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2. Billy Bunter's Christmas Party - Wikipedia

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   Followed by. Billy Bunter’s Benefit. Billy Bunter's Christmas Party is a school story by Charles Hamilton writing as Frank Richards, using the characters and settings of the Greyfriars School stories published from 1908 to 1940 in The Magnet. The book's retail price was 7s 6d. First published in October 1949 by Charles Skilton Ltd, London, [1 ...

3. Christmas - Wikipedia

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   The English word Christmas is a shortened form of 'Christ's Mass'. The word is recorded as Crīstesmæsse in 1038 and Cristes-messe in 1131. Crīst (genitive Crīstes) is from the Greek Χριστός (Khrīstos, 'Christ'), a translation of the Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ ‎ (Māšîaḥ, 'Messiah'), meaning 'anointed'; and mæsse is from the Latin missa, the celebration of the Eucharist.

4. Knut's party - Wikipedia

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   A Knut's party or Knut's dance ( Swedish: julgransplundring, literally: "Christmas tree plundering") is a tradition in Sweden on St. Knut's Day (13 January), which marks the end of the Christmas and holiday season, which includes Advent Sunday, Saint Lucy's Day, Christmas, New Year and Epiphany. It is also known as "Dancing out Christmas ...

5. Christmas in the American Civil War - Wikipedia

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   Christmas (1861–1865) was celebrated in the Confederate States of America (the South), but frowned upon and actually fined in Massachusetts. It was seen as an unnecessary expense. It was thought to be a day of fasting by the Puritans and Lutherans. The day did not become an official holiday until five years after the war ended.

6. Christmas Party - Wikipedia

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   Music. Christmas Party (The Monkees album) or the title track, 2018. Christmas Party (RuPaul album) or the title song, 2018. Christmas Party (She & Him album), 2016. Christmas Party, an album by the Kelly Family, 2022. "Christmas Party", a song by Eraserheads from Fruitcake, 1996. "Christmas Party", a song by Megan Trainor from A Very Trainor ...

7. Christmas Party (short story) - Wikipedia

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   Periodical. Publication date. January 4, 1957. Series. Nero Wolfe. " Christmas Party " is a Nero Wolfe mystery novella by Rex Stout, first published as "The Christmas-Party Murder" in the January 4, 1957, issue of Collier's magazine. It first appeared in book form in the short-story collection And Four to Go, published by the Viking Press in 1958.

8. Christmas cracker - Wikipedia

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   Christmas crackers traditionally contain a colourful crown-shaped hat made of tissue paper, a small toy, a plastic model, or a trinket, and a small strip of paper with a motto, a joke, a riddle, or a piece of trivia. [3] The paper hats, with the appearance of crowns, are usually worn at Christmas dinner. The tradition of wearing festive hats is ...

9. Christmas controversies - Wikipedia

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   History Date of Christmas Day Mosaic of Jesus as Christus Sol (Christ the Sun) in Mausoleum M in the third-century necropolis under St Peter's Basilica in Rome. Sextus Julius Africanus, a historian of the second century, maintained that Jesus of Nazareth was conceived on 25 March, which the Christian Church came to celebrate as the Feast of the Annunciation.