Have yourself a merry little Christmas, let your heart be light, from now on your troubles will be out of sight This wonderful Christmas classic was debuted by Judy Garland in Meet Me in St Louis. Fans of the song may be interested to know that the lyrics were changed a few times over the… Read More »
Joyeux Noël is a French film based on a real – but all too brief & patchy – suspension of fighting during World War One, the Christmas Truce of 1914. In some places, football broke out …. in others spontaneous gift giving: Henry Williamson was able to write to his family on 26 December, while… Read More »
Father Christmas himself plays a brief but crucial appearance in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as a symbol of hope and, more immediately and conventionally, the bearer of gifts. Those he gave to the Pevensie children became vital in the vanquishing of the White Witch & the restoration of a peaceable kingdom. In… Read More »
It’s that time of year again, the time when we at the Law Bod pull on our Christmas jumpers and sit down to write our annual Christmas blog series. This year we are drawing inspiration from the much-loved genre of the Christmas movie! There are plenty to choose from, this Wikipedia page (although slightly out of… Read More »
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