Playlist:
Band Aid – Do they know it’s Christmas?
Jona Lewie – Stop the Cavalry
Ben Haenow – You’ve got something I need
Paul McCartney – Wonderful Christmas Time
The Smiths – What difference does It make?
John Lennon & Yoko Ono – War is over
The Jam – Going Underground
Cyndi Lauper – Girls just wanna have fun
Riddle of the week:
A: A tooth
Reece’s Joke of the week: Wow, honey, I never thought our son would go that far!
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Yeah, the catapult is really amazing. Go get our daughter!
Top 10: Christmas facts
1. The first Christmas card was commissioned by Sir Henry Cole and was sent in 1843.
2. Christmas supposedly marks the birth of Jesus Christ on December 25. But there is no mention of December 25 in the Bible and most historians actually believe he was born in the spring.
3. In 1913, a New York couple were arrested and fined $15 for kissing in the street on Christmas Day.
4. In Poland at Christmas, spiders or spider webs are common trees decorations. Spiders are seen as signs of goodness and prosperity at Christmas.
5. In Spain, they celebrate Misa del Gallo or “Mass of the Rooster” on Christmas Eve.
6. Rudolph should probably be depicted without antlers as male reindeer shed theirs in winter.
7. Santa’s other eight reindeer and sleigh date back to 1823; Rudolph was only added in 1939.
8. According to 16th century mystic Godfridus, if Christmas falls on a Thursday, winter shall be good and ‘He that falleth in his bed shall soon recover.’
9. The Christmas gift wrap used in the UK every year would cover the island of Guernsey.
10. The Santa Claus Foundation of Greenland voted Nelson Mandela its first Santa Claus of the year in 1995.
