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GRB 101225A, also known as the "Christmas burst", was a cosmic explosion first detected by NASA's Swift observatory on Christmas Day 2010. The gamma-ray emission lasted at least 28 minutes, which is unusually long.
Infrared satellite image of the storm on Monday, December 27, 2010. On December 22, an extratropical storm moved ashore in California and weakened. On December 25, while situated in eastern New Mexico, two areas of low pressure interacted with another that dropped down from central Canada [6] and an ample amount of Gulf stream energy; as a result, the storm carried a fairly large amount of ...
While there is no well-agreed-upon date used to indicate the start of winter in the Northern Hemisphere, there are two definitions of winter which may be used. Based on the astronomical definition, winter begins at the winter solstice , which in 2009 occurred on December 21, and ends at the March equinox , which in 2010 occurred on March 20. [ 1 ]
After Christmas Day, there’s no clear date on when the season ends, but some consider the Epiphany in January as the last day. A Manila street vendor sells Christmas lanterns, locally known as ...
The BBC reported that the first-known mince-pie recipe dates back to an 1830s-era English cookbook. By the mid-17th century, people reportedly began associating the small pies with Christmas. At ...
"Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" Brenda Lee: 1958 [67] December 12, 2009 " A Holly Jolly Christmas" Burl Ives: 1964 [68] December 19, 2009 "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" Brenda Lee: 1958 [69] December 26, 2009 " A Holly Jolly Christmas" Burl Ives: 1964 [70] January 2, 2010 [71] November 27, 2010 "Jingle Bell Rock" Bobby Helms: 1957 [72 ...
In the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom, the Christmas shopping season starts from mid-November, around the time when high street Christmas lights are turned on. [31] [32] In the UK in 2010, up to £8 billion was expected to be spent online at Christmas, approximately a quarter of total retail festive sales. [32]
Elf is a musical based on the 2003 motion picture, with a score by Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin. [1] [2] The book is adapted by Bob Martin and Thomas Meehan from the film.The musical premiered on Broadway in the Christmas season of 2010 and was revived in 2012 and 2024.