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January 17 in History

January 17 in Pop Culture History January 17th is… Bootlegger’s Day Cable Car Day National Classy Day Customer Service Day Hot Buttered Rum Day Hot Heads Chili Day Kid Inventors’ Day (K.I.D.) Happy Birthday, Benjamin Franklin! In movies and real life, whenever people talk about large amounts of money, they talk about the Benjamins. This

December 28 in History

December 28 in Pop Culture History December 28th is… National Card Playing Day National Chocolate Candy Day Holy Innocents Day Pledge of Allegiance Day National Short Film Day 1065 – Westminster Abbey was consecrated. 1869 – The Knights of Labor, a labor union of tailors in Philadelphia, PA, held the first Labor Day. 1895 – ...

December 27 in History

December 27 in Pop Culture History December 27th is… Fruitcake Day Make Cut-out Snowflakes Day National Visit The Zoo Day 1831 – Charles Darwin set sail in the HMS Beagle, beginning his journey of discovering evolution. 1895 – “Stag” Lee Sheldon killed his friend Billy Lyons over a drunken political argument. Various versions of the ...

December 26 in History

December 26 in Pop Culture History December 26th is… Boxing Day National Candy Cane Day Thank-You Note Day National Whiner’s Day Boxing Day is a traditional holiday in a few countries worldwide, but its main celebration and place of origin is The United Kingdom or England. Boxing Day is a public Holiday in England; its ...

5 Staves of A Christmas Carol. Day Five

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 ...

Christmas: December 25 in History

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 ...

Christmas Trivia and The Reason For The Season

Christmas Trivia and The Reason For The Season The word Christmas originated as a compound word, meaning “Christ’s Mass”. It is derived from the Middle English Christemasse and Old English Cristes mæsse, a phrase first recorded in 1038. “Cristes” is from Greek Christos, and “mæsse” is from Latin missa (the holy mass). While it marks ...

5 Staves 5 Days of A Christmas Carol. Day Four

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 ...

Christmas Eve: December 24 in History

December 24 in Pop Culture History December 24th is… Christmas Eve Eggnog Day Last-Minute Shopper’s Day 1801 – Richard Trevithick publicly displayed his “Puffing Devil,” or “Puffer,” the first steam-powered passenger vehicle. The steam engine was a prototype of steam powered trains. 1814 – The War of 1812 ended between the British Empire and the ...

5 Staves of A Christmas Carol Day Three

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 ...

The Gift of The Magi

The Gift of The Magi By O. Henry One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one’s cheeks burned with the silent imputation of parsimony that such ...

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