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And breathe... that eternal January's over, finally.
Doesn't it feel like Xmas was six months ago?!
Happy #February 🌧️
On the Feast of Stephen, King Wenceslas set out on a journey in harsh weather to give alms to a poor peasant. During the trek his page, struggling against the icy weather, was able to continue by following the king's footprints, step for step, through the deep snow.
#BoxingDay
When Thomas Nast published a series of drawings of Santa Claus for Harper’s Weekly from 1863-1866 he helped create the fatherly figure in red that we know today, proving his white bearded, fur-cloaked, pipe-smoking Pelznickel predated Coca Cola's Santa by almost 70 yrs 🎅
#Xmas
@VClinebarton @DBCarterAuthor @Bibiana1Krall @TrillLINDSAY @bagoflettuce @RetroBrit @MarthaPerezBook Thank you V :)
A fillion festive felicitations upon you 🌛🎄🌜
You have a lucky face! XxX
John Bauer: Bland Tomtar och Troll (Among Gnomes and Trolls) #8 - 1914
#FairyTaleTuesday
In Norse mythology the sun is a wheel that changes the seasons & it was from the name of this wheel, houl, that the word yule came. At the mid-winter solstice they would light bonfires, tell stories, drink ale & generally make merry.
#HappyWinterSolstice ❄️
#FairyTaleTuesday 🧝♀️
These lads have been busy 'round our house.
Forget Hollywood - we've got Hollyworld!
I heard tell that holly only goes 'spikey' if it's been touched - I don't know if that's true but it's good to know if it is... 🎄
#SaturdayThoughts