“Crismis Day – Got a guitar”
Evil child that I was, I always hunted for – and invariably found – my wrapped Crismis Christmas presents many weeks before Santa’s big day. Of course, as a result of them being wrapped I was not always 100% sure of the gifts inside but the size and shape of [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Christmas’
09-29-09
December 25th 1973
09-28-09
December 23rd / 24th 1973
• “Worked in morning”
• “Worked all day – Good laugh!”
Good laugh?
Must have been the only time I worked in retail in the two days prior to Christmas that I could have described as a “good laugh”
Maybe supermarket customers aren’t quite as … er … ‘frustrating’ … as hi-fi or music buyers proved to be later [...]
09-26-09
December 20th 1973
“Got 16 Crismas cards at school”
They like me, they really really like me!
09-25-09
December 19th 1973
Xmas panto – load of ttsphs
Hmmm… what can I mean by “ttsphs” I wonder?
Panto – or pantomime – is a peculiarly English tradition. It is also a tradition that is peculiar.
Usually performed around the Christmas holidays – but rarely having any obvious references to Christmas – Panto is a form of theatre designed for a family audience. [...]
09-23-09
Number One Singles of 1973 (Part 4)
[... "Number One Singles of 1973" continued from Part III]
October to December
• David Cassidy – Daydreamer/The Puppy Song
Released as a Double A-side to (somewhat cynically I feel) extend its shelf life and radio play, this was teen idol Cassidy’s 6th UK hit.
It would prove to be his last Number 1 in Britain and spent three [...]
09-22-08
December 20th 1972
“Sponsered Silence, Krismas Karols, Tra La La ETC”
OK, answer me this … how exactly did everyone – presumably as school – participate in a sponsored silence (“sponsered” even) AND do Christmas Carols?
Mind you, those are exactly the kind of Christmas Carols I would like.
People of the world should realise they only need ONE Christmas song, [...]
