by Thames Television on behalf of the ITV network. Mr Bean – No. of episodes 15
11. NICE LITTLE CHRISTMAS NUMBER
201 161 – The tallest living Christmas tree in America is the 161-foot tree in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. The star placed at the top is ten feet tall!
202 22 million Turkeys eaten in the United States at Christmas.
203 202 – On the internet, IMDB lists 202 various ‘A Christmas Carol’ by Charles Dickens, film adaptations, including films with non-traditional stories.
204 1741 – In Dublin in 1742 the Christmas oratorio, The Messiah, by George Frederick Handle was first performed.
205 1914 – Stanley Weintraub wrote about a famous Christmas truce in 1914 during World War I when the Germans and British exchanged gifts and played football in his book Silent Night: The Story of the World War I Christmas Truce. Published 2001
206 94 – This year is the 94th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. But it is a lot different because of Covid-19 restrictions
207 250,000 people saw the first May’s New York Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1924
208 1932 – MACY’S PARADE WAS BROADCAST FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 1932.These broadcasts were radio-only, so listeners had to use their imaginations. The first televised parade took place in 1946 and was limited to the New York area only.
209 25- – A huge Mickey Mouse balloon appeared in the 1934 Macey’s Thanksgiving Parade. 40-foot-high, 23-foot-wide balloon, which was “held down to Earth by 25 husky attendants,”
210 50 million people watch Macy’s New York Thanksgiving Day Parade from home
12. CHRISTMAS TV ADVERT