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No, there is no similar situation in Britain. We don't celebrate thanksgiving.

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Some Unitedstatesians criticize the concentration on Christmas decorations- and gifts-getting for less attention to Thanksgiving. They sometimes criticize such decorations and gifts as more oriented to New Year holidays than to Advent and Christmas seasons.

Do similar concerns about New Year holidays competing with Advent and Christmas seasons configure among British Isles-ers?

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Online sources describe Edith of the Swan's Neck as identifying Harold the Fair's body on the Hastings battlefield.

Is that her last known appearance?

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Your answer about a possible association between declining prophecy and rising apocalyptic writing intrigues me.

Might prophecy have declined because people neglected prophets or because fewer prophets presented themselves publicly?

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The ancient statue of Our Lady Mary burned at an execution place disappoints me. Do we know what was done with the statue ashes?

Tyburn in London was the official place of execution. So certain major burnings took place there

Shakespeare used some names for known historical characters, but he did invent names when required, e.g. Falstaff.

It may have arisen to fill a gap left by the decline of prophecy in the late first millennium B
B.C. b.it the issue still arouses discussion among scholars.

No. Tradition and history are silent on this matter.

It depends on the individual. Some people prepare for Christmas early, others leave it for later.

Gentrified buildings attracted professionals, but there was a large programme of the construction of social housing for the inhabitants.

Yes. Britons eat a wide range of foods.

Yes. Any soup that contains peas, barely or lentils has seeds in it.

The gospel of John was anonymous, but it was said in the text to be the beloved disciple. Tradition names this disciple as John, but the text of John 11 describes Lazarus as the man you, Jesus, love. The first letter of John is written in the style of the gospel, so the gospel and the letter may have similar authors, but the other letters of John are in a different style. Scholars have argued this issue for years.

No. But it is usually the case that popes follow precedent.