Day 9: The First Christmas Card
Did you know the first commercial Christmas cards were commissioned by some dude (Sir Henry Cole)...
Read MorePosted by Luke B | Dec 9, 2009 | Advent Calender |
Did you know the first commercial Christmas cards were commissioned by some dude (Sir Henry Cole)...
Read MorePosted by Luke B | Dec 8, 2009 | Advent Calender |
[source] Â St Nicholas the guy that eventually became the basis for Santa himself started out a...
Read MorePosted by Luke B | Dec 7, 2009 | Advent Calender |
Did you know…  The world record for the largest Christmas stocking is in fact held by the Children’s society in London. In December 2007 they made a stocking measuring 106 foot 9 inches long and 49 foot 1 inches...
Read MorePosted by Luke B | Dec 6, 2009 | Advent Calender |
“Oh, bring us a figgy pudding;Â Oh, bring us a figgy pudding;Â Oh, bring us a figgy pudding and a cup of good cheer” But what is ‘figgy pudding’? A lot of people believe that it is in fact similar to plum...
Read MorePosted by Luke B | Dec 5, 2009 | Advent Calender |
Did you know…. Â The first tinsel was made of silver, yup that’s right, good old silver (Ag). However this meant that it was easily tarnished and could only be afforded by the cream of the cream of society. Over the...
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