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Posted in Christmas, books & lit, history & archaeology on Dec 23rd, 2007
From The Telegraph: Real Scrooge ‘was Dutch gravedigger’.
He is synonymous with the traditional image of the Victorian English Christmas but Ebenezer Scrooge may have his roots much further afield.
According to Sjef de Jong, a Dutch academic, the Charles Dickens character may have been inspired by the real life of Gabriel de Graaf, a 19th century [...]
Posted in Christmas on Dec 19th, 2007
Still looking for a good Christmas gift? Christmas Future seems like a fine idea. From their about page:
ChristmasFuture empowers people to give a new kind of holiday gift—one that helps eradicate extreme poverty and changes the way we think about giving. [continue]
From The Daily Mail: It serves 125, takes eight hours to cook and is stuffed with 12 different birds … now that really IS a Christmas dinner.
This massive roast, the proud creation of Devon farmer Anne Petch, weighs almost four stone (more than most airlines’ baggage allowance), costs £665, and has enough meat to serve [...]
Posted in Christmas on Dec 2nd, 2007
Ah, Mennonites to the rescue again, this time with Buy Nothing Christmas.
This Christmas we’ll be swamped with offers, ads and invitations to buy more stuff. But now there’s a way to say enough and join a movement dedicated to reviving the original meaning of Christmas giving.
Buy Nothing Christmas is a national initiative started by Canadian [...]