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Christmas: A Biography starts by exploring what Flanders calls the "two most common assumptions" on the origins of the titular holiday: that it originated as "a deeply solemn religious event" before being distorted by "our own secular, capitalist society", and that it is native to the people who celebrate it. [4]
He called it "the best Ned Flanders story in decades" and said "the connected stories of Homer and Ned finding meaning in the holiday and in life that makes this a touching Christmas special." [16] John Schwarz of Bubbleblabber gave the episode a 9 out of 10. He said the episode proved that writer Carolyn Omine was at least one of the top ten ...
Although most of the stations mentioned in Flanders's song were earmarked for closure under the Beeching cuts, a number of the stations were ultimately spared closure: Chester-le-Street, Formby, Ambergate, and Arram all remain open, and Gorton and Openshaw also survives, now called Gorton. Some stations referred to in the song have since been ...
1. Cracker Barrel. Cracker Barrels are open regular hours on Thanksgiving. You can eat a turkey dinner in the restaurant, or order a Thanksgiving family-size meal to go if you don’t feel like ...
The Spinola Hours is a illuminated manuscript book of hours of about 1510-1520, consisting of 312 folios, over 80 of which are mainly decorated with miniature paintings. It was produced between Bruges and Ghent in Flanders around 1510-1520, and is a key work of the Ghent–Bruges school of illuminators.
A general view of the CFP logo before the college football Playoff Semifinal game on December 31, 2022 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.
A high-end wedding photographer and his Indian American family were subjected to the wrath of a fellow traveler who hurled sickening insults at them after their United Airlines flight.
Michael Flanders and Donald Swann performing on the American tour, 14 September 1966, prior to taking the show to Broadway. Michael Flanders (1922–1975) was a lyricist, actor, and singer, and Donald Swann (1923–1994), a composer and pianist, met as children at Westminster School, where they first joined up together for a school revue in 1939.