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Christmas gift-bringers in Europe. This is a list of Christmas and winter gift-bringer figures from around the world. The history of mythical or folkloric gift-bringing figures who appear in winter, often at or around the Christmas period, is complex, and in many countries the gift-bringer – and the gift-bringer's date of arrival – has changed over time as native customs have been ...
Christmas gift-bringers in Europe. A number of Midwinter or Christmas traditions in European folklore involve gift-bringers.Mostly involving the figure of a bearded old man, the traditions have mutually influenced one another, and have adopted aspects from Christian hagiography, even before the modern period.
Sir Paul McCartney treated his fans to an early Christmas present! On Saturday, Dec. 14, the music icon, 82, surprised attendees of his concert in Manchester, England, with a rare live ...
The Royal Christmas Message (1957–1968, 1970 – present). Note: The Royal Christmas message has been read as far back as King George V in 1932 & 1935 over the radio , and then George VI in 1939, 1941–1942, 1945–1946, 1949 and 1951 up until Queen Elizabeth II read it on the radio from 1952 to 1956.
It played a three-hour commercial-free video loop of flaming wood, accompanied by holiday music, to serve as a “Christmas card to our viewers,” according to a history of the “Yule Log ...
A Texas-based company organized a Christmas light show with 5,000 brightly lit drones in the night sky, giving millions a chance to witness a one-of-a-kind aerial display they will never forget.
Nobita and Doraemon's Christmas (two-part episode) 1980: Doraemon (1979 TV series) Mini Santa: Doraemon (1979 TV series) Flying Christmas: 1982: Doraemon (1979 TV series) The Christmas Present: 1985: Doraemon (1979 TV series) Time Skipping Pulley: 1987: Doraemon (1979 TV series) Santa Mail: 1996: Doraemon (1979 TV series) Santa Bag and ...
A Charlie Brown Christmas (CBS, 1965) Directed by Bill Melendez. Written by Charles Schulz. Young voice-over talent Peter Robbins made his indelible mark as Charlie Brown in this poignant holiday ...