DAY 5 5th DEC ONLY 20 SLEEPS UNTIL CHRISTMAS
DAY 5 5th DECEMBER ONLY 20 SLEEPS UNTIL CHRISTMAS
3. Christmas Track: Driving Home for Christmas – Chris Rea (Click to hear)
4. Christmas Carol: O Come All Ye Faithful
5. Christmas Film: Home Alone II
6. Something to Prepare: Bake Christmas Cakes
7. Children’s Christmas Picture Book To Read: Winnie-the-Pooh: Pooh’s Snowy Day – Andrew Grey
8. Children’s Christmas Paperback: Bah! Humbug! by Michael Rosen & Tony Ross
9. Adult Christmas Book to Read: A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens
10. Annual:
11. Christmas Cracker Joke:
What is the best Christmas present in the world? A broken drum, you just can’t beat it.
12. A Christmas Number:
8 Million – The number of natural Christmas trees consumed by the UK each year
13. An Amazing Christmas Fact:
45% – of all greetings card sent every year that are Christmas related
14. Christmas Radio Times Cover:
15. Christmas Character: Angel Gabriel
16. Unusual Gifts:
Christmas Crowd Photo Booth Game Upgrade your group selfies this Christmas with this Christmas Crowd Photo Booth Game. Includes 22 disguises, props and 1 frame From Oliver Bonas £ 9.50
17. TV AD: John Lewis The Long Wait 2011
18. Christmas Stamp
19. EWAN’S ADVENT MESSAGE: On our ceiling in some rooms at our house we have what I have always thought were burglar lights. Red lights that come on when there is a burglar in the room. I’ve always thought they were faulty because they come on sometimes when only I am in the room. But Dad says when the red light is on it means Santa is watching. On one hand it piles on the stresses in trying to remain good but on the other I question the legality of him infringing my privacy. It quite surprises me that my Mum allows it with her law degree and her leaning towards civil liberties law.
- GEORGE’S ADVENT MESSAGE: I’ve heard this song quite a bit of late:
You better watch out
You better not cry
Better not pout
I’m telling you why
Santa Claus is coming to town
He’s making a list
And checking it twice;
Gonna find out Who’s naughty and nice
Santa Claus is coming to town
He sees you when you’re sleeping
He knows when you’re awake
He knows if you’ve been bad or good
So be good for goodness sake!
O! You better watch out!
You better not cry
Better not pout
I’m telling you why
Santa Claus is coming
So what’s that all about, then? Has this guy not heard that the spirit of giving is to give and expect nothing in return? Too much expected of me there. I think I might opt out of this one, too much pressure.
- A Christmas List : 2016 Christmas Day TV Ratings
Audiences for the UK’s most-watched Christmas Day TV shows hit record lows as Call The Midwife, Strictly and Mrs Brown’s Boys all fail to pull in 10 million viewers. These were the lowest figures since ratings recording system began in 1981. 2016 was the second year in which no programme topped 10 million viewers.
The overnight TV ratings refer only to live television viewing and do not include online or catch-up audiences.
Christmas Day Overnight Ratings
- The Queen at 3pm – BBC1 and ITV 7.7m
- Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special – BBC1 7.2m
- The Great Christmas Bake Off – BBC1 6.3m
- Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas Special – BBC1 6.1m
- Call The Midwife – BBC1 6.1m
- EastEnders – BBC1 5.9m
- Coronation Street – ITV (not including ITV +1) 5.8m
- Doctor Who – BBC1 5.7m
- Frozen – BBC1 4.7m
- Emmerdale – ITV 4.2m
Christmas Day Consolidated Ratings
- Call The Midwife, BBC1 9.20 m
- Mrs Brown’s Boys, BBC1 8.98m
- Strictly Come Dancing, BBC1 8.94m
- The Great Christmas Bake Off, BBC1 8.21m
- Coronation Street, ITV 8.12m
- Doctor Who, BBC1 7.83m
- EastEnders, BBC1 7.82m
- Queen’s Speech, BBC1/ITV 7.70m
- Emmerdale, ITV 6.21m
- Frozen, BBC1 5.25m
22. CHRISTMAS ALBUM:
CHRISTMAS NOW AND THEN
by Matthew Greens Orchestral Rainbow
Only available pre-loved in vinyl
A Christmas Carol, re-told, with 1970’s Pop / Rock versions of traditional carols, plus links provided by a Cockney child
CHRISTMAS NOW AND THEN – Tracklist
