REMEMBER DECEMBER
This song heard often in December was once called "One Horse Open Sleigh" & was written for Thanksgiving
"Jingle Bells"
All due respect to Mr. Willis, but "now I have a machine gun ho-ho-ho"? & taking place during a holiday party? It's a Christmas movie!
"Die Hard"
OK, everybody, we've all been instructed to do this "with boughs of holly"
Deck the Halls
The "Parade of Wooden Soldiers" is a highlight of their "Christmas Spectacular" at Radio City Music Hall
The Rockettes
1877:
She is proclaimed Empress of India
Queen Victoria
During the winter solstice each December, this spot on the Earth is tilted 23.4 degrees away from the Sun
The North Pole
In this 2003 movie, we learned "They tried using gnomes & trolls, but the gnomes drank too much"
Elf
We can always count on them--in "The Twelve Days Of Christmas", the "8 maids" are doing this
A-Milking
This Dr. Seuss animated special first aired on TV in December 1966
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
1962:
This U.S. Navy special forces unit is established
The SEALs
Not just self-adulation, but beauty & youth are associated with the name of this birth flower for December
Narcissus
Chevy Chase learned a metal plate in Cousin Eddie's head made him forget who he was for a bit after using a microwave in this comedy
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Magically, with an "old silk hat they found", some kids placed it on his head & "he began to dance around"
Frosty
Natalie Wood was only 8 when she played the little Santa Clause skeptic in this classic film
Miracle on 34th Street
1927:
This football game is broadcast coast to coast on radio for the first time
The Rose Bowl
The shammash, a "servant" candle, is used to light the other 8 on this candle holder seen in Jewish windows
A Menorah
The tagline to this 1996 Christmas comedy with Arnold Schwarzenegger was "Two dads, one toy, no prisoners"
"Jingle All the Way"
These 2 words,
these 2 words,
these 2 words,
then
"próspero año y felicidad"
Feliz Navidad
A 2019 album celebrating Hanukkah featured such artists as Jack Black & this band of sisters--Este, Danielle & Alana
Haim
1990: He's sworn in as the first Black mayor of New York City
David Dinkins
The most popular of the Roman festivals, this December celebration of much merrymaking was dedicated to the god of agriculture
Saturnalia
It's all in the cards in this movie: "Just because it's Christmas... (and at Christmas you tell the truth)... to me, you are perfect"
"Love Actually"
"She'd been drinkin' too much egg nog, & we'd begged her not to go" but unfortunately this happened anyway
Grandma Got Run Over by a Reigndeer.
This Russian-born composer counted "White Christmas" among his favorite songs that he wrote
Irving Berlin
1660: Recording that his wife burned her hand preparing a meal & other events of that day, this man makes his first diary entry
Samuel Pepys