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The trick with children's stockings is that you buy two of each that way you can just swap the empty one for the full one instead of having to fill them in situ or remove it and replace it later.
Also yes we did advent calenders, I'm old enough to remember them not having a chocolate in them just a picture behind each door, and I have a 7 foot blue christmas tree Coz I'm a whovian my mam has a 8.5 foot traditional tree that she honestly spends about 20 hours decorating like a boss, one thing we both have is jars of aged mincemeat for mince pies, I started mine in 2002 and every year I just top up the jar with extra raisins and suet and shots of spirits, since I began I've used brandy, rum, spiced rum, Jack Daniels, amaretto, vodka, whisky, Thai whisky, cherry gin and ouzo, (donated by friends because I don't drink)
@WanderingRavens this is an old one but watch jim Davidson & Charlie Drake in cindrella. Its adult panto but so funny 🤣. On topic now. In brit panto, males act as female and vice versa
Boxing day is a remnant from the Catholic St Stephen's day. Britain is a mainly Protestant country so many of the Catholic feasts and such were rebranded at the time of the Reformation.
Not so long ago there was no such thing as "pigs in blankets". When I was growing up sausages and bacon were served separately. Chipolata sausages were used and streaky bacon "pressed out" with back of a knife then rolled up into rolls were the way they were served. When I started cheffing after I left school in 1984 sausages and bacon rolls were still served separately for Christmas Dinner in restaurants and other catering establishments,as well as in 99% of people's homes. During the late 80's people caught on about wrapping the sausages in the bacon instead of serving them separately until the now called "pigs in blankets" just became more popular in the early 90's, and now 99% of people serve them this way. In my house I always serve them the old fashioned way as you get more bacon and the sausage is browned all over not just the ends. It's interesting that younger people think that pigs in blankets were always a thing!
@@amandalewis3898 technically they have always been available all year round if you've got chipolatas and streaky bacon. Which they sell in the supermarkets all year round!
We had to do christingle at school when I was younger. It's a Clementine with a candle with tinfoil stuck into it. ribbon wrapped around the orange with cloves stamped into it
I had a German grandmother who sent us an advent calendar every year. We have only two left and I kick myself that we didn't try to preserve them. I just put one of them up today, as a matter of fact. It's the paper kind with the little doors you open every day to see the image behind it. That always was magical for me as a child and it took me years to realize that the last doors were always going to be the nativity.
Went to a pantomime in York a few years ago, one of the best i've seen, fun for whole family with a great atmosphere & loads of silly humour & audience involvement.
The one in York is the archetypal pantomime. It had the same person writing, directing _and_ starring in it for 40 years, and most of the cast were regulars who did it year after year. The best pantos are those that have a regular crew with a local connection, so always try to look out for one of those rather than ones touting z-list "celebrities" desperately trying to rekindle a failed career in soap operas or reality TV. Pantomime is an art form in itself, and you want people who specialise in it.
Boxing day depends on the person sometimes we have another christmas or party food. The party food contains of party sausage rolls pickled onions party sausage. Cheddar chesse blocks and lots of cake. Also we have turkey rolls for something small to eat. Also throughout the christmas period we drink a lot.
our most popular christmas songs that aren't really well known in america: Slade- merry xmas everybody mud- lonely this christmas shakin stevens- merry christmas everyone cliff richard- mistletoe and wine wizzard- I wish it could be christmas everyday east 17- stay another day jona lewie- stop the cavalry chris rea- driving home for christmas greg lake- I believe in father christmas mike oldfield- in dulce jubilo maybe you could give them all a listen and let us know your favourites
CHRISTINGLE is a real orange decorated with ribbon and it has a battery operated candle inside (for safety used to be real one) they put it in the orange for easier way to carry. All the children love it so much and there parents come to school to watch them perform . Sadly this year its not able to happen .
There's no such thing as Christmas dinner without kilties (the rest of the UK call them pigs in blankets, but I like the Scottish name best) - cocktail sausages or chipolatas wrapped in bacon, prepared by the 100.
Black Friday has crept into the UK comparatively recently, even though we don't have Thanksgiving. Never mind a nation of shopkeeepers, now a nation of shoppers.
I always gave my children Christmas stockings* until they left home and admitted they didnt believe in Father Christmas - oh the relief. We didnt have actual stockings but *pillowcases so a quick substitution and rush downstairs to eat the mince pies and drink the Scotch put out for Father Christmas' visit. The pillowcases were moved to the sitting room when they became teenagers because let's face it who voluntarily goes in a teenager's room. In my family it is customary to open presents first thing in the morning so we didn't have stockings but my husband's family open their presents after lunch, child cruelty to my mind, so my children got slightly more expensive gifts in their pillowcases than might fit in a stocking. Traditionally Goose would be the meat for Christmas day until some pesky foreigners exported Turkeys and probably why roast pots are cooked in goose fat. Also Plum pudding was traditional back then and the 5pence was a silver sixpence/thrupenny bits (insert your own smut here) when those existed. I've heard some put more coins or tokens in their puddings but my family did neither. Carols from King's- King's College Cambridge choir on Christmas eve magical
@@jaysmith2858 No, it was from a Sunday Morning BBC Greater Manchester radio programme which doesn't even attempt not to be corny. Other favourites of mine include- Phil Spector's brother used to work as Head of Quality Control at Walkers. His name is Crispin. My friend fell into the upholstery machine at IKEA. He's fully recovered. I asked my local butcher if it is safe to keep a turkey in the freezer for six weeks, and he said it was. I put it in then came down next morning, and it was already dead.
I knew my son was growing up when I'd just filled his stocking one year and was creeping out of his bedroom. As I was softly easing his door shut, he said, "Night, Dad".
Yeah thats honestly so cute❤️ wasn’t it the same for you? Btw if you’re interested I also have a channel with vlogs from London if you want to check it out ☺️❤️
@@EaterOfBaconSandwiches that’s mad, shows how different things can be in the same country, I don’t really know anybody who celebrates Christmas who didn’t
When I was very young, my family referred to them as wassail cups. From the Anglo-Saxon custom of wassailing (kind of "eat, drink and be merry" - ing) particularly around Christmas time.
Slade, Wizard, The Pogues + Kristy MacColl, Cliff Richard, David Essex, Jona Lewie, Greg Lake, Chris Deburgh, Shakin Steven’s, Paul McCartney! Theses are the singers of our Favourite Christmas tunes!
@@craigkitching4883 There are many more, Nat King Cole, Ertha Kitt and Brenda Lee etc that some people play but I feel the one I mentioned originally are the mainstay. Not saying they are better but not as popular as they once were!
Non alcohol Christmas is a fairy story isn't it... I've never heard of that. I mean even if you're not a drinker surely you have a glass of sherry, port or liquor with a mince pie or a glass of wine with Christmas Dinner!
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Hanging chocolate decorations on your Xmas tree? You can eat them whenever. Then even when you take it down you might find a one hidden away round the back.
I think seeing a glimpse of a christmas tree and some warm lighting through someones window makes me feel more of the christmas spirit than a big blow up snowman.
A beautifully lit up Xmas tree through a window is Xmas to me. But most people where I am compete and it’s like Blackpool illuminations but still I do like it and so do the grandkids.
Yeah, forgot about the multiple different versions of the same song 😩 20 hours listening to them 5 Christmas straight in a toy store an people wonder why I hated Christmas for the last 16 years. Only just started not to make breakout in a cold sweat when September roles around! 😳
Although honestly I haven't heard much this year! Also, does it really usually start in September? That's absurd. That's long before Hallowe'en even. Nobody should even be thinking about Christmas til December!
Due to Covid a lot of theatres are doing their Pantomimes online! The Belgrade Theatre in Coventry is doing Jack and the Beanstalk and you can buy tickets and support the arts from your own home 🥰
In one part of Scunthorpe they've started stringing Christmas lights between houses over the street. (Probably elsewhere too but I'm too lazy to check) It looks magical. Well, until the binmen came and accidentally ripped it all down lmao.
Pantomime started in Shakespeare’s time because only men were allowed to be on stage so men had to play both the men’s and women’s parts. Nowadays, the men dress up as women and the women dress up as men.
Not exactly Xmassy Check out the Mummers which date back to Medieval times tinyurl.com/UKMummers The US have them too but they are processions in places like New Orleans/Philadelphia
@@WanderingRavens Here's a posh made-for-TV panto that might give you something of the flavour:- ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-usoGRi8mz4s.html&ab_channel=AgentFSB
Awww, I also think so! Christmas Here is one my favorite things ever. Btw if you’re interested I also have a channel with vlogs from London if you want to check it out ☺️❤️
A lot of people round where I live have lights on the front of their house. Usually around their porch or in their front window. There is one house near me where the man who lives there completely covers his house in lights for charity and we love going to see it 🥰
Its officially Christmas for me when I first hear Slade's famous "IT'S CHRISTMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS!" It's a shame you're in the UK during COVID, I'd highly recommend seeing a Pantomime if you ever get the chance. I think a lot of the Playhouses are doing online Pantos this year. I know we're hoping for Easter Pantos next year though :D
A true Christmas pud needs to be matured, shop bought ones are either 6 or 9 months, home made ones can be made the previous year if it’s fed and stored properly,
@@johnleonard9090 My mum used to make Christmas Puddings - and the Christmas Cake - on 'Stir up' Sunday. This is the Sunday before Advent and is called 'Stir-up Sunday' because one of the Church of England's prayers that day begins with 'Stir up the wills of your people Lord' (or something like that). Mum used to make three Christmas puddings - one for Christmas Day, one for Easter and one for a special occasion on another day of the year.
@@WanderingRavens years ago, christmas puddings and christmas cakes were made at home several months before christmas and it was considered lucky for each member of the family to stir the pudding and sixpence was put in the pudding a sixpence is an old british coin
This will be my 53rd Christmas & i thought i was clued up on most traditions around the UK as i like quirky customs , but never heard of a candle in an orange or Christingle !!!.
Our school would hold a Christingle service in the local church most years. The children would parade down the aisle of the church, one behind the other. It was a beautiful service because the lights would be turned off and the ethereal glow from the candles (stuck into oranges!) would look so pretty. However, we teachers lived in fear of those girls with ponytails and the child behind accidentally setting light to their hair! Fortunately it never happened.
When I was young - in the 1960s - our Advent Calendars only had badly drawn Christmas pictures when you opened the doors. I still got excited when I opened the door each morning. What was the picture going to be? I then went into raptures of excitement when it turned out to be a ... star. Chocolate or sweets would have been better though.
UK Christmas music definitely beats its American counterpart. We seem to get the weirdness of it all but America seems to prefer a more polished and heavily produced offering. Give me slade any day.
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Before I retired from business, I was compelled to spend lots of time in big stores while in the process of working on their security alarm systems. During the Christmas season however, the piped-in music was especially nerve-wracking and highly revolting! Years ago at least, only traditional Christnas Carols would be played, but now, what passes for that not only have nothing at all to do with the real meaning of Christmas, but is solely relegated to memories of lavish celebrations, parties, untrammeled drinking, hastily formed and almost immediately punctured love triangles, general pandemonium and depression and often, suicides.
Deeley Boppers are plastic headbands with two springs on top, and they are topped with a glittery star or heart, but there are other designs, you should definitely wear them lol
Had fish and chips last night with what they called XXL pigs in blankets on the side. When it arrived it was a foot long sausage, wrapped in bacon, battered and deep fried. Its now 8am and I'm being visited by the ghost of takeaways past.
Not sure if Pantomimes will be going ahead this year but ITV have recorded a few over the years and usually show them around Christmas ...... watch out for them on TV!
Baubles is pronounced bor-balls 😂 We put coloured led lights and tinsel on our tree but our decorations have no uniformity whatsoever! We use ornaments that we’ve collected over the years and they usually have sentimental value to them (e.g. decorations we made as kids, decorations with names on them, decorations given to us by loved ones etc.). And to top it all off, we always have an angel-making competition beforehand and the winner gets to take pride of place at the top of the tree ☺️
I put lights on my wee tree back when I lived in north LDN & the squirrels (thinking they were berries) ate them all. You'd have thought they'd have given up after trying the first light!?!?
"celebrate advent" ???? 😂 Nah... It's just a hype calendar, for kids. You count down the days to Christmas. "only 12 days left to christmas", kid gets a chocolate, gets hyped.
Advent begins on the 4th Sunday before Christmas. Advent means coming, to indicate the coming of Jesus. Most churches have an Advent Wreath made from evergreens. There are four candles around the edge, one of which is lit on each of the Sundays in Advent. A red candle in the centre is lit on Christmas Morning.
I don't remember having one as a child in Bedfordshire in 1970s/80s. I think I saw them in the shops but it just wasn't part of any Christmas tradition we had. But then traditions change, especially under commercial pressures. Just look at the amount of halloween tat we now get thrust at us in October compared to how few children still go round with "penny for the Guy".
There are certain towns / Villages where every house will have christmas lights and decorations on. And people will go visit them to see them. I always went to see Mousehole Christmas lights.
yeah we have that in our village too, we make a christmas light walk for little kids but it’s always funny to see the roads not included in the walk because it’s always completely barren of christmas lights 😂
@@russcattell955i Back when I were a lad, we got Silver Thruppenny bits in our Christmas Pud, not 5p pieces. There was a special present for the person who got the coin, which was then washed and used again the following Christmas. That Silver Thruppenny bit, now resides in Australia with my youngest sister, as I don't have a family. I still have the happy memories of the expectation of who would find it... and nobody ever broke a tooth.
Kate & Sidney Pud was a traditional meal for New Year's Day in our house. Again, the Silver Thruppenny bit was included, to bring good fortune for the coming year.
Unless you're one of the poor buggers that works in retail and you're rota'd to work Boxing Day, especially when a certain clothes shop starts their sales at 6am and there's no public transport running at that hour. Seriously, who NEEDS to go shopping on Boxing Day, outside of emergency food supplies?
I remember a BBC reporter out on the street doing a box populi - he was stopping people at random, looked up at the next guy and did a double take because it was Henry Winkler.
Had Leonard Nimoy as the Voice Of The Mirror in a production of Snow White that I went to many years ago in Brighton - he then taught us Star Trekkin' afterwards.
Turkey sandwiches are amazing!! We used to go to my aunts and uncles, eat left overs, plays board games and watch boxing day tv, and play with the toys we got xmas day
UK Christmas classic songs Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday Pogues & Kirsty McCall - Fairytale Of New York (Preferably the uncensored version) Elton John - Step Into Christmas Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry Showaddywaddy - Hey Mister Christmas Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry There are others It's not Christmas bobble it is bauble (baw_bul) Ending up wasted on Christmas day and falling asleep in front of the telly after your huge Christmas dinner is almost compulsory
When I was young, it was traditional for the entire school to travel to the Empire Theatre in Liverpool to see whatever pantomime was showing that particular year.
Thanxs for that memory Steve ☺ i loved going to the Empire for the panto. Our head teacher would warn us all we had our uniform on and we are representing the school so be good
The reason you’ve never heard of Deely Bobbers is not because you’re not British , it’s because you’re too young. According to their Wikipedia entry, they were invented _in America_ in 1981 and inspired by Killer Bee costumes on Saturday Night Live. They were sold by - get this - Ace Novelties, of Bellevue, Washington. Hey, haven’t I seen a couple of Washingtonians on RU-vid from time to time? Also, there is no actual mime in pantomime, although there is a fair bit of dancing, slapstick humour, cross-dressing and rude jokes that the kids are supposed to be too young to understand (but they do, they do.) And ‘suet’ which is either the hardened fat found around the kidneys of sheep and cattle or a vegetable-based substitute, is pronounced “sooette”, not “soo-ey” And a flaming Christmas pudding burns with a delicate pale blue flame, until all the alcohol burns off and it goes out. Quite a touching sight, really. Certainly not a terrifying blazing nightmare, as you might have unwittingly suggested.
Music here is different, some firm staples are by Wizard - whish it could be christmas, Chris Rea - driving home for Christmas, The Pogues - fairytale of New york, Band Aid - Feed the world, The Darkness - Don't let the bells end
I am English but been in the states for almost 3 years. Last Christmas I put on an English Christmas for my American husband and mother in law. It was hysterical to see their reaction to pulling xmas crackers and wearing the paper crown during dinner. Sadly this is my first year without an advent calendar or a tree so far, but with everything going on in the world I am just grateful to be here. Be careful with that pudding when you light it up 😂
Deeley Bobbers are a form of novelty "head wear" consisting of an Alice band with springs attached to them with ornaments placed on top. The ornaments are usually themed for the occasion, say Christmas decorations, Halloween motifs, etc.
Mine are 32,30 and 28 and I had to get them one. My middle son also wants a stocking - he lives with his lovely girlfriend but she doesn't quite "get" our traditional stockings!
OK, classic British Christmas songs for you to react to! This would be so interesting. 1. Jona Lewie - Stop The Calvary 2. Band Aid 1984 - Do They Know it's Christmas 3. Wham - Last Christmas 4. The Pogues - Faiytale New York 5. Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day 6. Cliff Richard - Mistletoe & Wine 7. Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone 8. Slade - Merry Christmas Everybody (this is the BANGER) 9. The Waitresses- Christmas Wrapping 10. Johnny Mathis - When a Child is Born.
The joy of pantomime is the layers of the comedy - underneath the kids' jokes are a whole lot of deeply inappropriate for children innuendos that entertain the adults - there's a sort of joyous awfulness to the whole thing, that's best enjoyed by actually being there, slightly tipsy on the cherry and stuffed with mince pies, as it's audience participation heavy, ^oo^
Well, I get up at 7am, and begin by praising Chthulu Around 8am, praising ends, and we sacrifice the festive puppy. To Chthulu. At 9am we retrieve the bones from the sacrifice and make the festive soup. 10am, a short round of praising Chthulu, then sleep off the soup. 12noon. Summon the invisible pink unicorn, and eat it. Followed by a nap. 3pm after dancing the black spiral, find our way back to our bodies, and sacrifice last years child to Chthulu. 4pm start procreating to create next years child. 4:02: Have a cigarette. 4:10: Praise Chthulu, followed by worship of Chthulu, then festive reading of the Necronomicon. 5pm Brandy or Sherry. 6pm Thank Brandy or Sherry for their time, and promise to use flavored condoms or tap them on the head next time. 7pm Check we're are in our right minds while praising Chthulu. 8pm Watch the replay of the queens speech. All hail Chthulu. 9pm Play Monopoly. 10pm Bed time.
galadurham.co.uk/rottenchops-revenge/ There are very few pantomimes this year but the company above has produced this instead... might be worth checking out! Enjoy and Happy Christmas! Xxx
Hi Grace and Eric.. Deelie Boppers, are like a hairband, with two boiny springs on them sticking up with either reindeers, stars, snowflakes.. whatever Christmassy things on it, you can think of... Which then boing about on your head as you move about.. I have many.. :D :D
