A-Z Of December

[herringthorpe]

Another N - New Years Eve, the last day of December

O Ornaments - people have different ornaments they get out at Christmas. I was trying to get one of mine to work yesterday.

 

[mikemiller]

P PUDDINGS - right time of year for that type of dessert. Xmas pudding, figgy pudding, plum pudding are all roughly the same thing. Clootie pudding is similar , and is traditionally eaten on Burns Night (25th Jan)
I had a pint of Orkney Clootie Pudding spiced ale a couple of nights ago - very nice!

or... for a "double" - "A PARTRIDGE in a PEAR tree" - part of the "Twelve Days of Christmas" song.

 

[Lindum]

Q - One we will not hear again for a very long time but has been a staple of Christmas TV since 1957 (missing only 1969) is the Queen's Christmas Broadcast to the Commonwealth.
Or, a Christmas favourite of mine, Quince Jelly. Very nice with Stilton. And port!

 

[herringthorpe]

Q -
Or, a Christmas favourite of mine, Quince Jelly. Very nice with Stilton. And port!

Oww that sounds delicious!

 

[herringthorpe]

R RELIGIOUS - I suppose December is the month which is most religious in our calendar?

Or

RELATIVES - got some of mine coming today.

 

[sixpence]

S - Singing - carols and Christmas songs. I shall be with a group singing in the pubs next week collecting money for the Hospice.

 

[Lindum]

S - Singing - carols and Christmas songs. I shall be with a group singing in the pubs next week collecting money for the Hospice.

Thanks for the warning!

 

[Lindum]

T - Tinsel. Always have it on the Christmas Tree.

Or,

 

[mikemiller]

U "Under the Christmas tree" - song by Albert Hammond (2008). Clip on YouTube.

I prefer the Half Man Half Biscuit "tribute" to him -"Albert Hammond bootleg" (clip on YouTube). HMHB also recorded an alternative "A" - "All I want for Christmas is a Dukla Prague away kit" (clip on YouTube).

 

[sixpence]

Thanks for the warning!

 

[herringthorpe]

V VISITORS - we have already had a houseful (mind, it's not a very big house) and have more coming throughout the month

or

VIXEN - one of Santa's reindeer

 

[Lindum]

W - Two festive meanings in one. Wassail. Either a spiced ale or wine traditionally drunk on Twelfth Night and Christmas Eve or going from house to house singing carols.

 

[mikemiller]

X Xmas Day - abbreviation for Christmas Day, 25th December, which is on a Sunday in 2022.

 

[sixpence]

Y - Yuletide, alternative name for the Christmas period

 

[Lindum]

Z - Zwarte Piet, (Black Peter) is part of the annual Feast of St. Nicholas that is celebrated on the evening of 5 December in the Netherlands and elsewhere. He is Santa's assistant and hands presents and sweets to children. Doesn't seem to be an equivalent character in English Christmas traditions.

 

[mikemiller]

Some areas of Germany and Austria have a similar tradition. I remember being told about it at school, and thinking the same.

... or ...ZZ TOP front-man Billy Gibbon's birthday - 16th December. (Zinedine Zidane's bithday is in June).

 

[herringthorpe]

Z - Zwarte Piet, (Black Peter) is part of the annual Feast of St. Nicholas that is celebrated on the evening of 5 December in the Netherlands and elsewhere. He is Santa's assistant and hands presents and sweets to children. Doesn't seem to be an equivalent character in English Christmas traditions.

I am reading a book at the moment and it starts on Zwarte Piet in Amsterdam!

 

[herringthorpe]

Well that's another one done and dusted!

Thanks for joining in everyone!