June 20 in Pop Culture History June 20th is… American Eagle Day National Hike with a Geek Day Ice Cream Soda Day International Nystagmus Day Take Your Cat To Work Day Vanilla Milkshake Day 1214 – The University of Oxford received its Royal Charter. 1782 – Congress adopted the Great Seal of the United States, […]
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March 26 in Pop Culture History March 26th is… Epilepsy Awareness Day – Purple Day Legal Assistance Day Make Up Your Own Holiday Day Nougat Day Solitude Day Spinach Day 1169 – Saladin became the emir of Egypt. 1812 – A political cartoon in the Boston Gazette coined the term “gerrymander” (named after Governor Elbridge
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February 14 in Pop Culture History February 14th is… Cream-Filled Chocolates Day: A day to celebrate and enjoy cream-filled chocolates and its variations. National Ferris Wheel Day is a day to celebrate the invention of the Ferris Wheel and its role in amusement park history. George Washington Ferris, Jr. invented the Ferris Wheel in 1893.
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5 Staves of A Christmas Carol. Day Five Stave Five or The End of It. JRR Tolkien wrote in The Hobbit, “ Now it is a strange thing, but things that are good to hear are soon told about, and not much to listen too; while things that are uncomfortable, palpitating, and even gruesome, may
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December 25 in Pop Culture History December 25th is… A’Phabet Day or No “L” Day Christmas Pumpkin Pie Day 0 (possibly 4 or 6 BC) – Jesus was born. 350 – Pope Julius I, bishop of Rome, proclaimed December 25 the official celebration date for the birthday of Christ. 800 – Charlemagne was coronated as
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5 Staves 5 Days of A Christmas Carol. Day Four The Last of the Spirits. The last stroke of midnight had ceased to vibrate, and there appeared before Scrooge a figure “shrouded in a deep black garment, which concealed its head, face, and form, and left nothing visible save one outstretched hand. If the hand
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5 Staves of A Christmas Carol Day Three The Second of The Three Spirits or Stave Three, begins with Scrooge waking up and without even hearing the sound of the clock, he knows it is the hour of one. The bell strikes one… and nothing happens. If you ever have done something wrong at school
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5 Staves Of A Christmas Day Two Stave Two of A Christmas Carol is titled “The First of the Three Spirits. When the Stave opens, we find Scrooge in bed. He wakens to the sound of the clock striking 12. He is bewildered by this as he knows it was after two when he went
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5 Staves of A Christmas Carol. Day One “Marley was dead, to begin with.” These six words may be, at least, one of the most famous lines in all of literature. In 1843 Charles Dickens was short on funds. In order to help himself make the money he needed, he came up with the idea
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