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Visitor Statistics for this Christmas blog, 2007

Posted in Christmas 2007, tagged Bellingham, Blog, Christmas, holiday, Statistics, Washington on December 25, 2007 | 1 Comment »

As Christmas Day in the Pacific NW draws to a close, I thought it might be mildly interesting to post the visitor statistics for SimplyXmas, recorded over the last month–

25,349 hits total, as of 12-26 06:40 GMT (12-25 10:40 PST).
To all those who visited, I thank you for stopping by, and I hope you found [...]

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Christmas Day!

Posted in Christmas 2007, tagged children, Christmas Card, Christmas Day, Christmas Wishes, English, historical, Merry Christmas, toy, Victorian, Victorian Santa on December 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

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Santa Training College, 1968

Posted in Christmas 2007, Christmas Video Clips, tagged 1968, BBC, Christmas, Christmas Stocking, college, Eric Idle, funny, hilariou, holiday, humor, Monty Python, Santa, special on December 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Monty Python’s Eric Idle, narrates the sketch from the 1968 Christmas version of “Do Not Adjust Your Set,” aptly named “Do Not Adjust Your Christmas Stocking”–
Click on the screenshot to load the video.

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Queen Elizabeth’s first-televised Christmas message, 1957

Posted in Christmas 2007, Christmas Video Clips, Traditions, tagged 1957, 2007, Christmas Message, Queen Elizabeth, televised on December 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I saw this morning that Queen Elizabeth’s Christmas message will be airing on YouTube this year, as it did last year. This year marks the 50th Christmas that the Queen’s greetings have been broadcast.
Let’s jump back in time 50 years (five years before I was born) and have a look at the Queen’s first televised [...]

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