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No hohoho, no merry Christmas, nothing.” The Hampshire Cultural Trust responded to the concerns, blaming the disappointment on external websites that used images from previous Santa events it ...
The cultural trust runs several museums and galleries across Hampshire. "We're a local, not-for-profit arts and museums charity so profiteering at this time of year is really not what we're about ...
The exhibition was curated for the Hampshire Cultural Trust and featured wood engravings, watercolours, books, ceramics and lithographs. [49] [50] In 2022 he was the subject of a film Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War written and directed by Margy Kinmonth. [1] [19]
Odin, transformed into Father Christmas, then Santa Claus, prospered with St Nicholas and the Christchild, became a leading player on the Christmas stage." [ 23 ] In northern Europe, the Yule goat was an earlier bearer of gifts, which has to some degree become conflated with Santa Claus, for instance in the Finnish Joulupukki tradition.
The first known English personification of Christmas was associated with merry-making, singing and drinking. A carol attributed to Richard Smart, Rector of Plymtree in Devon from 1435 to 1477, has 'Sir Christemas' announcing the news of Christ's birth and encouraging his listeners to drink: "Buvez bien par toute la compagnie, / Make good cheer and be right merry, / And sing with us now ...
Eastleigh Museum gallery. Eastleigh Museum was a museum situated in Eastleigh, a town in Hampshire, England, [1] which opened in October 1986. [2] In 2014, ownership of the Eastleigh Museum was transferred to the Hampshire Cultural Trust as part of a larger transfer of museums from Hampshire County Council and Winchester City Council.
This year, the Christmas Fund aims to raise $130,000 to provide 4,000 food boxes to needy individuals and families. As is tradition, the newspaper prints lists of fund donors and their short ...
Ashcroft Arts Centre is a performing arts venue in Fareham, Hampshire. [1] It is named after Dame Peggy Ashcroft, and opened by her in 1989, [2] after being refurbished from its original use as a school. Since 2014, the arts centre has been operated by Hampshire Cultural Trust. [3] [4]