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Unusual Christmas Gifts and Decorations for a Festive Home
The elf stockings are really unique and cute! I'll pass on the singing TP though.
MBC, on 12/13/2015
The 12 days of Christmas
I have read through the comments, which are also fascinating. I see old laws being still on the books discussed. They are best removed. The extreme, but such things happen, is the Australian Hutt River Province situation that occurred in the ...
blackspanielgallery, on 12/13/2015
The 12 days of Christmas
I have heard the song many times but had no idea of any significance. Indeed, lords a leaping seemed to be anti-monarch more than anything else. Making nobility leap seems rather insulting to them. I realize the monarchy has less than one ...
blackspanielgallery, on 12/13/2015
Nautical Jigsaw Puzzles: Ships and the Sea
These look like they would take some time to complete with blue sky and blue water.
blackspanielgallery, on 12/13/2015
Artist Review: Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencil Wood Box Sets
For Prismacolor set prices, I haven't been able to find cheaper prices than Amazon.com. Even with a half off coupon at big stores like Michael's or AC Moore, they were still around $50 more than ...
Gianna, on 12/13/2015
How To Draw A Demon With Flaming Sword Drawing Video Tutorial
so fun
pkluvr03, on 12/13/2015
The 12 days of Christmas
This ban on mince pies was on the same level of enforcability as the Plantagenet law that all males must practice archery for two hours on Sunday afternoons. This was to deter the French, who now have nuclear weapons! As far as I know this law ...
frankbeswick, on 12/13/2015
The 12 days of Christmas
Oliver Cromwell banned mince pies which he considered to be a Nativity symbol and also any celebrations of Christmas. When the Monarchy was restored in 1660, King Charles restored the celebration of Christmas in Britain. Some of the American ...
Veronica, on 12/13/2015
The 12 days of Christmas
Christmas was originally a time of holiness and fasting culminating on the 12th night with a celebration. 12th night saw an Epiphany cake which was banned by Queen Victoria as she thought it was unseemly. The bakers however moved the date ...
Veronica, on 12/13/2015
The 12 days of Christmas
If this song is an act of defiance, then it would not need to be against the Church of England, which happily celebrates Christmas. Furthermore, as Veronica rightly points out anti-Catholic discrimination was not strong in the eighteenth ...
frankbeswick, on 12/13/2015
The 12 days of Christmas
The twelve days of Christmas include Boxing Day, on the 26th, traditionally a day when apprentices went home to see their mothers, taking with them a box of sweets. This is also St Stephen's Day, celebrating Christianity's first martyr. The 28th ...
frankbeswick, on 12/13/2015
The 12 days of Christmas
I taught in a school where every IRA act of terrorism was blamed on Catholic me by a racist intolerant staff. It was my first teaching school and a nightmare ! That was 1978.
Veronica, on 12/13/2015
Outdoor Fairy Lights Commercial Quality LED Event Lighting
I love the blossom shaped lights. The price is right too.
candy47, on 12/13/2015
The 12 days of Christmas
You mention resentment of Catholics continuing to the 1960s Veronica. Resentment of Catholics continued and still does,though it is not Protestants who are the problem. Secularists are the ones most likely to be abusive,you know those people who ...
frankbeswick, on 12/12/2015
The 12 days of Christmas
Very interesting information. You bring the thread alive with your comments.
Veronica, on 12/12/2015