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Send us a textIn this conversation, the hosts and guests share their unique Christmas traditions from their respective cultures, focusing on the differences and similarities between Italian, English, and American customs. They discuss the significance of food, particularly the Italian-American tradition of the 'seven fishes,' and reminisce about their childhood memories of Christmas celebrations, including midnight mass and family gatherings. The conversation also touches on the impact of cultural identity and language on their holiday experiences. In this engaging conversation, the participants delve into their Italian heritage, exploring the significance of family traditions, cultural connections, and the journey of reclaiming their roots through dual citizenship. They share personal stories of their experiences in Italy, the importance of community living, and the rich history that each town holds. The discussion also touches on the practical aspects of living in Italy, including healthcare and the joy of celebrating Italian traditions and festivals.https://Neverforgetyourroots.comhttps://www.dorinaskitchen.com/https://ouritalianjourney.com/https://italiangenealogy.blogChristmas traditions vary significantly across cultures.The 'seven fishes' is an Italian-American tradition, not widely practiced in Italy.Midnight mass holds a special place in many Christmas celebrations.Family gatherings are central to Christmas celebrations.Food plays a crucial role in holiday traditions.Cultural identity influences how families celebrate Christmas.English Christmas traditions include turkey and Boxing Day.Christmas memories often involve unique family rituals.Language can shape cultural identity and holiday experiences.Traditions evolve over time, reflecting changes in society. Heritage plays a crucial role in shaping identity.Family traditions are a source of comfort and connection.Community living enhances quality of life and well-being.Experiencing one's roots can be a transformative journey.Dual citizenship can simplify the process of living abroad.Healthcare in Italy is often more affordable than in the U.S.Every town in Italy has a unique and rich history.Culinary experiences are an integral part of Italian culture.Celebrating traditions fosters a sense of belonging.Traveling to one's ancestral home can evoke deep emotions.Turnkey. The only thing you'll lift are your spirits.Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched!Start for FREETuscany TreasuresUncover the hidden gems of Tuscany with this vibrant guidebook.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the showPurchase my book "Farmers and Nobles" here or at Amazon.

What sinister secret lies in the Christmas pudding? The perfect setting for an old-fashioned English Christmas - a cosy manor, falling snow, and family gathered round - gets an unexpected guest: Hercule Poirot himself! When a foreboding note appears on the famous detective's pillow, he knows the idyllic festive traditions conceal a mystery more twisted than ribbons on parcels. As joyful carols fill the air, goings on go on behind closed doors. Then a body is discovered! (Though things are not what they seem) And Poirot turns a deception deftly to his advantage. Can Poirot navigate the web of secrets and uphold justice amid the joyful festivities? Enjoy Agatha Christie's witty characterisations as her beloved detective celebrates an unforgettable Christmas in the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Move over Charles Dickens!  Stand aside, Scrooge!  For a nineteenth century English Christmas tale without parallel, you cannot do better than Sherlock Holmes's conveying of the Christmas message in his discover and commutation of a felony, all to save a soul in the season of forgiveness of this time of year. My narration of this … Continue reading NEW! A Sherlock Holmes Christmas Story: “The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle” →

In episode 98 of the UK Travel Planning Podcast, Tracy chats with special guests Vernetta and Therron Thomas to hear about their fascinating trip to England. From experiencing the highs and lows of transportation and lodging to sampling local cuisine and uncovering unique cultural experiences, Vernetta and Therron share their honest and insightful trip report. With candid tales of their adventures in Liverpool, London, and beyond, join us as we delve into their journey, learning about their delayed honeymoon, attending a Liverpool soccer game, and immersing themselves in the magic of the English Christmas markets. Listen in as they reveal their favourite sights, offer essential travel tips, and showcase the personal connections that made their trip unforgettable. So, sit back, relax, and let Vernetta and Therron take you on a captivating travel journey through the UK.⭐️ Guests - Vernetta & Therron Thomas

After a small break we are back. Here we discuss what happens at English Christmas dinners, what we would do if we became multi-millionaires, our latest hang-out, passport quality, celebrity encounters we've had, how white England is and some more of Shams holiday. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lhm/message

Today we recommend among other stories, our favorite Christmas Carols. Wishing you all a christmas time full of love, peace and warmth with your loved ones. Merry Christmas from Salvi y Javi and thanks for supporting us again.

Mitch and Isi discuss the differences between a German and a British Christmas in their festive cabin. What do you eat? Who delivers your presents... and on what day? They discuss Mrs Claus, raclette, Zulu, zuzhing and of course... booze, booze, booze. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Mitch: [0:00] For those who are listening and have children in earsight, we may approach subject of Santa, Weihnachtsmann, of the Christkind. So there might be some spoiler alerts for little ears. Christmas song? Bing bong, bing bong, bing bong, bing bong. Isi: [0:23] Oh, my singing is fantastic. No one has Christmasy mood now. Intro Mitch: [0:58] Okay no, let's have a relaxing one. Okay. Let's imagine we're in a little log cabin. Isi: [1:03] Ooh. Mitch: [1:04] It's snowing outside. Isi: [1:06] Mm-hmm. Mitch: [1:07] We've just opened a bottle of whiskey or red wine. What would you like? Isi: [1:11] Red wine. Bottle of whiskey! Mitch: [1:14] Or Prosecco. Isi: [1:16] Prosecco. Mitch: [1:17] Okay. And the fire's on. I'm just going to open up and throw a log on the fire. All the sparks go up in the fire and it's Christmas day for our listeners. Isi: [1:29] And we're alone in a cabin in the woods or what? (Yeah, this isn't another survival episode.( And we are live, let's be authentic here it's the 20th, not far away from the 25th. So we are recording this five days before for Christmas day. (But for you guys.) For you guys, it's a Christmas day today, if you listen on Christmas but it's the 25st of December and this podcast will be a short one, a short hello for Christmas because we didn't want to go on a break. We wanted to produce a little something, something podcast. (A snippet.) A snippet um... to talk about Christmas and say hello and wish you a merry Christmas obviously only if you celebrate and otherwise a good end of the year a good start out into 2024 because it will be our last podcast of the year. Mitch: [2:21] Isi, what does Christmas Day look like for you as a German? And then we can compare notes. (Yeah.) Isi: [2:28] So in Germany, we start celebrating Christmas on the 24th, on Christmas Eve. That is like the big day. Mitch: [2:36] We do 25th in England. Isi: [2:37] Yep. We celebrate in the night. Mitch: [2:41] Day. Isi: [2:42] And that's, yeah, Christmas Day is like morning through the whole day, isn't it? Mitch: [2:46] In England, the whole day is dedicated to... Isi: [2:49] In Germany, we have the 24th, 25th and 26th for Christmas. Mitch: [2:53] Hmm. We just have 25th. Isi: [2:55] No, you don't. Mitch: [2:56] Yeah. Isi: [2:57] Boxing Day. Mitch: [2:57] Oh, 25th and 26th. (Yeah.) Yeah, yeah. Sorry. But 24th, I even worked one day on the 24th. Isi: [3:04] Hmm. Mitch: [3:04] And I was driving home for Christmas. Isi: [3:09] What else? We do have gifts. (But are you open on the 24th?) On the 24th. I mean, not everybody does the same,we do it we we do gifts first and gifts and drinks and then dinner. (Gifts, drinks, dinner. And in England we go; drink, drink drinks, drinks, gifts, drinks, drinks, drinks, drinks, little sleep, then dinner, then another little sleep whilst watching the film Zulu, or the great escape and then...) What is Zulu? Mitch: [3:40] It's like an old Michael Caine movie. (Okay.) And then After Eight / Bailey's session and then pass out on the sofa again. Isi: [3:48] Okay. On the 25th, we usually in our family rest. Because our Christmases usually, are very long into the night. Mitch: [4:00] Hibernating like some grizzly bears. Isi: [4:03] And we also have like some good food or so. but it's like, it's a day of not doing much. We also have a small family so um there was no one else to visit on that day so we just chilled, long walks, good food. But um... (Is that normally the day you do a visit the old and wrinkly people?) Hey! (Sorry.) No, other families go either yeah, grandparents, aunts, uncles somewhere or you go visit your friends or so. But it's the day where you change places to celebrate with someone else. And then, Boxing Day for us, is not called Boxing Day, obviously. Mitch: [4:39] I don't know why it's called Boxing Day. I'd have to look that up. Isi: [4:42] Then people meet again. My parents always meet friends on that day. Have a little Christmas. We always, my sister and I, have been meeting friends for the past, nearly 20 years. And do like a Friendsmas, or however you call that. Friends Christmas. And in some countryside regions, people go to pubs and they keep a stone with them and if you forget a stone you have to buy a round or so, I never understood it, I don't know. (And who is Santa Claus for you? He has many names he goes by, like the devil.) we don't have Santa... well, it depends if you... if you celebrate Christmas, in the religious way, then it's the Christkind coming on the 24th, bringing the gifts, which is basically, I don't really know. It has the looks of an angel. Mitch: [5:31] The Christ child in English, I guess. Isi: [5:34] It's the Christ child. So basically it's Jesus. But it looks like an angel and it comes, I think, with a sledge as well. It's a bit, yeah, that's how I know the pictures. It sits in a sledge. Mitch: [5:47] Like a cherub? You know cherubs that fire little love arrows? Isi: [5:50] Yeah, it's like the typical angel thing. But yeah, I don't really know. It has like a white dress on. Mitch: [5:56] Floaty dress. And they bring the presents? Isi: [6:01] They bring the presents. Um... and then there's also Nicolaus who looks a bit like Santa Claus, but more religious. (Yeah.) And he comes on the 6th of December and brings gifts then already. (Ah, you have Nicolaus Day or something, no?) Well it really depends what you teach your children, really. So you can also obviously just have Christmas for the traditional way and not for the religious way and then you would maybe also say Santa Claus comes. But I don't know. Oh yeah, the Weihnachtsmann. Mitch: [6:35] Do you think? Isi: [6:36] Oh yeah, we actually do have Santa Claus. Mitch: [6:38] Okay. When he comes on the 5th. Isi: [6:40] The Weihnachtsmann. Christmas Man Mitch: [6:41] Christmas Man. (Weihnachtsmann.) Isi: [6:43] He comes also on the 24th. Mitch: [6:47] After or before the lady Jesus? Isi: [6:48] Either Christkind or Weihnachtsmann. Or baby. Baby? Did I say baby? Mitch: [6:52] The baby? Isi: [6:53] You said baby. Mitch: [6:54] I didn't. Isi: [6:55] Maybe Jesus, you said. Mitch: [6:56] I said after or before the lady Jesus. Isi: [6:57] Lady Jesus. I don't know if it's a lady. Let's say it's a baby. Mitch: [7:02] Baby Jesus. Who delivers the gifts? Weihnachtsmann or Baby Jesus lady? Isi: [7:07] I think they can both deliver the gifts. I'm not well prepared for this. Mitch: [7:10] Should we make a disclaimer at the beginning of this, warning parents that your children may lose all faith? Isi: [7:16] So, yeah, one of those come. Or maybe... maybe for some they come together. I guess it's like how you define your own Christmas story. Mitch: [7:25] It's very confusing. We just have one man and he comes through the chimney, through keyholes. He has a magic key. He has magic reindeers, that can fly. He has a sleigh and in that sleigh, holds enough presents for... how many people are there in the world? 6 billion people? Isi: [7:44] A lot more. Mitch: [7:45] But he has enough presents for everyone around the world. He has a naughty list. He has a wife. He lives in the North Pole. (He has a wife?) Mrs. Claus. She looks after the elves, who they make the presents. They make the fur... Isi: [7:57] She looks after them? What does that mean? She cooks for them? She gives them the salary? She does the accounting? Mitch: [8:03] I don't know the details. Yeah, maybe. Isi: [8:04] Company management? Is she an HR? Mitch: [8:07] HMRC should make sure she's, you know... the elves make the skateboards, the rollerblades, PlayStation 4s. They make all that stuff, that goes on the back of the sleigh. He comes, when he comes on the 24th night, you're supposed to be in bed and not see him. He has big black boots and you're supposed to leave out a mince pie for him to eat; a glass of sherry or whiskey depending on what he... your grandad likes to drink. And a carrot for his reindeer. One of the reindeers has a red nose called Rudolph. There's a weird song in British culture of a kid coming downstairs to see his mum making out with Santa Claus, yeah. I saw Mummy kissing Santa Claus, underneath the mistletoe that night. (But it's not a real Christmas song, right?) And it's sung by Michael Jackson, so the morals are all over the place. Isi: [9:00] Let's stop it right here. Kids sing that? Mitch: [9:03] Yeah. Isi: [9:06] Isn't Christmas so confusing anyway? Such a confusing thing. And the elves, they make all the gifts. Mitch: [9:13] In the North Pole. Isi: [9:14] Whatever you want? They know how to do it all Mitch: [9:16] And he and you... sometimes... (If i want a new laptop, are they building it?) Yeah exactly, they make... they work with Apple to build laptops they work with Sony to make Playstations they work with Hitachi to make TVs. (We need to put a disclaimer in here as well, laptops you can also get by other companies.) Yeah, yeah, laptops available outside of the north pole. Isi: [9:42] So, what is the dinner? I think we've talked about this before on the podcast. So, what will you consume, eat, drink over the day? Give us a quick round up here. Mitch: [9:51] It's a roast dinner, but zhuzhed. Isi: [9:53] What? Mitch: [9:54] Zhuzh, is a really good kind of, phrase of the week to go into, but let's not do the theme tune. You can zhuzh something up. So, let's say… Isi: [10:04] Where does it come from, zhuzh? Mitch: [10:07] Zhuzh. It could be like a... it sounds Yiddish doesn't it? Let's say, you have a Christmas tree, just a Christmas tree, like a pine tree on its own. You would zhuzh it up by adding lights and decorations, to make it look prettier. (Yeah. )You can zhuzh yourself up a little bit. Oh, I just need to zhuzh myself. Isi: [10:25] Lipstick? Mitch: [10:26] Lipstick, whatever. A bit of cologne. Yeah, but it's nice to say, isn't it? (Wait, let's look that up. How do you write that?) It's a verb. Zhuh. Uh. Zhuh. Isi: [10:39] UK informal. To make something more interesting, more attractive by changing it slightly or adding something into it. The stylist says he would zhoosh up the outfit with a hat. Zhoosh. Mitch: [10:50] Zhoosh. Isi: [10:50] Zhoosh. It's like that H, U, Z, H. Ah, and it's Yiddish. Mitch: [10:56] Is it? Isi: [10:57] Yeah. Interesting. That's a nice, nice phrase. Mitch: [11:00] And how... (Ah, zhoosh me up. )It's a zhooshed up roast dinner. Isi: [11:04] Give me a minute. I need to zhoosh me up. Mitch: [11:06] I need to zhuzh up my face, zhuzh my life up. And so, yeah, it's a zhuzhed up roast dinner, basically. Isi: [11:14] What does that mean? What is different? Mitch: [11:15] This is the time we'd crack out the turkey, because usually roast dinners you'd have either lamb, beef, pork or chicken. For Christmas dinner, it's usually turkey. Don't know why, because turkeys are Christmas animals, apparently. And you'd really just fill it with more stuff. These things called pigs in blankets, which is sausage, wrapped up in a bacon blanket and then, you know, fried or oven-baked. What else would you have? Isi: [11:41] Oh, yeah, I remember when we had English Christmas in your family, your mum did vegan or vegetarian picks and blankets. Do you remember? Mitch: [11:50] I do remember. Or as Boris Johnson says, vegan. (Yeah, does he?) Vegan. (Very German.) Isi: [11:57] Okay, go on. Mitch: [11:59] Yeah, yeah, that's kind of, to be simple, that's what it is. (What do you drink?) Yes. Uh... so but um... specifically, I mean this might not be every family but in the mornings it's nice to have something called a Buck's Fizz or in the U.S you'd say a Mimosa. Buck's Fizz is an orange juice mixed with a fizzy wine, and then you'd work your way up slowly throughout the day, until you basically cannot stand. You'd usually end with like a Baileys or an Amarula. Something creamy. Isi: [12:31] Mm-hmm. Very nice. Mitch: [12:32] I'm also someone who likes this thing called a Snowball, which is eggnog, basically. Vodka and egg. And then you make a shot of that and then you fill the rest of your glass with lemonade. It's like a good pick-me-up drink when you're hitting that kind of, slump hour. Just after you've watched Zulu and it's like a three and a half hour film and you're like, oh God, I'm dying here. Then you have a quick Snowball and you're back in the game, ready to play charades with the family. And what do you do in Germany? Isi: [13:08] Oh, everybody does it differently, really. Some people have... Mitch: [13:13] A zhuzhed up something. Isi: [13:15] We do raclettes often. um often some other people do fondue, which is putting meat into hot water basically, or into oil, or both, then... (You can have a cheese fondue.) That as well, some people do like a traditional thing more like, the English dinner like, duck with like a gravy and like potatoes and like red cabbages that kind of stuff, which is a bit like a roast. Um... some people and I don't really know where it's coming from, but there's something that it's traditional to have a potato salad and a Wiener sausage, Wiener Würstchen with it. (Really?) Which is like super, super, super easy, simple food. And I don't know where it comes from and probably has a, has a story. So some people even do that. And then on the 21st do like a big dinner. So it's very mixed up. Like it's in England it's always the same, right? (Yeah.) Mitch: [14:09] But I feel like there's something we have in common, which is typically for a typical Christmas dinner is mum just completely overworked, sweating, because she's having to cook for like 10 people. And then your dad, getting really annoyed because he has to find where the raclette is somewhere in the loft. And he's all covered in dust. And he's fallen over a couple of times, because he's had a few too many drinks beforehand. And then, not doing anything from about 4pm onwards, because he's too busy trying to fix the... DVD player or whatever, so everyone can watch Home Alone. Isi: [14:40] Yeah, that's true. Mitch: [14:43] I'd like to hear, well... we'd both like to hear how Christmas looks for you guys. So feel free to send us a message, write to us, speak to us, go to easyenglish.fm or write to us at podcast@easyenglish.video. Isi: [14:57] And if you don't celebrate Christmas and have another celebration, another holiday that you celebrate, please tell us about that too. That's it, we do a quick one this this year we would like to remind you of our 30 Day Challenge, our first ever 30 Day Challenge starting on January 2nd, 30 days until January 31st, you can practice your English with us, every day, for continuous 30 days we give you little challenges it will be fun it will be about different topics about speaking writing understanding English. And it's all happening on our Discord server, where we anyway are every day chatting with our members. And you only have to do one thing. Become a member, join our community, and go to easyenglish.video/membership And yeah, join us. We are so much looking forward to this. We hope you all come there and spend a month of learning English with us. Yeah. Please, please join. That will be fun. Mitch: [15:57] Yeah, we have a nice community on Discord, don't we? )Yeah.) you'll get to meet and chat with and yeah, we'll be there to chat with you as well and to get to know you. (Yes yes.) all right, that's it. (That's it, end of the year, we want to thank you all, thanks for listening, thanks for it's it's incredible still to me, to you probably too, that people actually listen to this. Yeah, have a good and... and hopeful end of the year. We hope you can all relax, you're healthy and next year will be a brilliant year. Te-ra!) Merry Christmas. Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership

It's Christmas time, so I'm heading home to the UK to spend it with my family and friends. In today's episode I talk about how British people spend Christmas these days. We learn lots of Christmas-related English vocabulary and phrases, and also get a nice insight into one of the UK's most important cultural events. Enjoy, and merry Christmas!

For this holiday special we begin with a traditional English Christmas feast as described by a family friend, highlighting a strange historical black dessert called a plum pudding or simply a Christmas pudding. Being topped with a holly sprig, we then learn the origins of some ancient plant-lore. But the meat of this sumptuous episode is a reading from a deeply mysterious and haunting, 14th-century Arthurian legend that takes place at a Christmas feast; one rudely interrupted by an axe-wielding Green Knight who demands a volunteer to join him in a deadly game. Merry Christmas! Reading excerpts from Folklore of Kent by Fran & Geoff Doel;  English Botany Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants · Volume 2 by James Sowerby; and Plant Lore, Legends, and Lyrics; Embracing the Myths, Traditions, Superstitions, and Folk-lore of the Plant Kingdom by Richard Folkard.Main reading from Sir Gawain and The Green Knight translated by Simon Armitage."Sweet was the Songe the Virgine Sung" 16th-century Christmas CarolPerformed by Ernst Stolz & Katrhine Brandt"Dove's Figary or Chestnut" English Country DancePerformed by Ernst Stolz"Be Merry, Be Merry I Pray You"Medieval English CarolPerformed by Ernst Stolz "What Child is This? (Greensleeves)"English Folk SongPerformed by Ernst StolzSupport Our Numinous Nature on Patreon.Follow Our Numinous Nature & my naturalist illustrations on InstagramCheck out my shop of shirts, prints, and books featuring my artContact: herbaceoushuman@gmail.com

Three favorites, again from my youth. "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" is an English Christmas carol that first appeared in 1739 in the collection Hymns and Sacred Poems. The carol, based on Luke 2:14, tells of an angelic chorus singing praises to God."Away in a Manger" It was long claimed to be the work of German religious reformer Martin Luther, some Germans will not sing it, saying it used to be a beer drinking song. (at least the melody) If you imagine an Umm Pa Pa beat to it, you see their point. But this is a favorite in the English speaking world. "Run Run to the Stable" at least the version I know is an old French Carol. If you have heard it before, please leave a comment.

Join Carole Weitner as she continues to share her knowledge from years of experience hosting an English Christmas tea for her community as well as meticulously crafting a Christmas menu for her family that is unique yet familiar. We discuss the recipes in detail; you are sure to discover new holiday favorites! If you've ever wondered how to make clotted cream or what a sugar plum is, this episode is for you! Carole explains the importance of having a trusty sidekick in the kitchen and the must-have tools for every cook. Stay tuned to hear about a traditional part of an English Christmas celebration as well as a festive table decoration - Christmas crackers! We're so glad you're here! (Visit www.comeoverfordinner.com for recipes, product links, and more!)

Join Carole Weitner as she shares her knowledge from years of experience hosting an English Christmas tea for her community as well as meticulously crafting a Christmas menu for her family that is unique yet familiar. We discuss the recipes in detail; you are sure to discover new holiday favorites! If you've ever wondered how to make clotted cream or what a sugar plum is, this episode is for you! Carole explains the importance of having a trusty sidekick in the kitchen and the must-have tools for every cook. Stay tuned to hear about a traditional part of an English Christmas celebration as well as a festive table decoration - Christmas crackers! We're so glad you're here! (Visit www.comeoverfordinner.com for recipes, product links, and more!)

This December, our remote tream is taking you on a global tour of their very own holiday season traditions. On the second day of podmas in Essex, UK, Ginni Media audio team head Ash celebrates a gift filled Christmas surrounded by family—and pigs out on his mum's traditional roast dinner. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Author, speaker, and addiction specialist Lauren Windle joins Meisha in a conversation on what it looks like to have a Single Friendly Church, English Christmas, and her book ‘Notes on Love'. Tell us what you think on Instagram @mysinglestorypodcast Follow Lauren's journeys on Instagram! @laurenwindle_ www.laurenwindle.com 

It's still a while until Christmas, but for some it's time to start preparing now. Like the German butcher Ralf Fink in Castlemaine, Victoria. Not only does he produce exquisite German specialties in his Oakwood shop, he also produces and supplies the original English Christmas ham. If you don't like it, Ralf Fink has another, tasty recipe for the Christmas holidays: curry wurst with an original Berlin curry sauce. - Es dauert noch ein Weilchen bis Weihnachten, doch für manche ist es höchste Eisenbahn, jetzt mit den Vorbereitungen zu beginnen. Wie zum Beispiel der deutsche Fleischer Ralf Fink in Castlemaine im Bundesstaat Viktoria. Nicht nur produziert er in seinem Geschäft Oakwood auserlesene deutsche Spezialitäten, wie die Knackwurst oder den Schwarzwälder Schinken, er produziert und liefert auch den Original englischen Weihnachtsschinken. Wer ihn nicht mag, für den hat Ralph Fink ein anderes, schmackhaftes Rezept für die Weihnachtstage. Die Currywurst zum Beispiel, mit einer Original Berliner Currysauce.

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The panel reads Washington Irving's Christmas sequence from The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., and examines how its portrayal of an old-fashioned, English Christmas served to influence attitudes towards the ideal of Christmas in the United States.Continue reading

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Merry Christmas!Today, I hope you get a chance to watch one of the movies mentioned in this short episode.

Es Navidad!!!! Hoy os contamos un poco de nuestras cosas. Salvi va a los nine Lessons And Carols en Saint George y nos lo cuenta.... bueno, no sólo nos lo cuenta. Esperamos que os guste el episodio, hecho con mucho amooooor!

Welcome to our Christmas special!Also special as we recorded this episode in front of our first audience at the Henley Community Garden with the Gladesville Happy Hens. We hope you enjoy listening to us talk about our book advent (list below) while also prescribing something to eat and something to read for two letter writers. The list of books discussed is below and there will be more information about this and the recipes discussed in the Shownotes.Thank you for listening to us this last year, and we look forward to returning with a Summer special in January. Until then, happy holidays to all.Sophie & Germaine xxWe started our episode by offering a couple of sweet treats taken from books we have both loved and talked about this year. Sophie and Nigel Slater's Christmas CakeIt was always going to be a Christmas cake for me. And always, my favourite recipe by Nigel Slater from the Christmas Chronicles (but also available here online).Germaine and Ella Risbridger's Three Ingredient BrowniesI was intrigued to try such an easy recipe after we read The Year of Miracles: Recipes about Love, Grief and Growing Things in Season 2, Episode 4 so decided to try it. It is easy. And tasty! Simply Nutella, eggs and flour. Here is a similar recipe to Ella's if you haven't read her book. Book List* Advent by Anja Dunk * Christmas Days by Jeanette Winterson* Festive Spirits by Kate Atkinson (Lucy's Story)* How to End a Story by Helen Garner* Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling* The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller* The Christmas Chronicles by Nigel Slater* Seeing Other People by Diana Reed* Small Things Like These, Clare Keegan* Overheard: the art of eavesdropping by Oslo Davis* Wombat Divine by Mem Fox* Cooking for Claudine by John BaxterLetter 1Thank you for this! I am emerging from a marriage break up and I need some lightness and happiness in my life. Maybe a bit of courage too.Germaine's book prescriptionMaira Kalman's The Principles of Uncertainty is one of my favourite books that I return to whenever I am feeling in need of a reminder that life always contains lightness alongside the need for courage. Kalman is perhaps best known for her children's book illustrations and as a contributor to the New Yorker magazine, however this illustrated memoir is a different way of reflecting and understanding the meaning of her life. Her quirky illustrations, existential questions and melancholic observations are very powerful. I prescribe it as a completely different way of reading about life. Kalman walks the streets of New York and draws the people she sees. Her daily walks in Central Park with an old friend also impact on her sense of wellbeing. She reminisces about her childhood and the past. It's a visual journey through her mind!Sophie's recipeI think it has to be cake. Specifically, a sponge, though one with structure so it won't deflate on you or be finicky about travelling. Something you can cut and come again and keep in the fridge. Take to work to share, take to a morning tea with your friends. You can't not be cheered by a sponge. And you can take courage that this recipe will work! As Nigel Slater says in Christmas Chronicles, “there was something about the way my mother would put a cake on the table that made me feel all was well. Safe. Secure. Unshakeable'Here's my sponge cake recipe, please try it, fill it with jam, cream, curd, love, whatever you have to hand!Letter 2I am going ‘home' for Christmas for a number of reasons. It may well be our last - or only-  ‘family' holiday with all 6 of us that we will remember, as my eldest is 19 and will be moving on with his life - a fact we celebrate and mourn, and my youngest is 11, and therefore too young to remember our trips before the Covid years.  Included in the trip are 2 weeks in the UK to have our first English Christmas with my family, and our first one all together in 7 years. It is always a little bittersweet without my Dad, whose presence is long missed, but it is definitely a time for celebration.What will make the trip a little more interesting, and is making my mother slightly apprehensive, is a history of tension between my brother and sister - I refuse to get sucked in to any drama and can smooth almost any situation - but I want her to feel excitement and eagerness about spending this time together, so do you have a suggestion for a book that celebrates the joy of family reconnection, or something that will bring light to dark winter evenings? Something fun, but real would be grand. And she is always fond of a murder.In terms of asking for something to cook, I am being held responsible for an Australian style brunch - limited by available ingredients so sadly no mango unless I smuggle them in (which I may), and need something sweet, but light to finish the traditional croissants and smoked salmon, and that won't compete with pavlova and Christmas pudding that will be served after late lunch. Also, my mother loathes cream and milk, unless cooked into a cheese sauce, so yoghurt is out.Hope that's not too prescriptive? I love listening to you both, and hearing your discussions.Sophie's recipeWhat about a warm Christmas crumble? In a medium-sized saucepan, mix together about 2 cups frozen (or fresh berries) with about 2 cups rhubarb, apple or stonefruit (depending on season and taste. Add 1/3 cup sugar, 1 tsp vanilla paste and the juice of one orange or lemon and cook on low heat for about 10 minutes or until the fruit is soft. Transfer to a bowl and pop in the fridge to cool or if cooking the crumble straight away, tip into an oven-proof dish.For the crumble topping, in a medium bowl, combine 50g unsalted butter, cold and cubed, 1/2 tsp cinnamon, 1 tsp vanilla paste, 1/2 cup almond meal, 1/4 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup rolled oats, 1/4 cup shredded coconut and 200g marzipan. Work everything together with your fingers and crumble together. Preheat oven to 180C and crumble the topping over the layer of fruit and cook for about 20-30 minutes or until the topping is golden. Serve hot with cream, yogurt or ice cream. Germaine's bookI rose to the challenge with this letter and managed to find a book that is about family and reconnection, with humour and depth. Also, there is a missing person! I'll let you discover if it's a murder or just a side mystery… When God Was A Rabbit by Sarah Winman is a family story about bad things happening to good people and good things happening to good people! This is the poignant tale of Ellie and her family from her childhood in the 1960s through to her adulthood in the early 2000s. There is a cast of quirky characters, all damaged and all loveable who feel very real. Winman also writes beautifully about sibling bonds, “I am here but I am not yours”. While the characters (like families) frustrate, make you laugh out loud and also cry, ultimately, they express the love and hope within us all, no matter what has happened.Thank youOur thanks to Emma and her volunteers from the Gladesville Happy Hens for organising our event and for being so generous with her time and energy.As always, thanks to Kristy Reading for producing every episode of our podcast!We acknowledge that the land on which we work and live is the traditional land of the Wiradjuri Nation and Wallumedegal people. These people are the Traditional Custodians of this land and form part of the wider Aboriginal nation known as the Eora Nation. We pay our respect to Elders past, present and emerging and extend that respect to all First Nations people. Get full access to Something to Eat and Something to Read at somethingtoeatandsomethingtoread.substack.com/subscribe

Giselle, Dalibor, and Iulia are joined again by Lydia Tomkiw, a senior reporter at the Financial Times, for a special holiday episode. Lydia shares the origins behind "Shchedryk," the 1916 Ukrainian New Year's song which has since been adapted into the well-known English Christmas song, "Carol of the Bells." Tomkiw explains the (often unknown) context of murder, political tumult, and oppression in Ukraine at the time of the song's composition, and she and the co-hosts make parallels between the experience of Ukrainians then and today amidst their country's war with Russia.Show notes: "As war rages at home, Ukrainian choir heads to Carnegie Hall to celebrate 100 years of ‘Carol of the Bells'" by Lydia Tomkiw and Emily Johnson; "Toll of the Bells" by Lydia Tomkiw; Celebrating 100 Years of Carol of the Bells. Sign up for The Eastern Front's biweekly newsletter here.

An AWL joins us by surprise on this week's show. We introduce a new segment about travel, hear from Nick's friend Jim and learn about real estate. All this and more on GARAGE BEERS.

Mom's in prison, dad's newest mistress is your fiancée, and your two little brothers are plotting to kill you! If you thought your Christmas was stressful, try being Richard the Lionheart in 1183. For this week's episode on the 1968 film The Lion in Winter, we run through the deadly intrigue of the Plantagenet court and chart the history English Christmas along the way. Come troll the ancient Yuletide carols with us to find out whether Santa Claus has anything to do with Odin, why the 12 Days of Christmas really end on January 5th, and if King Richard the Lionheart ever saw a Christmas tree. Hosted by Liam, Russian Sam, and Halal Sam. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gladiofreeeurope/support

Sermon (English) Christmas Day

"Gesù Bambino" is Italian and it translates to baby Jesus. This is an Italian Christmas carol composed back in 1917. It shares a melody with an English Christmas carol "When Blossoms Flowered 'mid the Snows" and is similar to "O Come All Ye Faithful". Hopefully you are enjoying the holiday season.

We have the Victorians to thank for many of our most loved festive traditions, including sending cards and decorating Christmas trees. However, much of our understanding of a merrie old English Christmas has more to do with the writings of Charles Dickens, because before the 19th Century, Christmas was barely celebrated in Britain. In this episode, you'll hear writings from Bridie Banwell, Kevin Bryant, David Watkins, and a new 'voice' Pat Forster, all stories and poems with a Christmas theme. Todays Podcast ends with a poem, one I originally wrote as a song, aimed as a warning to pet owners to be 'Mindful and Careful' at Christmastime. 

(Dec 23, 2021) At Christmastime, some families get together for the holiday, sometimes from very different cultures. The story of an Amish and an "English" get-together that's become tradition. Also: Gov. Hochul is promising millions more at-home COVID testing kits as the omicron variant rages across the state.

Originally published as episode 59 on December 21, 2019, this popular episode is being rerun in a slightly improved version. This is a love letter to the great English Christmas carols, from “There Is No Rose” to “The Boar's Head”. Did you know that not just any Christmas song is a carol? The true carol, in all its earthy splendor, is a distinctive product of the Catholic middle ages. Yet our forefathers didn't limit caroling to Christmas: they wrote carols for every season of the year covering the entire story of our Redemption, not to mention secular topics at times. This episode explores the origin of carols in England, their cultural meaning, and how they were suppressed by the Puritans and were revived in modern times. And of course, you'll hear a lot of great music throughout, ranging from historically informed performance to modern arrangements! Links Erik Routley, The English Carol https://www.amazon.com/English-Carol-Erik-Routley/dp/0837169895 Andrew Gant, The Carols of Christmas https://www.amazon.com/Carols-Christmas-Celebration-Surprising-Favorite/dp/0718031520 All music in this episode used with permission from the recording artist and/or label. Agincourt Carol, Alamire https://www.amazon.com/Deo-Gracias-Anglia-Alamire/dp/B008L1GZUO Nowell sing we both all and some, Quire Cleveland https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/quirecleveland2 Gabriel From Heaven's King, Quire Cleveland https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/quirecleveland2 A Virgin Most Pure, Stairwell Carolers https://www.stairwellcarollers.com/en/o-magnum-mysterium/ Coventry Carol, Harry Christophers and the Sixteen, available on the CORO record label at https://thesixteenshop.com/ Bedfordshire May Carol, Shirley Collins https://mainlynorfolk.info/shirley.collins/records/withinsound.html Remember O Thou Man, The King's Singers https://www.amazon.com/Remember-O-Thou-Man/dp/B073JZN754 Wassail (Gloucestershire Wassail, arr. Vaughan Williams), Quire Cleveland https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/quirecleveland4 Green Growth the Holly, Early Music New York—Frederick Renz, Director https://www.earlymusicny.org/a-renaissance-christmas My Dancing Day, Robert Shaw Chorale https://www.amazon.com/Songs-Angels-Christmas-Hymns-Carols/dp/B000003D0G Drive the Cold Winter Away, Owain Phyfe and the New World Renaissance Band https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/nwrb In the Bleak Midwinter, Quire Cleveland https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/quirecleveland2 Lullay My Liking (Holst), HSVPA Madrigal Singers (Houston, TX) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw81DCQ3HhI A Hymn to the Virgin (Britten), VOCES8 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077GC4QVT/ref=dm_ws_sp_ps_dp There is no rose, Quire Cleveland https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/quirecleveland2 Thanks to all, but especially to Ross W. Duffin for his generosity with Quire Cleveland's back catalogue! Also recommended: A Waverly Consort Christmas: From East Anglia to Appalachia https://www.amazon.com/Waverly-Consort-Christmas-Anglia-Appalachia/dp/B000002SRK Other non-famous carols mentioned: Seven Virgins (The Leaves of Life); This Endris Night; Tempus adest floridum (Good King Wenceslas); Kingsfold (I heard the voice of Jesus say); The Cherry Tree Carol; Masters In This Hall; The Golden Carol; Snow in the Street; New Prince, New Pomp This podcast is a production of CatholicCulture.org. If you like the show, please consider supporting us! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audio

Merry Christmas from Voices of Hastings! If you're looking for Christmas Carols or Christmas songs, then you'd better jog on......But if you're looking for talking Norwegian Spruce trees, Rugby's Wooden Spoon charity, English Christmas weather, Brighton Pier's Starling Murmurations, Elf professors, women in rugby, Christmas Fish 'n Chips and of course the ever controversial Hastings' Pier then settle in for the next half hour. We've got some mighty, local storytellers in this colorful episode so let them entertain and surprise you with some Christmas cheer. Looking forward to seeing you all again in 2022....... Enjoy Dee

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Following traditional Holiday music back to its roots, Blackmore's Night, (Candice Night and Ritchie Blackmore) approach Christmas songs with their own unique styling. On November 19th, 2021, they will celebrate the holidays with the relaunch of their classic album Winter Carols, available as a high-quality 2CD Digipak Edition and digital album (earMUSIC). Originally released in 2006, this 2021 version has been carefully remastered and contains these four tracks that were previously unavailable in this format: “Here We Come A-Caroling”, “It Came Upon A Midnight Clear”, “O Little Town Of Bethlehem” and “Silent Night”. Additionally, Winter Carols includes a remastered version of their timeless Christmas single “Christmas Eve”. A brand-new song, “Coventry Carol”, is an English Christmas carol dating back to the 16th century with additional lyrics by award-winning lyricist / vocalist Candice Night and new musical arrangements by legendary guitarist Ritchie Blackmore. Mastering the mix of Rock and Folk elements, Blackmore's Night have always perfected the art of creating music for family, friends, and fans to come together and celebrate. Winter Carols provides the perfect backdrop for the holiday season. Please welcome vocalist/lyricist, multi-instrumentalist for the traditional folk rock project Blackmore's Night  and wife of legendary British guitarist Ritchie Blackmore CANDICE NIGHT to Interviewing the Legends … PURCHASE BLACKMORE'S NIGHT REMASTERED & ENHANCED EDITION OF THEIR CLASSIC ALBUM “WINTER CAROLS” Available at amazon.com   FOR MORE INFORMATION  ABOUT BLACKMORE'S NIGHT And RITCHIE BLACKMORE'S RAINBOW Visit www.blackmoresnight.com Blackmore's Night official site https://www.facebook.com/blackmoresnightofficial Facebook www.instagram.com/blackmoresnightofficial Instagram https://twitter.com/trucandicenight Twitter https://www.blackmoresnight.com/ritchie-blackmores-rainbow Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow Official site https://www.facebook.com/ritchieblackmore Facebook https://twitter.com/therealritchieb Twitter PURCHASE RAY'S BEST-SELLING BOOK ENTITLED THE ROCK STAR CHRONICLES SERIES ONE CHRONICLES, TRUTHS, CONFESSIONS AND WISDOM FROM THE MUSIC LEGENDS THAT SET US FREE  …Order yours today on (Collector edition) Hardcover  or E-book at bookbaby.com and amazon.com Featuring over 45 intimate conversations with some of  the greatest rock legends the world will ever know. CHRIS SQUIRE... DR. JOHN... GREG LAKE... HENRY MCCULLOUGH... JACK BRUCE … JOE LALA…  JOHNNY WINTER... KEITH EMERSON... PAUL KANTNER...  RAY THOMAS... RONNIE MONTROSE... TONY JOE WHITE... DAVID CLAYTON-THOMAS… MIKE LOVE... TOMMY ROE... BARRY HAY... CHRIS THOMPSON... JESSE COLIN YOUNG... JOHN KAY... JULIAN LENNON... MARK LINDSAY... MICKY DOLENZ… PETER RIVERA ...TOMMY JAMES… TODD RUNDGREN... DAVE MASON... EDGAR WINTER... FRANK MARINO... GREGG ROLIE... IAN ANDERSON... JIM “DANDY” MANGRUM... JON ANDERSON... LOU GRAMM... MICK BOX... RANDY BACHMAN… ROBIN TROWER...  ROGER FISHER... STEVE HACKETT... ANNIE HASLAM… ‘MELANIE' SAFKA... PETULA CLARK... SUZI QUATRO... COLIN BLUNSTONE… DAVE DAVIES... JIM McCARTY... PETE BEST   BOOK REVIEW -By Literary Titan (5) STARS           Support us!

Two interviews with Peter Noone. First, from February of 2016 ahead of a show in Eau Claire, WI, talking about his career and coming to Wisconsin. Second, from December of 2021 ahead of an Eau Claire concert for "An Olde English Christmas with Herman's Hermits starring Peter Noone," including where he got the idea for the show, his favorite Christmas songs and traditions, the best English Christmas food, and more.

A-Wassailing, a-wassailing we will go!! Tony Meade joins Todd to talk about his unique Christmas album "Wassail." Tony takes traditional English Christmas carols and layers on a modern sound. Tony and Todd discuss Tony's love for Christmas, history, and more in this episode of Christmas Clatter.Follow Tony Meade on all his social media:-Spotify-FaceBook-Instagram-WebsiteChristmas Clatter Merch Store-----Affiliate Links-----Podcast Host-BuzzsproutRemote Recording Studio-Riverside FMEquipment Used In Video-Rode Podmic (Amazon)-Rodecaster Pro (Amazon)-Rode PSA 1 Mic Arm (Amazon)Affiliate links mean I earn a commission from qualifying purchases. This helps support my channel at no additional cost to you.

Things are hard – ‘choose your hard'. Whether you have four kids at home, home schooling, or you are isolated and on your own, there are challenges. Two Natural Ladies discuss finding things to be grateful for: Christmas Day is only one day and it can be tough. Jo shares her Christmas with her family now and as a child: Growing up she had a traditional English Christmas with hot food on a hot day! Noisy at lunch and quiet and musical at night. No longer traditional, Secret, Kris Kringle with prawns, seafood, salads and Lebanese food. Vicki then shares her childhood with just the four of them. Her Mum would surprise and delight them with lots of presents. A quiet day at home. Christmas Eve traditions are discussed including reading ‘The Night Before Christmas' and kids sleeping in the same room (even as adults). ************** For more information about the Two Natural Ladies visit https://www.twonaturalladies.com.au/ Or follow the Two Natural Ladies on Facebook or Instagram @twonaturalladies https://www.facebook.com/twonaturalladies https://www.instagram.com/twonaturalladies/ Or to find out more about what we do join our group at http://bit.ly/2nlgroup Please subscribe to the Video podcast on the Two Natural Ladies YouTube Channel at http://bit.ly/tnlyoutube Video production sponsored by Nurture Queen Videos https://www.nurturequeenvideos.com

#029- Christmas in Japan vs America( or Canada)In today's episode of the social English podcast, we are going to be discussing the holiday Christmas. Now you know about Christmas, but there are some differences, actually some major differences between Christmas as practiced in America, and Canada, versus the way Christmas is practiced in Japan. I want to let you know about this because if you're going to travel to the United States or Canada, you want to know what is going on. This is an important lesson to learn about social situations in America.ソーシャルイングリッシュポッドキャストの今日のエピソードでは、ホリデークリスマスについて話し合います。 クリスマスについてはご存知ですが、実際にはアメリカとカナダで行われているクリスマスと、日本で行われているクリスマスとの間にはいくつかの大きな違いがあります。 アメリカやカナダに旅行するなら、何が起こっているのか知りたいので、これについてお知らせしたいと思います。これはアメリカの社会的状況について学ぶための重要な教訓です。

(English) Christmas was approaching and people were preparing to celebrate the birth of most compassionate one, Jesus Christ. By chance a beautiful wooly sheep, a buffalo, a goose, a loving pig, a chicken and a dog happened to overhear their so called caretakers, talking about killing them to eat on Christmas Eve. Can you imagine how they felt? These animals, heartbroken and scared, run away to save their lives. Along the way they bumped into each other and shared their sad stories and in turn helped each ...

In 1849 American author Herman Melville was in London looking for a publisher. He'd just turned thirty and was wearing a strange green coat. By Christmas he was ready to go home to the US, his literary career on its uppers, but an idea forming for a novel about a vengeful whale... 

TRE's Bob James brings us the latest, breaking Spanish news. TRE is the only broadcaster in Spain to produce and broadcast, twice daily its own, in house, Spanish and local news service in English...and we offer this to you as a resource right here, and on the hour at tre.radio (http://tre.radio/) . Oh, and don't forget to tune in for an expanded news, on 'Spain Today' week daily at 15.00CET #News #Spain #English

On this week's episode of the Tuesday Night Mystery Club, join Kaitlyn McCluskie and guest Angie as they tell the story of The Adventures of the Christmas Pudding by Agatha Christie. Poirot is tasked by a foreign country to find a missing ruby, a very historic and expensive one. Part of the request is that he visits the country home of Kings Lacey for a traditional English Christmas. Once there, Poirot is warned not to eat the Christmas pudding, will he obey? Enter my giveaway over on Instagram to win a free murder mystery party! Follow me on Instagram @TuesdayNightMysteryClub (https://www.instagram.com/tuesdaynightmysteryclub/ ) For bonus content, support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tuesdaynightmysteryclub 

We hope everyone is hungry, because we are going to be exploring Christmas traditions of food and drink through the ages! MERRY CHRISTMAS! RESEARCH CREDITS: Food Timeline Library Max Miller's YouTube series: Tasting History who were sources for this episode END OF SHOW MUSIC CREDIT: Here We Come A Wassailing Acapella Choir with Lyrics of Christmas Carol sung by US Army Band Chorus. Here We Come A Wassailing Acapella Choir with Lyrics of Traditional Christmas Carol sung by the US Army Band Chorus, verses 1 and 7 repeated. “Here We Come A-wassailing” (or “Here We Come A-caroling”) is a traditional English Christmas carol and New Year song, which was composed c. 1850. The term 'wassailing', refers to door to door carol singing wishing neighbors and residents good health. Good spirited householders would offer the singers a drink from their wassail bowl which would contain a warming concoction of beer, apples, spice and mead. The song has been recorded by range of performers including - The Ray Conniff singers, Perry Como and the Ray Charles Singers, The King's Singers, Harry Secombe, and Kate Rusby. This A Capella vocal recording is by the famous US Army Band Chorus. CONTACT US: Contact Don by email at donald@ruffhousemarketing.com, Storyteller, and Co-Founder of Ruff House Marketing. Contact Co-Host, Michael Allison by email at mjallison.studioefx@verizon.net, Artist, Historian, Storyteller. Owner of StudioEFX. Follow us on Twitter @PodcastAboutEv2 Follow us on Instagram @podcastabouteverything Follow us on Facebook @podcastabouteverything

What defines an English Christmas? The giving of tacky deodorant gift sets? Your elders forcing you to sit through the Queen's speech? Or, sitting round a crackling fire, scaring each other witless with tales of vengeful spirits...? This week, we discuss 2017's GHOST STORIES, based on the notorious stage show. And James attempts to send a chill up Sam's spine, with a listener's real life account of ghostly encounters. You can find us on Twitter and Instagram @scaringsampod, and get in touch at scaringsampod@gmail.com. Please rate and review us wherever you listen to podcasts, it's always appreciated. And of course... stay safe out there tonight.

Hello again Word Lovers! Charly has returned, wearing a red tunic and a fake beard, smothered in mince pie crumbs as he tells us about the etymology of words connected to Christmas. It should come as no surprise that the first word he investigates is Christmas and then a look at the roots of the word Christ and Messiah. Yule is then explored as the early English word from Old Norse. The roots of the word "Eve" is uncovered as another of old English heritage, the night before a feast. We touch upon "Holy" but that is left for a more detailed investigation in a future episode. We uncover the archaic uses of "Xmas", not as modern as first considered and even the word "Happy" gets a consideration. "Bethlehem" is broken down and then we look at the words of the classic Nativity scene. A manger, Angels and tidings. At breakneck speed we continue to the history of "Carols" and "Father Christmas" and the proto German descent of "Elf". As Santa Claus does his work he comes down the "Chimney" and in some houses he may consume "Egg Nog" or "Pease Pudding" and post food people may go "Wassaling" which turns out to be far more interesting than you might expect. After Christmas, the twenty sixth of December in England is known as Boxing Day which we briefly explore too. Our history of Father Christmas/Saint Nicholas can be read here An article on the history of mince pies can be read here The history of traditional English Christmas dinner and how to make it, find out more here The Master wordsmith Charles Dickens has been given the Bulldogz audio drama treatment, listen to The Signalman Interesting Etymologies will return after Christmas with a regular slot every Wednesday. You can find a guide to all the episodes here Father Christmas Saint Nicholas: https://www.bulldogz.org/post/2019/12/06/need-to-know-saint-nicholas Mince Pies : https://www.bulldogz.org/post/history-of-the-mince-pie-a-holiday-dessert-with-a-meaty-past Christmas Dinner : https://www.bulldogz.org/post/2019/12/21/a-christmas-feast-how-to-make-a-traditional-british-christmas-dinnerthe-easy-way Charles Dickens : https://www.bulldogz.org/post/charles-dickens-father-of-christmas The Signal Man : https://www.bulldogz.org/post/classic-christmas-horror-therapy-the-signalman-by-charles-dickens Interesting Etymologies archive : https://www.bulldogz.org/ie

  India Hicks’ very British Xmas in the sunny Bahamas, Charles Spencer’s crazily English Christmas in the stately home, novelist Victoria Hislop’s culture-free disaster in Cuba, baker Cynthia Stroud’s noise and laughter in Nigeria, blogger and content creator Eulanda Shead Osagiede getting drunk with her Granddad in Colorado, archaeologist and presenter Ella Al Shamahi’s jellied fish in Poland, comedian and Strictly Come Dancing star Bill Bailey acting out Christmas TV in remote Indonesia, Paul Burge from the When in Spain Podcast on Spanish Christmas going on forever, Danielle Desir, host of the Thought Card Podcast on Christmas in Connecticut, Dr Hassan Shehata miscarriage specialist and former political prisoner partying with the Khartoum Beatles, A Place in the Sun’s Laura Hamilton skiing in Andalucia, Tweeting Goddess Samantha Kelly on a lovely Irish Christmas, poet and author Lemn Sissay creating magical Christmases for care leavers and Rachel Gotto coach and hypnotherapist on how to turn the negative into something memorable and positive.

In this episode we will be exploring the history behind the 12 days of Christmas and the song of the same name, the meaning behind it & even reciting the final verse for you to hear the melody and practise along too!

For Advent in 2019 we walked through the metanarrative of scripture; creation, fall, redemption, and restoration. We decided to re-air this series this year to go long with our new Biblical Theology Advent Cards! We created these cards to guide families through the story of scripture focusing on God the Son and His role from creation all the way to restoration. There are three cards for each week of advent. Each card will prompt you to read a main truth, open your Bible to read that day's passage(s), pray, and discuss or complete an activity. On the back of each card is part of a puzzle which, by Christmas, will create a beautiful reminder of the reason for the season. On episode 81 of the Adorned Podcast we discuss creation. The Son did not just suddenly appear at His incarnation, but has always been. We see this through the trinitarian language used way back in Genesis! We would love for you to listen in as we discuss what this means for us during the Christmas season. Quotes: “The Bible provides us with the basic story that we need in order to understand our world and to live in it as God’s people” -The Drama of Scripture “Heresy is destructive, not just for your mind, but for your life.” -J.T. English “Christmas is not God's second plan. Before he created the world, God determined to save sinners through the blood of his own Son. The grand narrative of the Bible points to this essential truth -- God determined to bring glory to himself through the salvation of a people redeemed and purchased by his own Son, the Christ. Bethlehem and Calvary were essential parts of God's plan from the beginning, before the cosmos was brought into being as the Son obeyed the will of the Father in creation.” -Al Mohler Resources: Biblical Theology Advent Cards Unwrapping the Greatest Gift by Ann Voskamp The Garden, the Curtain, and the Cross by Carl Laferton The Drama of Scripture by Craig Bartholomew and Michael Goheen Gospel Fluency by Jeff Vanderstelt Where does the Story of Christmas Begin? By Al Mohler ESV Study Bible *The beautiful music heard on today’s episode is by Katie Cobbs*

Hola qué tal amigos los invito a escuchar un nuevo episodio del podcast ‘El Conferencista! por Carlos Libreros. …In English: Christmas Airs! -Storytelling- Aquí siempre encontrarás algo que te sorprenderá y dará de que hablar. Storytelling + FunLearning + Knowledge Sígueme en Twitter @LibrerosCali Instagram @IamTheSpeaker Email: clibrerosm@gmail.com

(English) Christmas was approaching and people were preparing to celebrate the birth of most compassionate one, Jesus Christ. By chance a beautiful wooly sheep, a buffalo, a goose, a loving pig, a chicken and a dog happened to overhear their so called caretakers, talking about killing them to eat on Christmas Eve. Can you imagine how they felt? These animals, heartbroken and scared, run away to save their lives. Along the way they bumped into each other and shared their sad ...

Memories of Christmas, from a long while ago. But, still followed as best we can.

Welcome back to the Roach Motel! Josh Potter begins this episode by reviewing queef submissions from listeners. He refuses to apologize for referring to the "Home Alone" robbers as the "Sticky Bandits," and makes the audience aware of the fact that he is blind. Josh covers news stories about a man who threatened a woman in Walmart because she wasn't wearing a mask, data that shows roommates have been hooking up during quarantine, an English Christmas tree salesman who advertised himself on a billboard to find dates, a man cave that was discovered in a New York City subway tunnel, an elk attack that occurred on a golf course and more! The Cockroach calls Cleveland 92.3 radio host Anthony Lima to discuss current events in the sports world including the Golden Tate/Jalen Ramsey brawl and an update on Delonte West, as well as Potter's time on terrestrial radio.

Have you ever watched the Cirque du Soleil and thought "Who the hell does that and how did they get there?" Well listen to today's Legends Conversation with 18-year-old Mei Sawada and learn just decision, passion and support it takes to become and elite performer. Seriously she makes it all sound so easy. But it isn't! "Soak it all in and do it your own way" *We had a few technical difficulties in the first half of the recording so the sound quality isn't brilliant - then the sound cut out altogether so we reset and the sounds gets better In this podcast: Do you want to know what it takes to be an elite athlete? How long it takes to train? What do you eat? What happens when you let your regimen slip! What kind of commitment and support is essential from family and teachers and other carers and guardians. The love support and belief of parents to change path and direction and to be the very best you can. Mei is single minded and mature as well as super committed to her regimen and the discipline and care it takes to keep a up a professional body - Throughout we use bits and pieces of Japanese and translate in real time! This is the reality of living bilingually and biculturally - all of us who live here in Japan mix it up! - We talk about her Japanese and English backgrounds and how she doesn't feel bilingual or bicultural because she's always been this way - Fun stories from English Christmas and round the table in Japan with the grandparents - How her active and sporty parents influenced her decision to become and elite athlete - The authentic childhood 3-generation home that they are now completely rebuilding! - The joy of living with a very active and chatty Obaachan (grandma) - Her sporting path and how active she has been for many many years as a child - The AHA moment when she entered the arial silks studio and saw people spinning from the ceiling and KNEW she wanted to do that for her job in the future - Her incredibly committed training schedule - That moment when she realised how strongly she wanted to do this and how she describes the feelings in her body that arrive when you are about to enter your passion and your zone of genius - "I just wanted to train and do what I love" - How proud of her parents were when she decided to follow her heart and drop out of school - even though she was breaking the line of her Grandad and Dad's high school attendance - How she manages the constant feedback loop of being an athlete - How she stays motivated and positive in Corona times - What comes next for a future Cirque du Soleil performer? Where will she 'Soak up the positive energy' Find Mei & other links here: https://www.instagram.com/cirque_mei/ https://ecolenationaledecirque.ca/en https://www.cirquedusoleil.com/

The soaring arches of a cathedral and the high, pure voices of an English Christmas choir inspire Bill Whittle, Scott Ott and Stephen Green, to reflect on our inheritance in a western civilization that finds its fountain in immutable, enduring, divine principle. From the secular joys of Santa Claus, to the birth of the Christ, our treasure has endured, and they must not destroy it. See this show produced live aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship in May 2020, and meet a lot of people like you. Find out more, and reserve your cabin now at https://BillWhittleCruise.com Right Angle is a production of our Members: https://BillWhittle.com/register/

This is a love letter to the great English Christmas carols, from “There Is No Rose” to “The Boar's Head”. Did you know that not just any Christmas song is a carol? The true carol, in all its earthy splendor, is a distinctive product of the Catholic middle ages. Yet our forefathers didn't limit caroling to Christmas: they wrote carols for every season of the year covering the entire story of our Redemption, not to mention secular topics at times. This episode explores the origin of carols in England, their cultural meaning, and how they were suppressed by the Puritans and were revived in modern times. And of course, you'll hear a lot of great music throughout, ranging from historically informed performance to modern arrangements! Links Erik Routley, The English Carol https://www.amazon.com/English-Carol-Erik-Routley/dp/0837169895 Andrew Gant, The Carols of Christmas https://www.amazon.com/Carols-Christmas-Celebration-Surprising-Favorite/dp/0718031520 All music in this episode used with permission from the recording artist and/or label. Agincourt Carol, Alamire https://www.amazon.com/Deo-Gracias-Anglia-Alamire/dp/B008L1GZUO Nowell sing we both all and some, Quire Cleveland https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/quirecleveland2 Gabriel From Heaven's King, Quire Cleveland https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/quirecleveland2 A Virgin Most Pure, Stairwell Carolers https://www.stairwellcarollers.com/en/o-magnum-mysterium/ Coventry Carol, Harry Christophers and the Sixteen, available on the CORO record label at https://thesixteenshop.com/ Bedfordshire May Carol, Shirley Collins https://mainlynorfolk.info/shirley.collins/records/withinsound.html Remember O Thou Man, The King's Singers https://www.amazon.com/Remember-O-Thou-Man/dp/B073JZN754 Wassail (Gloucestershire Wassail, arr. Vaughan Williams), Quire Cleveland https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/quirecleveland4 Green Growth the Holly, Early Music New York—Frederick Renz, Director https://www.earlymusicny.org/a-renaissance-christmas My Dancing Day, Robert Shaw Chorale https://www.amazon.com/Songs-Angels-Christmas-Hymns-Carols/dp/B000003D0G Drive the Cold Winter Away, Owain Phyfe and the New World Renaissance Band https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/nwrb In the Bleak Midwinter, Quire Cleveland https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/quirecleveland2 Lullay My Liking (Holst), HSVPA Madrigal Singers (Houston, TX) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw81DCQ3HhI A Hymn to the Virgin (Britten), VOCES8 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077GC4QVT/ref=dm_ws_sp_ps_dp There is no rose, Quire Cleveland https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/quirecleveland2 Thanks to all, but especially to Ross W. Duffin for his generosity with Quire Cleveland's back catalogue! Also recommended: A Waverly Consort Christmas: From East Anglia to Appalachia https://www.amazon.com/Waverly-Consort-Christmas-Anglia-Appalachia/dp/B000002SRK Other non-famous carols mentioned: Seven Virgins (The Leaves of Life); This Endris Night; Tempus adest floridum (Good King Wenceslas); Kingsfold (I heard the voice of Jesus say); The Cherry Tree Carol; Masters In This Hall; The Golden Carol; Snow in the Street; New Prince, New Pomp This podcast is a production of CatholicCulture.org. If you like the show, please consider supporting us! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audio

I thought I was quite good at buying presents, but when it comes to gadgets and Christmas stockings, apparently I am mistaken! Delusional, even. I have now been banned from doing stockings for my family and a little part of my soul has died! Find out how I traumatized my son with one particular English Christmas tradition. I also talk about the difference in eating habits and restaurant etiquette between England and California, and finish with a story about one of the worst months of my life.

Under ledelse af den engelske kordirigent Graham Ross synger DR VokalEnsemblet julen ind i et traditionsrigt engelsk repertoire med blandt andet Thomas Tallis' julemesse Missa Puer natus est nobis samt musik af Bob Chilcott, John Rutter, John Tavener med flere.DR VokalEnsemblet.Dirigent: Graham Ross. (Bistrup Kirke, Birkerød 13. december). Ca. 21.30:Violinisten Joanna Kreft, der er debuteret fra Det Kgl. Danske Musikkonservatorium, spiller Vivaldi og Haydn.Vært: Celine Haastrup. www.dr.dk/p2koncerten

Christmas Eve on a haunted hulk by Frank Cowper Frank Cowper  was born in 1849 and died in 1930. He was an English yachtsman primarily famous for his pioneering work in developing the whole business of modern cruising. He was primarily a sailor but gained fame with his book /Sailing Tours/ which described his voyages in his yachts. He clearly also was an accomplished writer  as we see it in this story /Christmas Eve on A Haunted Hulk/ has a very realistic style. The vividness of the description of his foray  through the marshes shows he was very familiar with this kind of terrain. One incidental gem of this story is the picture he gives of the provincial life of educated gentlefolk amongst the Victorian peasantry. I have no doubt that this was drawn from Frank Cowper’s actual experience. I suspect that the being stuck under his bed after falling out in the night is also an actual incident from his life. I read this particular story as part of my series of Christmas themed ghost stories leading up to Christmas this year. I have done /The Snow/ by Hugh Walpole and I anticipate doing a couple more Christmas stories before tackling Charles Dickens is /A Christmas Carol/. However there is many a slip twixt cup and lip and it may be that I do not get round to reading a Christmas Carol as I have rather a busy schedule between now and the winter festival itself. I am sitting alone here editing this audio file and trying to get it done before bed. I hope then you will forgive that I am not going to spend a lot of time talking about this story. In some ways it has elements similar to last week’s story /The Kitbag/ by Algernon Blackwood. In both tales, we have the sensory description of something going on that frightens yet does not actually touch the protagonist. Frank Cowper’s description of the cold and damp of the abandoned hulk was very convincing. The only other point I want to make is that it is not particularly Christmassy in tone. For one thing there is no snow! However this dreary cold rainy weather is far more characteristic of an English Christmas than the picture postcard snowman and Santa Claus we would like to believe in. Many things have happened since I last spoke to you however we now have a website. Please check it out. Www.classicghoststories.com (http://www.classicghoststories.com) As always, I beg you to share, rate and love the podcast. Let us grow strong! Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/barcud) (https://www.patreon.com/barcud) Support this podcast

In 1969, John Julius Norwich, the legendary popular historian, gathered together the favourite things he'd come across in the last 365 days into one short charming pamphlet. Initially just a treat for his friends, it rapidly turned into a huge word-of-mouth success.And soon the arrival of John Julius Norwich's latest 'Christmas Cracker' became as essential a part of the English Christmas experience as holly and mistletoe. Norwich had a brilliant eye for a story and telling detail, and his Crackers are full of jokes, warmth and wit. Here in one bumper book is his final and 50th Christmas Cracker, alongside all the very best bits as picked out by his daughter Artemis Cooper. This is the perfect Christmas gift.

You can find the full web article, media and transcripts for the lesson here: https://adeptenglish.com/lessons/learn-english-speaking/ - Learn English Speaking It’s nearly Christmas, and the UK is in full on shopping frenzy, it seems the commercial side of Christmas is bigger than ever. As we come to a close of 2019, we thought some English Christmas idioms might interest you while you learn English speaking. Note: Just in case you've not heard of frenzy, it means "A temporary madness". We’ve kept the list of idioms nice and short, just 3, there are so many more, but as usual to give you maximum value we’ve only picked the most common, and the most useful. Something you might use in an everyday English conversation. Discover Adept English the modern way to learn to speak English. The aim of Adept English is to help you speak English fluently. Our English language teaching approach is to learn through listening. We publish two new English audio lessons, with full transcripts, weekly. Every one of our English lessons will help you learn to speak English in ways that are interesting and lead to success. We have lots of podcasts, at all difficulty levels, on many topics, suitable for all listeners, ready for you to listen too right now.Adept English is here to help with language courses that are unique, modern and deliver results. You can learn to speak English quickly using our specialised brain training. We get straight to the point of how you should learn to speak English. We teach you in a fun and simple way that delivers results. If you want to learn to speak English, our approach to learning through listening will improve your English fluency.Learn more: adeptenglish.com

For Advent this year we decided to walk through the metanarrative of scripture; creation, fall, redemption, and restoration. We are excited to spend some time looking at how each part points to Christmas and what it means practically as we anticipate and celebrate the birth of Jesus. On episode 81 of the Adorned Podcast we discuss creation. The Son did not just suddenly appear at His incarnation, but has always been. We see this through the trinitarian language used way back in Genesis! We would love for you to listen in as we discuss what this means for us during the Christmas season. Quotes: “Advent is traditionally the four Sundays leading up to Christmas and means “coming.”” “How cool is it that God sent His Son, The Light of the World, in the darkest time of the year and we have that to celebrate.” “We have to believe that God will be faithful to bring to completion what He has promised.” “We can live with the expectation that God will do what He said He’s going to do.” “Advent is not about doing a specific thing, but it’s about the hope and the waiting in this season and knowing that God will do what He said He’s going to do through the work of Jesus.” “The Bible provides us with the basic story that we need in order to understand our world and to live in it as God’s people” -The Drama of Scripture “Heresy is destructive, not just for your mind, but for your life.” -J.T. English “Christmas is not God's second plan. Before he created the world, God determined to save sinners through the blood of his own Son. The grand narrative of the Bible points to this essential truth -- God determined to bring glory to himself through the salvation of a people redeemed and purchased by his own Son, the Christ. Bethlehem and Calvary were essential parts of God's plan from the beginning, before the cosmos was brought into being as the Son obeyed the will of the Father in creation.” -Al Mohler Resources: Unwrapping the Greatest Gift by Ann Voskamp The Garden, the Curtain, and the Cross by Carl Laferton The Drama of Scripture by Craig Bartholomew and Michael Goheen Gospel Fluency by Jeff Vanderstelt Where does the Story of Christmas Begin? By Al Mohler ESV Study Bible *The beautiful music heard on today’s episode is by Katie Cobbs*

In the United States, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November—this year, on November 28th and it has already been celebrated in Canada, on the second Monday in October the 14th this year. Turkey has become the traditional choice for Americans after Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863. It was part of Christmas history as far back as the 16th century, and popular history tells of King Henry VIII being the first English monarch to have turkey for Christmas. The 16th century farmer Thomas Tusser noted that by 1573 turkeys were commonly served at English Christmas dinners. Although these were feasts for the rich, royalty and landed gentry. Even though turkeys are much more affordable today, they still remain a celebratory symbol of bounty. In fact, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin ate roast turkey in foil packets for their first meal on the Moon. November seems to now have become the launchpad for the #ChristmasCountdown as #BlackFriday has now become a fortnight of sales in the run up to the last Friday in November and the media has started to hit the consumer with a plethora of enticing advertisements all designed to encourage the consumer to part with their hard earned cash. It's a commonly held belief that Christmas makes itself known sooner year on year. But is there any truth to the "Christmas creep"? Here, John Lewis' adverts are widely regarded as the "official beginning" of the Christmas season in the UK. The same Christmas season that, by the way, does not start earlier every year. Since John Lewis' "Sweet Child o' Mine" Christmas ad of 2009, the brand's adverts have come out around the same time of year for the past six years, between the 6th and the 12th of November. But how often have you seen a box of mince pies in the supermarket in October and we have have only just had Halloween and the Family Circle boxes are on offer at the beginning of November. It's a commonly-held belief that Christmas comes earlier every year, along with all the other once-a-year festivities. Valentine's cards come out as soon as you chuck your Christmas tree into the neighbor's skip; Easter eggs immediately after that; and on and on, until all holidays overlap into one big commercial mess. But is there actually any truth in this? Are people just idealizing a past in which capitalism had less of a stranglehold on society – in which they had less of an understanding of what exactly capitalism was, because they were stupid children – and forgetting that we've been subjected to all of this seasonal bullshit since birth? I try to rationalize it all by working on the premise that these early displays allow some of us to spread our spending wisely in the run up to the 'big day/holiday'. Some of the children I work with come from less well off homes and this time of year can be extremely difficult for them as they are bombarded by advertisements for lots of goods, their families will go into debt to get them the 'latest in toy' and others will struggle with just having a Christmas Dinner. A babysitter that looked after my children was a wise old woman, sadly no longer with us and she attacked the January Sales with gusto, as this was her gathering time for the next Christmas! Now that really is #ChristmasCreep. It makes sense; once retailers have stopped offering barbecues and cocktail shakers, the natural progression is to slyly shift towards marketing the warm and cosy, there to ward off the impending dread that comes with only seeing 30 minutes of sunlight a day. But does all that change our behavior as consumers? Have Your Say Now - Hit these links: Voice Comment or on Twitter --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ateachersstory/message

Episode four of our Christmas TV podcast has us traveling back to the 90’s and revisiting Home Improvement for the season two episode, “I’m Scheming of a White Christmas” (available on Hulu). Insert your own joke about Al’s mom here as we try and determine if this is a Christmas classic, and also discuss: Why Tim Allen kind of sucks, Chris’s inability to pronounce the shows title, English Christmas traditions, how to discipline children, and why Jon hates Christmas lights.IMDB info: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0603479/Special thanks to Martin at the Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies, and Lauren from the Hereford Library for their help researching the origins of the Christmas tradition mentioned in today’s episode. Christmas Tradition Research:https://books.google.com/books?id=myEaAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA263&lpg=PA263&dq=%22herefordshire%22+christmas+plum+cake&source=bl&ots=LSBxL2x7Je&sig=ACfU3U2IZ7Y5L5j0POVg4peNWJhKaNiMqQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjxirSf0cjjAhVMMqwKHUQCDeUQ6AEwDHoECAUQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22herefordshire%22%20christmas%20plum%20cake&f=falsehttps://books.google.com/books?id=y3OPIZ65fSMC&pg=PA346&lpg=PA346&dq=%22herefordshire%22+christmas+plum+cake+cider&source=bl&ots=ZovNbyV96U&sig=ACfU3U1A6Hn6oxN5su6jEoO2MMSNV_VpZg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwihiIGQ28jjAhUPO60KHbYdCgcQ6AEwDnoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22herefordshire%22%20christmas%20plum%20cake%20cider&f=falsehttps://books.google.com/books?id=BSlDAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA401&lpg=PA401&dq=%22herefordshire%22+christmas+plum+cake+cider&source=bl&ots=H7GkTK57BL&sig=ACfU3U3Ml4aTuCVbKV16u3wejsZbV5ZoKg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjAjM3028jjAhUQPq0KHW95Axc4ChDoATACegQICBAB#v=onepage&q=%22herefordshire%22%20christmas%20plum%20cake%20cider&f=false

My guest today is the internationally acclaimed pianist, organist, harpsichordist, composer, conductor and improviser, Dr. Rudolf Lutz! Lutz was organist of the church Sankt Laurenzen in St Gallen from 1973–2013, and conductor of the Bach-Chor St. Gallen from 1986–2008. Rudolf Lutz is a former lecturer for improvisation at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, and has taught thorough-bass at the School of Music in Basel and oratorio studies at the Zurich University of the Arts. A respected composer; Lutz's sinfonia for cantata BWV 158 by Bach and his Christmas oratory “An English Christmas” are critically acclaimed. In 2017, his cantata in homage to Luther – a work commissioned by “Deutschlandfunk Kultur” – received its world premiere at Wartburg castle. In 2018, his second cantata based on a traditional Swiss hymn, also received its premiere. Lutz is the artistic director and conductor of the J.S. Bach Foundation. Their Choir, Orchestra and Vocal soloists are in the process of performing the complete vocal catalogue of Johann Sebastian Bach, performing 12 cantata concerts a year and this massive undertaking is estimated to conclude in 2027. ----- 2:25 How old were you when you came to music? 4:38 Do you have Absolute Pitch? and were you using your ear from the beginning? 5:08 How did your first piano lesson at 8 go? 6:53 When did first start composing and improvising? 7:54 What were the things you were listening to growing up? 9:44 How did your 1st piano teacher react to your exposure to different styles? 11:04 What was your music education like in your teenage years and university? 12:08 When did you pick up the organ? 14:00 How many hours did you practice a day? Were you a hardworking person? 15:11 Were you always improvising, even in your undergraduate days? 15:56 What do you mean by the level of certain organists being low? 17:24 Did you have any mentors or models to learn improvisation from? 19:02 Did your university studies in theory and counterpoint influence your method of improvisation? 21:11 What did you do for your masters and doctorate? 21:48 When did you feel fully formed and mature as an artist? 23:04 What kind of solmization do you teach? 24:25 What are the differences in organ playing among countries 28:07 Did you use texts or scores to teach thorough bass? 30:36 What advice would you give to someone who wants to learn thorough bass? 31:59 After cadences, what else do you learn? 32:54 Can you take any piece by Bach and break it down? 34:58 How do you build up a vocabulary once you can analyze something? 39:26 What do you think of Robert O. Gjerdingen's “Music in the Galant Style” 40:40 How did Switzerland become such a great place for classical improvisation? 44:01 Did you experience any pushback to attempting classical improvisation? 46:29 Can classical improvisation extend to more advanced harmonic styles like Brahms or Schumann? 49:16 Can you learn to improvise and compose, even if you are older, such as adults? 51:02 HOT SEAT: Top 3 Bach Preludes 52:49 HOT SEAT: Top 3 Bach Fugues 53:44 HOT SEAT: Top 3 Bach Cantatas 55:18 HOT SEAT: Choose 1: English Suites, French Suites or Partitas 55:48 HOT SEAT: If you could meet Bach, what would you talk to him about? 56:43 HOT SEAT: Choose 1: Piano, Harpsichord or Organ? 57:38 HOT SEAT: Top 3 Composers 58:01 HOT SEAT: What's your proudest musical moment? 58:50 Do you listen to Jazz? 59:25 If you could change music education, what reforms would you enact or emphasize? 1:01:25 Wrapping up

17:38: "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" is a popular English Christmas carol from the West Country of England.The Bristol-based composer, conductor and organist Arthur Warrell is responsible for the popularity of the carol. Warrell arranged the tune for his own University of Bristol Madrigal Singers, and performed it with them in concert on December 6, 1935. That same year, his elaborate four-part arrangement was published by Oxford University Press, under the title "A Merry Christmas: West Country traditional song". (WikiPedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Wish_You_a_Merry_Christmas)

A special Christmas podcast, with Stan reading from one of his favorite books, as Mr. Pickwick and his fellow Pickwickians visit Dingley Dell Manor Farm for a good old fashioned English Christmas. Enjoy and Merry Christmas!

13:01: "The First Noel" (also written "The First Noël" and "The First Nowell") is a traditional classical English Christmas carol, most likely from the early modern period, although possibly earlier. Noel is an Early Modern English synonym of "Christmas". (WikiPedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_First_Noel)

Enjoy a tall glass of wassail with the gang as Neil regales us with Christmas cheer, in the form of Christmas trivia! Davo and Kels do their best to unwrap the gifts of knowledge Neil passes out. But will they get what the asked for, or trivia nuggets of coal? Find out as you sip your wassail, warm and toasty before the yule log. BTW, this recipe is quite tasty Sugar-roasted apples float in a pool of spiced apple cider and brandy for this traditional wassail recipe. Egg yolks and whites, beaten to a fine foam, provide a delicate creaminess to this traditional English Christmas-time drink. Ingredients 6 small apples 1 cup whole, unrefined cane sugar ½ cup brandy 2 quarts hard apple cider 1 teaspoon powdered ginger 2 cinnamon sticks 10 whole cloves 6 allspice berries 6 large eggs, separated freshly grated nutmeg, to serve Instructions Heat the oven to 350 F. Take a sharp paring knife or a melon baller, scoop out a whole at the top of the apples at the stem end without fully penetrating the fruit. Continue scooping the core out of the apple until you reach the seeds, and remove them. Then fill each apple with unrefined cane sugar, reserving any leftover sugar. Place the filled apples in a baking dish, and bake them for 45 minutes at 350 F. While the apples bake, pour the brandy and hard apple cider into a pot set on the stove over medium-low heat. Whisk in the powdered ginger and any remaining sugar. Drop in the cinnamon sticks, cloves and allspice berries. When the apples have finished baking pull them out of then oven and allow them to rest. Beat the egg whites until they form stiff peaks, and beat the egg yolks in a separate bowl until thick and creamy. Fold the egg whites into the egg yolks, until uniformly combined, but taking care so that the egg whites maintain their loft. Temper the eggs by pouring a half-cup up hot wassail into the eggs and whisking to combine, and then whisk the eggs into the wassail. Strain the wassail through a fine-mesh strainer into a punch bowl or soup tureen to keep it warm. Drop the baked apples into the bowl, and serve warm with a sprinkling of freshly grated nutmeg.

9:10: "The Twelve Days of Christmas" (Roud 68) is an English Christmas carol that enumerates in the manner of a cumulative song a series of increasingly grand gifts given on each of the twelve days of Christmas (the twelve days that make up the Christmas season, starting with Christmas Day). The song, published in England in 1780 without music as a chant or rhyme, is thought to be French in origin. "The Twelve Days of Christmas" has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 68. The tunes of collected versions vary. The standard tune now associated with it is derived from a 1909 arrangement of a traditional folk melody by English composer Frederic Austin, who first introduced the familiar prolongation of the verse "five gold rings". (WikiPedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelve_Days_of_Christmas_(song)

It is a special English Happy Christmas edition for Kosh and Friends because our host invites his son, John Kosh Jr. and grandson Atticus, into the studio to reminisce about family, the holidays and mostly about Kosh Jr. being on sets while rock n roll stars like the Eagles, Don Henley, James Taylor, and more babysit! It's a warm and thoughtful hour that is intended to remind everyone what the holidays are really about and that is family. Enjoy, put a yule log on the fire, bake some Christmas pie, roast a few chestnuts and listen as we get a taste of English Christmas. https://www.koshdesign.com https://www.oxfamamerica.org

What better way to celebrate the holiday season than with a very special Christmas-themed episode? Join Poirot as he partakes of a traditional English Christmas involving pudding, mistletoe, a fresh blanket of snow, a jewel thief, a drugging, and a possibly dead child atop said blanket of snow. You know, the usual.... But really, this one is quite lovely. Enjoy, and happy holidays!

In honour of the traditional 1900s English Christmas carol, or for those born in the 80s - the Bob and Doug Christmas classic, we thought we would do our own 12 Days of Christmas. Listen to the full episode to catch Young PR Pros' 12 Days of PR Christmas.  We divided the 12 days into three categories: books, movies and activities. 1. Four Books You Need to Read Over the Holidays Day 1: Get the motivation to pursue your passion by reading No Fears, No Excuses by Larry Smith (note: forgive Kristine for her mistake, she says No Fears, No Regrets in the episode). Day 2: How will you measure your life by Clayton M. Christensen will give you the inspiration and wisdom you need to achieve a fulfilling life. Day 3: Meg Jay argues that 30 is NOT the new 20 in her book The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter - and How to Make the Most of Them Now. Day 4: Brush up on your grammar through the delightful sense of humour of Lynne Truss in her book Eats, Shoots and Leaves. 2. Four Movies You Need to Watch Over the Holidays Day 5: Ex-machina will keep you on the edge of your seat in this future world where AI is taken to the next level. Day 6: Kristine suggests watching a classic movie that has been referred to in a lot of pop culture references, Good Will Hunting. Day 7: You can't go wrong with superheros and PR. Hancock follows Jason Bateman who discusses the fine art of grassroots outreach, reputation management, and even a CSR campaign. Day 8: Iron Lady takes you through the life of the infamous Margaret Thatcher. The movie gives you a glimpse of the behind the scenes of political PR. If you have time, check out these honorouble mentions: The Queen and The Devil Wears Prada. 3. Four Activities You Should Do Over the Holidays Day 9: Read a physical newspaper on Christmas Day and New Years Day. Find out what is making the front page of national and local newspapers - you will find out a lot about your society. Day 10: Take a yoga class. Ross believes if you don't have your mind right, then your business or professional life won't be right either. Day 11: Learn more about your family. We often forget that some of our best allies are right next door, or in the same house. Learn about your family history, do you actually know what your Uncle Roger does for a living? All this information is very useful, because you never know when you will need professional help from a family member. Maybe your Aunt Sue is an entrepreneur who lived through the recession of 2008 and kept her business alive, how did she do it?  Day 12: Of course, listen to this podcast. But we won't be hurt if you listen to other amazing podcasts out there right now, such as Undone, Crimetown, Freakanomics, and The Revisionist History. We are off until the New Year. Thank you a thousand times to all our fans and listeners. We can't wait to spend another exciting year with you. We are already filling our 2017 calendar with shows on topics like learning from our mistakes, the future of PR, how to balance life and work, and more! Stay tuned! Share your opinions by writing a comment below, or on our Facebook Page, send us an email or audio note at youngprpros@gmail.com, or send us a message on Twitter @youngprpros.

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It’s finally here: the festive episode you’ve all been waiting for! While the prosecco is flowing, Scott gets treated to a couple of English Christmas favo/u/rites: mince pies and Christmas crackers. Also don’t miss our very unique interpretation of Jingle Bells, recorded live during a Snuggling jam session. And just to clarify once...

Everything you need to know about a typical English Christmas in one episode of the podcast. In this one, I'm joined by my mate Raphael as we chat about all things Christmas, going through a list of Chrimbo related words from A to Z. Get in the festive mood with this special yuletide edition. HO HO HO MEEEERY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY!!! Click here to read all the words in our Christmas A to Z. http://teacherluke.co.uk/2013/12/24/160-the-a-to-z-of-christmas/ 

Mid-November may feel too early to be bopping along to Christmas tunes, but there’s one Christmas tradition that requires a long head start. English Christmas cake, according to Out magazine editor Aaron Hicklin, needs at least five weeks to mature, a process that calls for the cake being regularly soaked in booze. (If only human maturity was developed the same way.) Hicklin, who moved to New York from the U.K. in 1998, explained that Christmas cake is primarily made up of dried fruit such as raisins, cherries, orange and lemon peel, as well as almonds. After being baked at a low temperature for several hours, the cake is kept in an air-tight metal cannister. Then every few days, holes are poked in it and brandy, rum, or port is added in spoonfuls. Since the dried fruit already has a long shelf life, keeping it in a cake for weeks on end has no effect on the quality. Instead, the regular addition of liquor or wine allows the fruit to really soak in the liquid. “That makes that cake rich and really kind of gives it depth and kind of almost a chocolaty, velvety quality,” Hicklin said. He also recently started adding dried blueberries as a nod to American traditions. Hicklin also stressed the importance of using quality dried fruit, since that is the cake’s main component. “People who dislike fruitcake may not have had homemade fruit cake,” said Hicklin, who adds that store-bought versions can be off-putting. “And homemade fruitcake is… on a whole other level.” Hicklin, who is the partner of WNYC’s Ilya Marritz, said that the traditional dessert has a long history in the U.K., where it originated as a means of preserving fruit through the winter. Thanks to Prince Albert, the husband of Queen Victoria and a man credited with popularizing Christmas trees and cards, there’s even a day dedicated to making the cake. (Photo: Aaron Hicklin) “He instituted Stir-Up Sunday, which is actually a Protestant day,” Hicklin said. “It’s the last Sunday before Advent, which typically falls in late November… it’s really a day when the whole family gets together, and they stir up the fruit for the Christmas pudding and the Christmas cake... I never knew any family that celebrated Stir-Up Sunday, but I kind of want to institute it.” This year, Stir-Up Sunday falls on November 24. While that may still be several weeks before Christmas, Hicklin explained that the cake has the advantage of lasting several weeks past the holiday, as well. “In the nuclear winter, the only thing left standing would be… scorpions and Christmas cake,” he joked. “Typically, you would eat it… from Christmas day through to the 12th day of Christmas. And I mean, I defy anyone to still have any cake left after 12 days. It’s delicious.” If you’re interested in starting a Stir-Up Sunday tradition in your house, Hicklin recommends this Christmas cake recipe from the English cook Delia Smith.

Aprender ingles gratis con La Mansion del Ingles. Un podcast para mejorar la gramatica, el vocabulario y la pronunciacion del ingles. Una leccion del ingles con ejemplos y ejercicios. Learn English free with podcasts from La Mansion del Ingles. Improve your grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. This English lesson contains examples and exercises. Hello again, Merry Christmas! and a huge Christmas "thank you" to all of you for downloading this Mansión Inglés podcast. This is podcast number 56 recorded for December 2012. Este mes, por navidad, hemos practicado el vocabulario de navidad y también algunos verbos principales en el nivel básico. En el nivel intermedio hay una carta para Santa y una cancion de navidad con Michael Buble que se llama Let It Snow (dejelo nevar - o algo así). Etymology - the origins of words and expressions - was our focus in the advanced section, and there's business vocabulary as usual, and of course many more ideas and resources to help you improve your English and take it to the next level. En los podcasts mensuales hablamos de los temas, vocabulario y ejercicios que salen en nuestro cuaderno mensual. Así podáis practicar la pronunciación y repasar el material del cuaderno. Si quieres recibir gratis el cuaderno cada mes, ver la trascripción de este podcast o leer los anteriores, vete a mansioningles.com y sigue los enlaces en la página principal. Ok so, let's begin then as usual with el nivel básico. ¿Como se dice Santa Claus en el inglés britanico? - Father Christmas, y ¿Qué es un muñeco de nieve? - a snowman - repite - snowman. Christmas cards son tarjetas de navidad. Repite: Christmas cards - y regalos de navidad son.....Christmas presents. ¿Cómo se dice pastel de navidad en inglés? - Cristmas cake Repite: Christmas cake. Y ¿Cómo se dice arból de navidad? - Christmas tree. Repite: Christmas tree. ¿Te acuerdas como se dice reno en inglés? - reindeer - Repite - reindeer. ¿Cómo se dice papel de envolver/papel de regalo en ingles? - wrapping paper. Repite: Wrapping paper. To wrap es envolver - to wrap a present. Repite: wrap a present. We wrap presents for Christmas. - Please can you wrap it for me? Ahora escucha y repite las siguientes frases: Santa Claus speaks German. Santa Claus also plays the piano. Santa's son does his homework. He does his homework every day. Santa likes rice. Please write your name. Please write your address Please write your passport number Please write your Christmas list. Father Christmas uses Facebook. He also uses Twitter. Father Christmas likes sending messages. He goes skiing after work. Santa's girlfriend studies English. Santa wears a red coat. Santa drives a blue car. Where does Santa live? He lives at the North Pole - el polo norte - Repite: The North Pole. He lives at the North Pole. Very good! - ¡Muy bien! The 24th December is Christmas Eve. Repite: Christmas Eve. The 25th December is Christmas Day Repite: Christmas Day. The 26th December is Boxing Day. Repite: Boxing Day The 31st of December is New Year's Eve. Repite: New Year's Eve. and the 1st of January is New Year's Day. Repite: New Year's Day. Very good!   In the intermediate section this month, there was a letter to Santa. Listen to the letter and answer the following questions. 1) What did the dog eat? 2) What does my sister Sally want for Christmas? 3) What does my mum want? Dear Santa Claus, I hope you are well and that your preparations for Christmas this year are coming along nicely. I'm writing to you because I'm really looking forward to Christmas and I want to tell you about the presents we’d all like to have this year. I’d really love to get two new cars. I broke my toy Ferrari and the Porsche fell off the table and now it's only got one wheel. I’d also like a lot of sweets and a big box of chocolates to share with my friends at school. Please don't put the chocolates in my Christmas stocking because the dog will probably eat them like she did last year. I would love to have two horses. Dad thinks this is silly because we live in a city and he says there's nowhere to put them and we won't be able to look after them. That's silly because we could easily keep them in the park around the corner and my brother John can feed them. He's nearly thirteen. By the way, John wants a new bike this year and my sister Sally would like an iPad. Please don't get her the old iPad because she says the camera's rubbish and the new model has a much better screen. Dad wants some new tools and a big flat-screen TV to watch the football on. I know that Mum thinks a new TV is a big waste of money and that's why I'm asking you. Mum wants a new dress and some perfume. She needs a new pair of slippers too, but don't worry about those because I think Dad's getting them. Granny says she wants new legs for Christmas so that she can get up and down the stairs easier, so I'll leave that with you. Oh, and my Granddad wants his luck to change so that he can win money betting on the horses. Can you do that for him? I think he would also like a bottle of brandy, because Dad always shouts at him when he drinks the brandy from the cupboard. I think that's all for this Christmas. Be careful when you come down the chimney, because we had it blocked up last month and there's a gas fire there now. It might be better if you came through the window. I'll leave one open for you. Best wishes and a very Merry Christmas to you, your reindeer and all your little helpers in Lapland. Answer the questions. 1) What did the dog eat? - chocolates 2) What does my sister Sally want for Christmas? - an iPad 3) What does my mum want? - a new dress and some perfume. And a pair of slippers. If you like these podcasts and they help you to learn English, you can buy full lessons for only 1 euro and 40 centimos from our online shop - nuestra tienda online. Las lecciones están a nivel intermedio (B1). Puedes encontrarlas en mansioninglesdescargas.wazala.com that's: mansioninglesdescargas - todo junto - punto . wazala.com. Cada leccion vale 1.40 euros y dura approx. 1 hora y 15 minutos y cada leccion está en el formato mp3 y lleva su trascripcion en formato PDF. In the advanced section this month, we followed the theme of "The Twelve Days of Christmas", an English Christmas carol that tells about a series of increasingly impressive gifts given on each of the twelve days of Christmas. We looked at the etymology, the origin, of 12 common English expressions. Before I read the 12 expressions with their explanations, I'm going to say some of the vocabulary in Spanish and I want you to say the word in English before I do. Then, repeat the word to practise pronunciation. Ready? gallows = horca pot = olla, cacharro to tan = curtir tannery = curtiduría saying = refrán, dicho thatched roof = tejado de paja dirt = suciedad, mugre slate = pizarra slippery = resbaladizo, resbaloso straw = paja chew = masticar loaf = pan de molde to show off = hacer alarde de lead = plomo to knock out = dejar sin conocimiento burial = entierro to bury = enterrar to dig up = desenterrar coffin = ataúd grave = tumba scratch = rasguño, arañazo corpse = cadáver bell = campana graveyard = cementerio Very good! The first expression was to have "one (drink) for the road" There is an old pub/hotel in Marble Arch, London, which used to have a gallows (una horca) next to it. Prisoners were taken to the gallows to be hanged. The horse drawn wagon that took the prisoner had an armed guard on it to stop the prisoner from escaping. So the guard would stop the wagon outside the pub and ask the prisoner if he would like one last drink before he died. If he said, “Yes,” it was referred to as one for the road. If he refused, that prisoner was on the wagon. To be "on the wagon" today means not to be drinking alcohol. And today, to have one last drink before you leave a pub or a house is to have one for the road. Shall we have one for the road? Shall we have one last drink? Yes, good idea! I'll have one for the road. What would you like to drink? Oh, just a Coke. I'm on the wagon. Many years ago people used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot, which was taken once a day and sold to the tannery. If you had to do this to survive you were piss poor; but worse than that were the really poor folk, who couldn’t even afford to buy a pot. They didn’t have a pot to piss in and they were the lowest of the low. Baths used to consist of a big tub, or cuba, filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water. He had the first bath, then all the other sons and men, then the women, and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. From this we get the saying Don’t throw the baby out with the bath water! which in Spanish I think translates to tirar las frutas frescas con las podridas or las pochas. You must have heard the expression It's raining cats and dogs. But where does it come from? Well, houses used to have thatched roofs (tejados de paja), thick straw piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats, the dogs and other small animals, like mice and insects, lived in the roof. When it rained, of course, it became slippery, and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof. This is where we get the saying It’s raining cats and dogs. Floors in houses years ago were just dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. From this we get the saying, dirt poor. The wealthy had slate floors (suelos de pizarra) that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they put straw (paja) on floor to stop them from slipping. When winter came, they added more and more straw, which was called thresh, until, when you opened the door, it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entrance to stop it. This is where the word threshold comes from. Threshold in Spanish is umbral. And today there's a tradition, when you marry, the groom lifts up the bride and carries her across the threshold and into her new house. A person who brings home the bacon in a family earns the money. Years ago it was something very special to get some pork and take it home. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon, to show it off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could bring home the bacon. They would cut off a little bacon to share with guests and they would all sit around talking and chew the fat. "Chewing the fat" means talking or chatting about nothing in particular. "Let's chew the fat." "Who brings home the bacon in your family?" The upper crust of society are the rich, wealthy landowners. The people with money and power. The top class. Many years ago, bread used to be divided according to status. The common workers got the bottom of the loaf (which was usually burnt), the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or the upper crust. So the 'upper crust' of society are the rich and wealthy. Cups made from lead (plomo) used to be used to drink beer or whisky. The combination of alcohol and lead would sometimes knock the drinkers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would think they were dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days, and the family would come around to eat and drink and wait to see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of holding a wake. England is old and small, and the local villagers started running out of places to bury people. So, they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a bone-house and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, one out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, put it through the coffin and up through the ground and then tie it to a bell. Someone  would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (which was called the graveyard shift) to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be saved by the bell or was considered a dead ringer. Listen and repeat the 12 expressions of Christmas. to have one for the road to be on the wagon. to be piss poor or dirt poor to not have a pot to piss in Don’t throw the baby out with the bath water! It’s raining cats and dogs to bring home the bacon to chew the fat the upper crust to hold a wake the graveyard shift to be saved by the bell / to be a dead ringer Very good! Moving on to Business English, let's practise some business vocabulary. When someone "brings something to the table", it means that they have something to offer. Repeat: to bring to the table. "What are they bringing to the table? What are they offering? If you are made redundant you lose your job. Repeat: to be made redundant. I was made redundant. 3 of us are going to be made redundant next year. Sandra has been made redundant from her clerical job. Remember that a degree is something you do, not make. I did my degree at London University. Repeat: to do a degree. I did a degree in industrial design. She's doing a law degree. A competitor is a company that competes with another company. Google is one of Apple's main competitors. Google is competing with Apple. There's a lot of competition in the mobile phone market. Well that's all we have time for on this podcast, but don't worry, we'll be back with you next month with another podcast from our monthly newsletter, our cuaderno de inglés mensual. Remember, you can listen to all our previous podcasts at mansioningles.com and on iTunes. So ¡Feliz Navidad!  - Happy Christmas! -  Merry Christmas! from all of us here at La Mansión del Inglés. ¡Felices fiestas! - Season's greetings! and we look forward to the New Year when we'll be bringing you more new material. Si te gusta este podcast, puedes hacernos un gran favor y escribe por favor una corta critíca en iTunes. ¿Como se dice crítica o reseña en inglés? - Review - to write a review. If you write a review on iTunes (si escibes una crítica en iTunes) más personas pueden escucharnos porque subimos en el 'ranking' de iTunes. Thank you very much for listening to this podcast, and for being part of the community of La Mansión del Inglés. Remember, If you want to contact us you can find us on Facebook. Just search Facebook for La Mansión del Inglés and join our growing community of fans. Or send me an email to: mansionteachers@yahoo.es. You can also follow us on Twitter. Our Twitter name is MansionTwit. Puedes ver el cuaderno mensual de este mes, y todos los cuadernos anteriores en www.cuadernodeingles.com/ Until next month then, take care, keep practising and taking your English to the next level! Bye for now! The music in this month’s podcast is by Revolution Void, the album is The Politics of Desire and the track is called Outer Orbit.                                            

Merry Christmas everyone! In this diálogo en inglés we talk about some of the differences between Spanish and English Christmas celebrations.

My morning routine has ups and downs*. First thing in the morning, I find myself rushing around like a frantic woman, trying to get my children up out of bed, and off to school. I'm usually still in my pajamas (pyjamas)* when I drop the kids off, and I drive off quickly before anyone sees me. But, when I get home, I can slow down a little before I start the chores of the day, or run errands. I take my time over my morning coffee, stretch, pet the dogs, check my emails and Facebook, have a bit more coffee, and then plan my day. I was doing that this morning, when there was a knock at the door. A Federal Express delivery man handed me a package, a large box. I had to sign in order to receive it, and then he went on his way. I assumed that the package was for my husband, who buys a lot of cycling and hunting equipment on-line*. However, it was addressed to me! I was instantly awake, and opened the box quickly. The side of the box said 'Greenvale Scottish baby potatoes'. I knew that I hadn't ordered any potatoes; why would I? But the word Scottish gave me a clue as to what was inside, and who it was from. My father lives in Scotland, on the West coast. And, yes, it was from him. Thankfully, the box wasn't full of potatoes, but rather, it was brimming with Christmas presents. I was so surprised! He and his wife had wrapped up all of the gifts in traditional wrapping paper, with colors of red, green, gold, and white. I took them out of the box, and tried to guess what they were. " The children will be so excited to see them under the Christmas tree when they get home," I thought to myself. This is their last week of school, and they are beginning to anticipate# the holidays. I noticed that one of the wrapping papers had one of my favorite English Christmas carols on it: The Holly and the Ivy. The first two lines were visible under the bow. It says: 'The Holly and the ivy, when they are both full grown, of all the trees that are in the wood, the holly bears the crown. And the rising of the sun, and the running of the deer, the playing of the merry organ, sweet singing in the choir.' It really sets the scene for Christmas. I must rush out and send off a package as soon as possible to Scotland. I hope it gets there on time! Related vocabulary and expressions: ups and downs, pyjamas, on-line, (to anticipate   at Anna From A cup of English on Facebook). 1. We all have ups and downs; sometimes we are positive and energetic, and other times we are the opposite. 2. Pyjamas is the English spelling. Pajamas is the American spelling. 3. I do a lot of my work on-line, which is very convenient. I can even do it in my pyjamas.   // //

Aprender ingles gratis con La Mansion del Ingles. Un podcast para mejorar la gramatica, el vocabulario y la pronunciacion del inglés. Una leccion del ingles con ejemplos y ejercicios. Learn English free with podcasts from La Mansion del Ingles. Improve your grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. This English lesson contains examples and exercises. Podcast Transcription Hello, and thank you for downloading this Mansión Inglés podcast, recorded for December 2010. Merry Christmas to you and your families from all of us here at La Mansión del Inglés. Yes, Christmas is coming and the turkeys are getting fat. Actually, so am I with all the lovely Spanish food that I’ve been eating and all the Christmas dinners and lunches I’ve been going to. - Estoy poniendo mucho peso – I’m putting on weight. Maybe I’ll start the diet next year, in 2011. – to start a diet or go on a diet – hacer regimen. I’m on a diet – Estoy de regimen. Let’s begin with some Christmas vocabulary – vamos a empezar con un poco de vocabulario de navidad Regalos de Navidad are Christmas presents. Repeat: Christmas presents. Another word for present is gift. G-I-F-T gift. I bought my mum a Play Station as a Christmas gift this year. I hope she likes it. If she doesn’t, I’ll have to play with it. ¿Cómo se dice – how do you say – Arbol de Navidad in English? Christmas tree. And ¿muñeco de nieve? – a snowman – repeat: snowman. Reno is reindeer. How many reindeer does Santa have? Santa has 9 reindeer, I think. When Santa brings presents, or gifts, he goes down the chimney – chimenea – repeat: He goes down the chimney. And he puts presents in calcetines de navidad or in English “Christmas stockings”. Repeat: Christmas stockings. I never had a Christmas stocking when I was a child. But my parents used to leave one present at the bottom of my bed for me to open when I woke up on Christmas morning. Later, when I was older, I discovered this was to keep me quiet and occupied while my parents slept late in bed! We studied irregular verbs this year (hemos estudiado este año los verbos irregulares) and in the newsletter (el cuaderno) this month there was a small test. Listen and repeat the sentences: Escucha y repite las siguientes frases: Who drank all the beer? – beer – all the – all the beer – Who drank? - Who drank all the beer? Have you done your homework? Have you done…..¿Has hecho…? Have you done - your homework – tus deberes – Have you done your homework? Did you do your homework? – Did you do….? ¿Hiciste….? - Did you do your homework?  What presents did you get for Christmas? For – for – for Christmas – What presents – did you get – did you get - What presents did you get for Christmas? My grandmother usually gives me money for Christmas. – gives me money –gives me money for Christmas. - My grandmother usually gives me money for Christmas. Where were… -  Where were you on Christmas day? ¿Es un poco difícil decir no? Where were – where – Where were – Where were you? – My God, where were you? – Where were you? - Where were you on Christmas day? - Where were you last night? Where were you yesterday? – Where were you all day? – Where were you on Christmas Day? I don’t usually drive at Christmas. (Remember - ¡OJO! Con los adverbios de frecuencia como usually, always, sometimes, never etc. se van justo antes del verbo principal y van mucho con el tiempo presente simple The present simple tense for habits por los habitos – Repeat: I always drink alcohol at Christmas - I always drink alcohol at Christmas - so I never drive. -  so I never drive. - I often take the bus - I often take the bus - and I sometimes go by train. - and I sometimes go by train. - I don’t usually drive at Christmas. - I don’t usually drive at Christmas. What has Father Christmas brought you this year? - What has Father Christmas brought you this year? Repeat: – bring – brought – brought – brought you – brought you this year – Father Christmas brought you this year - What has Father Christmas brought you this year? - Who do you eat Christmas dinner with? Repeat: Who do you…? – Who do you eat…? – Who do you eat dinner with? - Who do you eat Christmas dinner with? I’m sorry, I forgot your present. – Forget – forgot….and……. forgotten! Have you forgotten - ¿Has olvidado? – Did you forget? – ¿olvidaste? – repeat: I forgot your present. - I’m sorry – I’m so sorry, I forget your present. John Lennon died on 8th December 1980. 30 years later and, unfortunately, war is not over and the world is not at peace. If John were alive today, I’m sure he would be working and singing and trying for peace. His music lives on. I put the link (el enlace) to Maroon 5 and not to John because the sound quality is a bit better and I think it’s a little easier for you to understand the lyrics (las letras). Don’t try to cook the Christmas fruitcake in the cuaderno, at least not with the whisky - por lo menos no con el whisky. It was a joke. – fue un chiste - Do you remember the vocabulary? What was ‘level’ – a level teaspoon = a ras – a level teaspoon, or a level tablespoon or a level cup (in American English). What was ‘to beat’ B – E – A- T = batir – beat the eggs Fluffy was suave y esponjoso – For example, a fluffy pillow or a fluffy teddy bear – fluffy. Stuck is atascado – I got stuck in the lift yesterday. The mixture is stuck to the sides of the bowl. To sift was tamizar – sift the flour (la harina) or sift the sugar. To strain S-T-R-A-I-N was filtrar / escurrir – to strain the liquid. Bueno, aquí viene el anuncio, y sin vergüenza porque si no sabes que comprar para las personas importantes en tu vida este navidad, ¿porque no compras un cd de la mansion del ingles? o 2? o 3cds? , o el pack de regalo por solo 99 euros y ahorras 112 euros. Recebes todos nuestros cds en el pack completo y pagamos nosotros los gastos de envio, y también recibes un cd de regalo. Además, solo por navidad, y solo para le gente que apuntan al cuaderno mensual, ofrecemos un descuento de 5 euros. ¿Qué?, ¿No es bastante regalo para las personas importantes en tu vida? Pues compre un pack de ahorro para la gente que no son importantes, pero cómpralo. Puedes encontrar los detalles de todos nuestros cds y comprar los en nuestra página mansioningles.com. Haz click, cliquear, al lado derecha de la página en la imagen de los cds. OK, listen and repeat the following Christmas words and expressions. Escucha y repite: una tarjeta de Navidad - a Christmas card - a Christmas card adornos de Navidad - Christmas decorations - Christmas decorations un villancico - Christmas carol - Christmas carol el acebo - holly - holly la comida de Navidad - Christmas dinner - Christmas dinner un calendario de Adviento - Advent calendar – an advent calendar un pesebre - a crib – C-R-I-B,  crib or a manger – M-A-N-G-E-R, manger la misa del gallo - Midnight Mass - Midnight Mass, los Reyes Magos - the Three Kings or the Three Wise Men - wise W-I-S-E means sabio the noun is wisdom – W-I-S-D-O-M, wisdom. “I admire him for his great wisdom”. un belén in English is a nativity scene - a nativity scene (Belén in English, the town, is Bethlehem) un pastor – a shepherd - a shepherd. A person who looks after sheep. ¡OJO! – Sheep is the same in singular as plural. 1 sheep, 2 sheep, 3 sheep, A lot of sheep. A shepherd looks after sheep. And finally un burro - a donkey, D-O-N-K-E-Y – donkey.  OK, now repeat the dias festivos – the holidays What’s Nochebuena? Do you remember? - Christmas Eve - Christmas Eve  Día de navidad - Christmas Day - Christmas Day diciembre 26, December 26th is called – Boxing Day - Boxing Day. Why Boxing Day? I think because years ago rich people gave their servants presents the day after Christmas. They gave them a box. In the box was probably a small gift or some money. So Boxing Day, the day that rich people gave their servants a box for Christmas. ¿Nochevieja? What’s Nochevieja?  - New Year's Eve - New Year's Eve El día de año nuevo - New Year's Day And finally, la Noche de Reyes - Twelfth Night That’s it for this month and for this year! Have a very Merry Christmas, a wonderful holiday with your family and friends, and a Happy New Year. We’ll be back again in January with another Mansion Ingles podcast from Mansioningles.com  

It's a Christmas brunch loaded with friends food and frivolity.  Friends well we'll meet John Lingard a friend in Lincoln England who will continue our education on English Christmas traditions.  Then for the meat of the brunch a surprise.  It's Ilyria in the 1920s and you're invited to quite the Christmas party.  The sound is awesome the music even better.  To round out the show Matt Cox gives you a brunch preview of 2010.  Finally thanks for making bBrunch the show it is.  And a special Christmas message from Twitch the Cat ... and a few friends too.  P.s.  If you're wondering what the play is Scott and Tracie from Disney Indiana will be by to help us.

A very old English Christmas carol, and one of my favorite melodies.

A very old English Christmas carol, and one of my favorite melodies.