query: when does the 25 days of christmas start

pos: 25 Days of Christmas 25 Days of Christmas 25 Days of Christmas is an annual season of Christmas programming broadcast during the month of December by the U.S. cable network Freeform. The event was first held in 1996, and has been annual fixture of the channel through its various incarnations, including The Family Channel, Fox Family, ABC Family, and Freeform. The brand covers airings of classic holiday specials as well as new Christmas-themed television movies each year; generally few of the network's original series air during the time period, outside of Christmas-themed episodes. In 2006, the lineup has also included airings of general, family

neg: 25 Days of Christmas to 25 Days of Christmas) (): The following non-original (originally premiered theatrically, or direct to video, or on some other TV network or cable channel) Non-Christmas movies are currently being featured during 25 Days of Christmas (including Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas) (): In 2007, due to popular ratings from the previous year, ABC Family launched the first official countdown to the programming block, which began on November 21. Although this was the first official early start, in previous years holiday programming had unofficially begun during the last week of November, showing mostly older original films, some of which

neg: Christmas and holiday season marks the official start of the Christmas and holiday season, continuing with Saint Lucy's Day on December 13, followed up by Christmas before the "Mellandagsrea" (between days sell off) traditionally begins on December 27 (nowadays often December 26 or even December 25) and lasts during the rest of the Christmas holiday. It is similar to Black Friday, but lasts longer. They last 34–35 days. Black Friday itself has also gained publicity in Sweden since the early-2010s. The Swedish Christmas and holiday season continues over Epiphany, and finally ends on St. Knut's Day when the children have a Knut's party. In

neg: Snowglobe (film) Snowglobe (film) Snowglobe is a 2007 television film directed by Ron Lagomarsino and starring Christina Milian, Josh Cooke and Matt Keeslar. The film was produced by ABC Family and first aired on December 15, 2007 in their 25 Days of Christmas programming block. Angela loves Christmas more than anything. However, her family does not share her love for the holiday at all. When she is about to break down because of her family, she receives a snowglobe in the mail. When she opens up the snowglobe, she is transported into the world inside, where Christmas is the heart and soul

neg: New Orleans the driest month. Precipitation in winter usually accompanies the passing of a cold front. On average, there are 77 days of + highs, 8.1 days per winter where the high does not exceed , and 8.0 nights with freezing lows annually. It is rare for the temperature to reach , with the last occurrence of each being February 5, 1996 and June 26, 2016, respectively. New Orleans experiences snowfall only on rare occasions. A small amount of snow fell during the 2004 Christmas Eve Snowstorm and again on Christmas (December 25) when a combination of rain, sleet, and snow fell

neg: The Mistle-Tones The Mistle-Tones The Mistle-Tones is a made-for-TV movie musical that premiered on December 9, 2012 as part of ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas. Holly is excited to audition for the Snow Belles, a Christmas-themed pop group founded by her late mother. However, lead Belles singer Marci denies Holly a chance to audition when she shows up late. Nevertheless, Holly takes to the stage and delivers a sensational audition and is upset when Marci passes her over in favor of Staci. Holly is depressed about being turned down, even after her sister suggests she start her own group. Soon, though,

neg: December Hydrids (December 4–15), and the Ursids (December 17-to December 25/26, peaking around December 22). "This list does not necessarily imply either official status or general observance." Last Week of November: November 25 – December 1 First Sunday: December 2 Fourth Sunday before Christmas Day: December 2 First Monday in December and following 7 days: December 3-9 First Friday: December 7 Sunday two weeks before Christmas: December 9 Second Monday: December 10 December 15, unless the date falls on a Sunday, then December 16: December 15 Second-final Sunday before Christmas Day: December 16 Thursday before Christmas: December 20 Winter Solstice: December

neg: 25 Days of Christmas have been produced. In 2007, three films were created for the block, due to the popularity of the previous year's films. The following non-original (originally premiered direct to video, or on some other TV network or cable channel, or as a theatrical featurette) Christmas specials, or Christmas-themed episodes of television programs are presently being featured during 25 Days of Christmas (including Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas) (): The following non-original (originally premiered theatrically, or direct to video, or on some other TV network or cable channel) Christmas movies are presently being featured during 25 Days of Christmas (including Countdown

neg: Christmas in Sweden last purchases of Christmas gifts. Many preschools and schools start their Christmas vacation between December 17 to 22. Many workplaces start the vacation later, between December 20 and 23. The start of the vacation depends on what day of the week Christmas Eve is on. The last days before Christmas Eve, between December 20 and 23, the greatest preparations are made like, preparing most of the food, buying and decorating the Christmas tree and wrapping presents. During the last days there are usually a lot of people in stores and shopping malls to buy things for the Christmas celebrations. After

neg: 25 Days of Christmas films that Freeform holds rights to, including the "Harry Potter" film franchise until January 2018, and other Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures films. In 2007, the block was extended to November with a "Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas" block. "25 Days of Christmas" programming often attracts major surges in viewership for Freeform, with higher-profile film airings often attracting 3-4 million viewers or more. In November 2017, Disney Channel, Disney XD, Disney Junior, and ABC aired holiday programming through Christmas Day. However, it is currently unknown if the 25 Days of Christmas will extend to FX, FXX and FXM once

neg: 25 Days of Christmas ratings of 25 Days of Christmas were down from previous years. The highest rated airing was December 4, when "Elf" gained 2.5M viewers. Other airings of Elf gained 2.1M, 1.8M, and 2.0M. A Toy Story marathon on December 10 gained 1.3M, 1.5m, and 1.4m. An airing of "Frozen" gained 2.3M on December 17. Christmas Eve on the network saw The Polar Express at 1.4M, "The Santa Clause" at 1.7M, Elf at 2.7M, and "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" at 2.8M viewers. Alongside its traditional lineup of acquired and Disney films, the lineup for 2017 included the new original film "Angry Angel",

neg: 25 Days of Christmas 1.461M viewers. "Despicable Me" gained 1.2M on November 25.<ref name="http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com"></ref> The "Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas" schedule was released on October 12, 2017. In 2017, Freeform's "Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas" will run from November 18, 2017 to November 30, 2017. The 2017 lineup includes family movies such as "The Incredibles", "Despicable Me", "Harry Potter", "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory", "Hook", "Dennis the Menace", "Matilda", "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", and "The Boxtrolls". Freeform also announced the network premiere of "Inside Out" and "Snow Day". The holiday movies in the 2017 Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas

neg: Daylight saving time in Egypt the day to 25 hours. The date does not change one second after the first 23:59:59 occurred; for all practical purposes, midnight does not occur until after the "second" 23:59:59. The lunar calendar used by Islam is about eleven days shorter than the solar year, so its months shift every year relative to the seasons. To avoid having longer days during the holy month of fasting, Ramadan, exceptions have been made to the DST schedule when the two overlap. Starting in 2006, the end of summer time has taken place on the Thursday before the start of Ramadan. This continued

neg: 25 Days of Christmas averaging less than 2mil per airing. The 25 Days of Christmas schedule was released in late October by Freeform. While notable absences include Jim Carrey's "How the Grinch Stole Christmas", "Home Alone", and the second and third "Santa Clause" films, the schedule still includes many classics. The schedule includes 25 days of classics like, "Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory", "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation", "The Santa Clause", Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas", "Jack Frost", Disney's "A Christmas Carol", "The Polar Express", "The Holiday", "Elf", "Jingle All The Way", "Scrooged", "Deck the Halls", "Toy Story", "Frozen", and "Happy Feet". 2016

neg: 25 Days of Christmas pertained to Christmas and some that did not. "Countdown to the 25 Days of Christmas" returned in 2008 on November 16. In 2018, Freeform announced that the block will be renamed to "Kickoff to Christmas", and will last throughout the whole month of November. In 2010, it started later in the month, on November 20. In 2012 the countdown began at an earlier date of November 18. The "Countdown to the 25 Days of Christmas" ran again in 2014. In 2014 the countdown event which started on Sunday, November 23 was even with previous years. The highest rated programs of

neg: 25 Days of Christmas as part of a multi-year deal, AMC (which in 2018 is launching its own holiday programming event branded as Best Christmas Ever) acquired rights to a number of Warner Bros.-owned films and specials that had previously aired on Freeform, including "Elf", "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation", "The Polar Express", and 12 Rankin/Bass specials. The films, especially "Christmas Vacation" and "Elf", had received extensive airplay during the event in 2017. Disney Channel will air "Disney Parks Presents a 25 Days of Christmas Holiday Party," hosted by Ruby Rose Turner and Dakota Lotus of "Coop and Cami Ask the World". 25 Days of

neg: Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo out, begin blaming one another for destroying Christmas and a fight breaks out. When Chef finds out where Kyle is, he reveals to the children that Mr. Hankey does actually exist. When all the children start believing, Mr. Hankey finally reveals himself to everyone and scolds them for losing sight of the good things of Christmas and focusing on the bad. The townspeople release Kyle from the asylum and apologize, then they all sing Christmas songs and watch Mr. Hankey fly away with Santa Claus. Cartman, Stan, and Kyle feel that something is still missing. "THE END" then appears, and

neg: 25 Days of Christmas included: "Home Alone", "Elf", "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation", "Four Christmases" (Freeform network premiere), "'Twas the Night Before Christmas", "", "Frosty's Winter Wonderland", "Jack Frost", "The Year Without a Santa Claus", "A Christmas Carol", "A Dennis the Menace Christmas", "Richie Rich's Christmas Wish", "Jack Frost", "Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July", "Arthur Christmas", "Rudolph's Shiny New Year", "Eloise at Christmastime", and "The Nightmare Before Christmas". On May 15, 2018, Freeform announced that the "Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas" will be renamed as "Kickoff to Christmas" for November 2018. The 2018 "Kickoff to Christmas" schedule was released on October 10, 2018.

neg: Christmas in Sweden Christmas Eve there are two public holidays: "juldagen" (Christmas Day) and "annandag jul" (Boxing Day). Most of the families have holiday and are free from work, but some workplaces can start the work again in the days before New Year's Eve. After the New Year's Eve the schools usually have at least a week before the spring term starts, but workplaces often start the work again a couple of days after the new year. The story of the Christmas tree begins in Germany in the 16th century. During the 17th and 18th centuries the Christmas tree started being dressed with

neg: Faithful Word Baptist Church as anyone who does so was never saved in the first place. Steven L. Anderson established the church on Christmas Day, December 25, 2005. The church's website states: "Faithful Word Baptist Church is a totally independent Baptist church, and Pastor Anderson was sent out by a totally independent Baptist church to start it the old-fashioned way by knocking on doors and winning souls to Christ." About a year and a half later the church was moved to a strip mall that was also used by Anderson's fire alarm installation business. When he was questioned about the relationship between his for-profit

neg: Christmas decoration people start to set up their Advent and Christmas decorations on the first day of Advent. Liturgically, this is done in some parishes through a Hanging of the Greens ceremony. In the Western Christian world, the two traditional days when Christmas decorations are removed are Twelfth Night and if they are not taken down on that day, Candlemas, the latter of which ends the Christmas-Epiphany season in some denominations. Leaving the decorations up beyond Candlemas is historically considered to be inauspicious. The Christmas tree was first used by German Lutherans in the 16th century, with records indicating that a Christmas

neg: Christmas in Norway dinner and dessert (often leftover rice porridge mixed with whipped cream, called riskrem, served with a red berry sauce), the gifts are opened. "Romjul" is the week between Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve, known in English as the 'Interscotia'. All hunting, but not fishing, is prohibited on these days; during "Julefred" ("Christmas Peace") there is closed season on all wild animals. First and Second Day of Christmas (December 25 and 26) are holidays, and all businesses are closed. December 25 is usually considered a very private holiday, when one sees only family. December 26, it is fairly common to

neg: 25 Days of Christmas 30 airing of "The Polar Express" was watched by 1.5 million viewers, the highest rating of this year's "Countdown". A Saturday, November 28 airing of "Wreck-It Ralph" was also watched by 1.5 million viewers. The network premiere of "Planes" on Thanksgiving night garnered only 0.699 million viewers. The "Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas" schedule was released on October 22, 2016. In 2016, Freeform's first "Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas" will run from Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 2016 to December 25, 2016. The 2016 lineup includes family movies such as "Toy Story", "Toy Story 2", Disney Pixar's "Toy Story

neg: Twelve Days of Christmas Twelve Days of Christmas The Twelve Days of Christmas, also known as Twelvetide, is a festive Christian season celebrating the Nativity of Jesus. In most Western ecclesiastical traditions, "Christmas Day" is considered the "First Day of Christmas" and the Twelve Days are 25 December – 5 January, inclusive. For many Christian denominations; for example, the Anglican Communion and Lutheran Church, the Twelve Days are identical to Christmastide, but for others, e.g., the Roman Catholic Church, "Christmastide" lasts longer than the Twelve Days of Christmas. Because the Armenian Apostolic Church and Armenian Catholic Church celebrate the Birth and Baptism of Christ

neg: 25 Days of Christmas first week of programming averaged 2.3 million viewers. In 2008, the first week of programming attracted 2.7 million total viewers. The entire lineup had an average 2.5 million viewers. The third annual "Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas" was watched by 1.2 million viewers. The network premiere of "The Santa Clause 3" was watched by 1.6 million viewers, while an airing of "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" was watched by 1.5 million viewers. The premiere of "" was watched by 3.8 million total viewers. The fourth annual "Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas" was watched by 2.1 million

neg: Hanging of the greens the significance of the holly, the cedar, the Advent wreath, the Chrismon tree, and any other special decorations". Christmas trees are frequently erected during the hanging of the greens, although they are sometimes left bare until Christmas Eve. Outside of a formal liturgy, in many countries, such as Sweden, people start to set up their Advent and Christmas decorations on the first day of Advent. In the Western Christian world, the two traditional days when Christmas decorations are removed are Twelfth Night, and if they are not taken down on that day, Candlemas, the latter of which ends the Christmas-Epiphany

neg: Cyclone Leon–Eline an approaching cold front. Throughout its duration, Leon-Eline lasted 29 days, a record longevity for a storm in the southern Indian Ocean. The track was over , or about 25% of the Earth's circumference. However, Eline was in the south-west Indian Ocean for 21 days, which is the third most on record since the start of satellite imagery. It was behind Cyclone Alibera in 1989 and Cyclone Georgette in 1968, the latter of which lasted 24 days in the basin. Early in its duration while it was still in the Australian basin, the cyclone produced high waves near Christmas Island,

neg: Christmas and holiday season the end of the season (the "January sales"). Christmas window displays and Christmas tree lighting ceremonies when trees decorated with ornaments and light bulbs are illuminated, are traditions in many areas. In the denominations of Western Christianity, the term "Christmas season" is considered synonymous with Christmastide, which runs from December 25 (Christmas Day) to January 5 (Epiphany Eve), popularly known as the 12 Days of Christmas. However, as the economic impact involving the anticipatory lead-up to Christmas Day grew in America and Europe into the 19th and 20th centuries, the term "Christmas season" began to become synonymous instead with the

neg: Christmas in Boston Christmas in Boston Christmas In Boston is a 2005 TV film starring Marla Sokoloff and Patrick J. Adams. It first aired in the United States on December 14, 2005, on the ABC Family channel's 25 Days of Christmas programming block. It is known in some countries as Instant Message. Gina and Seth became penpals when they were in the 6th grade at school. It is now 13 years later, and they still have been writing to each other but have not yet met. She is a journalist while he is a toy inventor. An opportunity arises when there is a

neg: Coptic calendar in 1582, 25 December shifted 10 days earlier in comparison with the Julian and Coptic calendars. Furthermore, the Gregorian calendar drops 3 leap days every 400 years to closely approximate the length of a solar year. As a result, the Coptic Christmas advances a day each time the Gregorian calendar drops a leap day (years AD 1700, 1800, and 1900). This is the reason why Old-Calendrists (using the Julian and Coptic calendars) presently celebrate Christmas on 7 January, 13 days after the New-Calendrists (using the Gregorian calendar), who celebrate Christmas on 25 December. From AD 2100, the Coptic Christmas will

neg: Solstice solstices, together with the equinoxes, are connected with the seasons. In some languages they are considered to start or separate the seasons; in others they are considered to be centre points (in England, in the Northern Hemisphere, for example, the period around the northern solstice is known as midsummer). Midsummer's Day, defined as St. Johns Day by the Christian Church, is June 24, about three days after the solstice itself). Similarly December 25 is the start of the Christmas celebration, and is the day the Sun begins to return to the Northern Hemisphere. Many cultures celebrate various combinations of the

neg: Jo and the Boy named Criz (Sanoop Santhosh) shifts into the neighbourhood she stays in. She creates an animation character from Crizs mannerisms. The animation character that Joanne had created becomes popular worldwide. But problems start evolving in their friendship. Jo and the Boy starring Manju Warrier and Master Sanoop in lead roles did not get a strong opening in Kerala Boxoffice this Christmas. When all other Christmas releases got at least decent start at boxoffice, this film failed miserably. After 6 days of run in Kerala it was able to collect 1.88 Crore only. Both Charlie and Two Countries had excellent opening at

neg: Twelve Days of Christmas on Christmas Eve and letting it burn some more on each of the twelve nights. For some, the Twelfth Night remains the night of the most festive parties and exchanges of gifts. Some households exchange gifts on the first (25 December) and last (5 January) days of the Twelve Days. As in former times, the Twelfth Night to the morning of Epiphany is the traditional time during which Christmas trees and decorations are deposed. Twelve Days of Christmas The Twelve Days of Christmas, also known as Twelvetide, is a festive Christian season celebrating the Nativity of Jesus. In most Western

neg: 25 Days of Christmas viewers. The lineup began its first week with record breaking 3 million average viewers. The December 12 premiere of "Christmas Cupid" was watched by a total of 3.4 million viewers. Total viewers for 2010 broke records, averaging 2.8 million viewers. An airing of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" drew 1.3 million viewers. The first week of the 25 Days of Christmas was watched by an average of 2.2 million viewers, down 27% from last year. During the second week, viewers increased to 2.4 million, thanks to the premiere of "12 Dates of Christmas". However, this was still down 30% from

neg: Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe event. The film received 3.8 million viewers on its original broadcast with a 1.2 18–49 rating. Alexa Vega sang the lead track from the movie, "Christmas Is the Time to Say I Love You" and shot a music video for the song which premiered during the 25 Days of Christmas. Amber Stevens recorded a new version of the title song, "Santa Baby". The songs are featured on the compilation album "Songs to Celebrate 25 Days of Christmas", released on November 3, 2009 by Walt Disney Records. "Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe" was released on DVD on October 12, 2010. Santa

neg: Twelve Days of Christmas Eve parties. Presently, the commercial practice treats the Solemnity of Christmas, 25 December, the first day of Christmas, as the last day of the "Christmas" marketing season, as the numerous "after-Christmas sales" that commence on 26 December demonstrate. The commercial calendar has encouraged an erroneous assumption that the Twelve Days "end" on Christmas Day and must therefore begin on 14 December. Many American Christians still celebrate the traditional liturgical seasons of Advent and Christmas, especially Amish, Anglo-Catholics, Episcopalians, Lutherans, Mennonites, Methodists, Moravians, Orthodox Christians, Presbyterians, and Roman Catholics. In Anglicanism, the designation of the "Twelve Days of Christmas" is used

neg: The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation is a 2010 sequel to the ABC Family 2009 movie "The Dog Who Saved Christmas". The movie stars Paris Hilton (in her first voice role) and Mario Lopez. It premiered on ABC Family on November 28, 2010 during the Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas programming block and was written by Michael Ciminera and Richard Gnolfo. The Bannister family and their dog Zeus, go to a ski lodge in Colorado for their Christmas vacation. When they get to their condo, they find Belinda's brother and his son staying

neg: Christmas creep through the whole months of November and December and since 2018, Freeform airs Christmas movies from November 1 to December 25. Although not often broadcast in the summer, the animated special "Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July" is based on the concept and set in July. This market trend is satirized in the 1974 animated special "It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown", when the characters go shopping at a department store and discover that it has its Christmas displays up in the middle of April, including a sign forewarning that there were only a mere 246 days left until Christmas.

neg: Advent candle Advent candle An Advent candle is a candle marked with the days of December up to Christmas Eve. It is typically used in a household rather than a church setting: each day in December the candle is burnt down a little more, to the mark for the day, to show the passing of the days leading up to Christmas. As with reusable Advent calendars, some Advent candles start marking the days from 1 December, rather than the exact beginning of Advent. Some households will make a Christmas decoration out of sprigs of evergreen and Christmas ornaments, with the candle at

neg: Christmas with The Smithereens the album 3½ stars out of 5, saying that it sounded like "an entirely Smithereens album", with the songs sounding like originals, "a hark back to the days when bands would make and release Christmas albums and songs without any trace of irony". He felt that the three Smithereens' originals "fit in perfectly". Zach Freeman of the "Blogger News Network" gave the album a B+, stating: ""Christmas with The Smithereens" is more than a Christmas-time cover album. This quartet does an impressive job of channeling the spirt of 1960s rock, and solidly interpreting each memorable tune." Freeman added that the

neg: Shiva (Judaism) start will equate to seven days when the holiday begins. Yom Kippur following Rosh Hashanah, will symbolize the end of mourning, and the end of both shiva and sheloshim. During Yom Kippur, any days in observance of shiva before the start will equate to seven days when the holiday begins. Succot, following Yom Kippur, will symbolize the end of mourning, and the end of both shiva and sheloshim. If the death occurs during Yom Tov, shiva does not begin until the burial is completed. Burial may not take place on Yom Tov, but can during the intermediate days of Succot

neg: Alexa Vega Drive" featuring Bobby Edner, was also recorded for "Spy Kids 3". She also has recorded songs for the movie "Repo! The Genetic Opera", released in 2008. Vega sang the song "Christmas is the Time to Say 'I Love You'" in the ABC Family film "Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe". The track appears on the compilation album "Songs to Celebrate 25 Days of Christmas", which was released on November 3, 2009 by Walt Disney Records. The music video for the song premiered during the ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas programming block in 2009.Tameez Orrie Vega married film producer Sean Covel

neg: Christmas in Iceland Day) and þrettándinn (the thirteenth, and final day of the season). The main event in Iceland, is Christmas Eve ("aðfangadagskvöld"), when the main Yule meal is served and gifts are exchanged. "Jólabókaflóð" ("Yule book flood") is the annual release of new books in Iceland occurring in the months before Christmas. 13 days before 24 December, the Yule lads (jólasveinar in Icelandic) start arriving into the towns to give children that have behaved well small gifts in a shoe that has been placed by the window. On Yule Eve, traditional dishes are served, based on regional differences in cuisine and accessibility.

neg: Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe high-stakes firm in New York City, along with balancing a relationship with the love of her life, Luke. The situation gets increasingly dire when Teri, an ambitious new arrival to the North Pole, sows dissension at the workshop in an effort to take over Christmas. However, it is revealed Teri is an elf, bitter at Mary and was trying to take over Christmas. But Mary manages to stop her and take care of the yearly rounds around the world. "Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe" premiered on December 13, 2009 as part of ABC Family's annual 25 Days of Christmas programming

neg: Christmas Town Christmas Town Christmas Town is a 2008 direct-to-video film starring Nicole de Boer and Patrick Muldoon. As of 2009, it was shown on television in the 25 Days of Christmas programming block on ABC Family, but it was not in the block in 2010. It all begins when Liz McCann and her son, Mason, leave on a trip to visit Liz's estranged father Jack for Christmas. He gave them instructions, but they just can't seem to find the exact place. Liz was driving, and Mason suddenly tells her to stop. She thinks her son saw something, but it was just

neg: Christmas traditions world's longest Christmas season, with Christmas carols heard as early as September 1 when the "Ber Months" season kicks off traditionally. The season is officially ushered in by the nine-day dawn Masses that start on December 16. Known as the "Misas de Aguinaldo" (Gift Masses) or "Misa de Gallo" (Rooster's Mass) in the traditional Spanish, these Masses are more popularly known in Tagalog as the "Simbang Gabi", and are held in Catholic parishes and chapels nationwide. Usually, aside from the already legal holidays which are Rizal Day (December 30) and New Year's Eve (December 31), other days in close proximity

neg: 25 Days of Christmas 2010. In its 17th year, 25 Days of Christmas powered ABC Family as the top cable network in primetime among women 18-34. The entire line-up averaged 2.5 million viewers. A Friday, December 5 airing of "Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas" was watched by 3.7 million. The network premiere of "Toy Story That Time Forgot" gained 3.4 million while an airing of the classic "Toy Story 3" gained 2.7 million viewers. The highest rated airing of "Elf" gained 3.5 million viewers while the highest rated airing of "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" gained 3.2 million. An airing of the Tim

neg: History of Freeform (TV channel) rebrand, prompting Ascheim to note at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour on January 9, 2016, that while it does not mind the "wholesome" perception given by the "ABC Family" name, it does "not necessarily represent" the network. An extensive campaign to promote the rebrand began on the date of the announcement and encompassed the network's popular "13 Nights of Halloween" and "25 Days of Christmas" blocks during the fourth quarter of that year. Even so, the rebrand was mainly cosmetic in nature, as the network retained much of the programming it ran under its previous ABC Family identity,

neg: Christmas in August (Yellowstone) 1953 was the last year "Savage Days" were celebrated in Yellowstone National Park. Starting in 1954, the park concessionaires made a concerted effort to merge Savage Days with the smaller "Christmas in July" celebration. Trevor Povah, the head of Hamilton Stores, one of the park concessioners claims that the park concessioners deliberately created the story of a blizzard at the Old Faithful Inn to obfuscate the origins of a new celebration called "Savage Christmas." In 1955, the first publications came out mentioning "Savage Christmas." From 1954–59, the celebration was held either on July 25 or August 25, but by 1959

neg: 25 Days of Christmas XD ("Milo Murphy's Law": "A Christmas Peril", and "Star vs. the Forces of Evil": "Stump Day"/"Holiday Spellcial""). Nielsen estimated that at least 150 million viewers watched part of a program on Freeform during the event. The 2018 lineup on Freeform will be anchored by three original films, "Life-Size 2" (a sequel to an ABC television movie starring Tyra Banks), "No Sleep Til' Christmas", and "The Truth About Christmas". Several notable mainstays of the "25 Days" lineup will be absent in 2018; earlier in the year, cable rights to the "Harry Potter" film franchise moved to Syfy and USA Network, and

neg: 25 Days of Christmas starring Jason Biggs and Brenda Song, and the new special "Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic", which documented how Disney's theme parks are prepared for the holiday season. On October 31, 2017, it was announced that the "25 Days of Christmas" branding would also be used for holiday programming on sister properties ABC (including new seasons of the seasonal miniseries "The Great Christmas Light Fight" and "The Great American Baking Show", as well as its other traditional specials), Disney Channel (including "Disney Parks Presents a Disney Channel Holiday Celebration"), Disney Junior (including "The Lion Guard" special "Timon and Pumbaa's Christmas"), and Disney

neg: Armenians in Turkey birth of the sun. Many members of the church continued to celebrate both holidays, and the Roman church changed the date of Christmas to be 25 December and declared January 6 to be the date when the three wise men visited the baby Jesus. As the Armenian Apostolic Church had already separated from the Roman church at that time, the date of Christmas remained unchanged for Armenians. The Armenians in Turkey refer to Christmas as "Surp Dzınunt" (Holy Birth) and have fifty days of preparation called "Hisnag" before Christmas. The first, fourth and seventh weeks of Hisnag are periods of

neg: Express cruiser Express cruiser An Express Cruiser is a fast cruising boat. To distinguish it from a cabin cruiser boat, it has a full head, a galley, sleeping space with two to six berths. There are large open areas near the steering area and in the back of the boat. There can be one or two powerful engines and it can be a good family boat for outings up to a couple of days when the relatively cramped indoor areas start to become confining. Express cruisers range in size from 25 feet to 45 feet. An Express Cruiser does not usually have

neg: Christmas Caper back on track. "Christmas Caper" was originally to be called "Auntie Claus". "Christmas Caper" was released on DVD on October 28, 2008. The DVD is said to feature the making of "Christmas Caper" and cast interviews. "Christmas Caper" was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Christmas Caper Christmas Caper is an ABC Family Original Movie. It aired on November 25, 2007 on ABC Family as part of their 25 Days of Christmas. The film stars Shannen Doherty, Ty Olsson, Sonya Salomaa and Stefanie von Pfetten. A Grinch-like thief retreats to her hometown in Connecticut after a con goes bad and

neg: Christmas in Boston toy convention in Boston. They decide to meet, but the only problem is that they have been exchanging pictures of their better-looking friends. When they actually do meet for the first time, it is not all fireworks. Can they reveal themselves to each other before it is too late? Christmas in Boston Christmas In Boston is a 2005 TV film starring Marla Sokoloff and Patrick J. Adams. It first aired in the United States on December 14, 2005, on the ABC Family channel's 25 Days of Christmas programming block. It is known in some countries as Instant Message. Gina and

neg: Christmas traditions on January 6. This festival, which coincides with Epiphany, is also known as "Women's Christmas" in Cork & Kerry. Christmas traditions in the Netherlands are almost the same as the ones in Dutch speaking parts of Belgium (Flanders). The Dutch recognize two days of Christmas as public holidays in the Netherlands, calling December 25 Eerste Kerstdag ("first Christmas day") and December 26 Tweede Kerstdag ("second Christmas day"). In families, it is customary to spend these days with either side of the family. In Catholic parts of the country, it used to be common to attend Christmas Eve midnight mass; this

neg: Inspector Gadget Saves Christmas "The Twelve Days of Christmas" using the things he winds up crashing into. When this does not finish him off (thanks to Brain's meddling), Claw instead has Gadget dropped down the manhole he dropped Santa through at the beginning. There, Gadget comes upon the real Santa Claus, but arrests him, thinking this Santa is the fraud. Meanwhile, Penny is snooping around the whole factory and hides in a giant jack-in-the-box. Penny sees the elves destroying the toys. Penny calls Brain to tell him that Doctor Claw plans to ruin Christmas. Brain then reports that the elves tried to eliminate Gadget,

neg: Regnal years of English monarchs official "legal year" – that is, the calendar used for legal, civic and ecclesiastical purposes – has not always started on the same date as the start of the historical calendar year which is 1 January (see Old Style and New Style dates). Until the 13th century, the legal year began at Christmas (25 December). From the 14th century until 1752, the legal year began on 25 March. It is only since 1 January 1752, the legal year was re-set to coincide with the start of the historical calendar year (see Calendar (New Style) Act 1750). This means that when

neg: Christmas as Advent. In Italy, former Saturnalian traditions were attached to Advent. Around the 12th century, these traditions transferred again to the Twelve Days of Christmas (December 25 – January 5); a time that appears in the liturgical calendars as Christmastide or Twelve Holy Days. The prominence of Christmas Day increased gradually after Charlemagne was crowned Emperor on Christmas Day in 800. King Edmund the Martyr was anointed on Christmas in 855 and King William I of England was crowned on Christmas Day 1066. By the High Middle Ages, the holiday had become so prominent that chroniclers routinely noted where various

neg: Elf Toljander too shy to say anything. When the last moment approaches and Santa Claus should go to share their gifts, he accidentally hits Santa Claus again and he gets his memory back. Elf Hilda complains that the kids are going wild. Santa Claus start a new program that does not mention the word "Christmas". "Let Christmas come into our hearts little by little, day by day and by night. Gluttony What it right away," says Santa Claus. Mrs. Claus gets sick with sleepbug (unipöpöö), which affects elves who have been working overtime forover 500 years. Toljander stops work and takes Mrs.

neg: 25 Days of Christmas The Walt Disney Company's acquisition of most of 21st Century Fox goes through. For most of the block's run, the Rankin/Bass Productions library of Christmas specials (excluding the original "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and "Frosty the Snowman" specials, both of which remain on CBS on a separate license) served as the centerpiece of the 25 Days of Christmas. Freeform lost the rights to the Rankin/Bass library to AMC in 2018. Every year since the block started in 1996, at least one new holiday-related TV film has been produced (except in 2002, 2014, and 2015). Starting in 2005, two TV films

neg: 25 Days of Christmas of Terror", "Brave", "Tangled", "Happy Feet Two", "Tooth Fairy", "Another Cinderella Story", "Mulan", "Wreck-it Ralph", "Matilda", "Little Rascals", "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory", and "Despicable Me". Freeform also announced the network premiere of "The Odd Life of Timothy Green", "The Boxtrolls", and "". The holiday movies in the 2016 Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas included: "Fred Claus", "The Holiday" (Freeform network premiere), "Scrooged", "Jingle All the Way", "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation", and "Deck the Halls". The 2016 ratings where on par with previous years. The highest airing of the countdown was the November 26th airing of "Tangled", gaining

neg: Liturgical calendar (Lutheran) equinox and the phases of the moon, it is called a moveable feast (see: Computus). Dates affected by placement of Easter include Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent, the start of Easter itself, Pentecost, and Holy Trinity. Advent, the other pivotal season on the calendar, comes exactly four Sundays before the start of Christmas (if Christmas falls on a Sunday, that day does not count), or the Sunday closest to St. Andrew's Day (November 30). Like the other Western Church calendars, the first Sunday of Advent is also the first day of the liturgical year. The Sanctoral Cycle is

neg: Christmastide a variable number of days: "Christmas Time runs from... up to and including the Sunday after Epiphany or after 6 January." Before 1955, the 12 Christmastide days in the Roman Rite (25 December to 5 January) were followed by the 8 days of the Octave of Epiphany, 6–13 January, and its 1960 Code of Rubrics defined "Christmastide" as running "from I vespers of Christmas to none of 5th January inclusive". In 567, the Council of Tours "proclaimed the twelve days from Christmas to Epiphany as a sacred and festive season, and established the duty of Advent fasting in preparation for

neg: Elmo's Christmas Countdown Elmo's Christmas Countdown Elmo's Christmas Countdown is a 2007 American television christmas film, featuring the characters from "Sesame Street". It was first aired two days before Christmas Day of 2007. Starring Ben Stiller. In "Elmo's Christmas Countdown", Stiller the Elf (Ben Stiller) is telling Stan the snowball how Christmas was almost ruined. He recounts how he visited Sesame Street because he believed Oscar the Grouch would start the official countdown to Christmas. However, Oscar tosses the magical counting blocks into the air and they disappear. Stiller is worried that he destroyed Christmas, and it is up to Elmo and Abby

neg: Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale movies these days ("Let the Right One In", "Dead Snow") is a perfect backdrop for "Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale", not only in mood but in mythology as well ... While "Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale" does not have the level of gore of "Dead Snow" or the emotional impact of "Let the Right One In" (although Pietari does earn his father's respect in the end), it's a uniquely entertaining tale that adds a bit of welcome darkness to the often saccharine times leading up to Christmas." The film won numerous awards such as the Locarno International Film Festival's Variety

neg: Christmas Eve is sometimes referred to as "Misa de Gallo", or "Missa do Galo" in Portuguese ("Rooster's Mass"). In the Philippines, the custom has expanded into the nine-day "Simbang Gabi", when Filipinos attend dawn Masses (traditionally beginning around 04:00 to 05:00 PST) from 16 December, continuing daily until Christmas Eve. In 2009 Vatican officials scheduled the Midnight Mass to start at 10 pm so that the 82-year-old Pope Benedict XVI would not have too late a night. Whilst it does not include any kind of Mass, the Church of Scotland has a service beginning just before midnight, in which carols are sung.

neg: Black Friday (shopping) have a four-day weekend. However, this use does not appear to have caught on. Around the same time, the terms "Black Friday" and "Black Saturday" came to be used by the police in Philadelphia and Rochester to describe the crowds and traffic congestion accompanying the start of the Christmas shopping season. In 1961, the city and merchants of Philadelphia attempted to improve conditions, and a public relations expert recommended rebranding the days, "Big Friday" and "Big Saturday"; but these terms were quickly forgotten. Use of the phrase spread slowly, first appearing in "The New York Times" on November 29, 1975,

neg: Santa Who? beard, and take him with them. Instead, when it is proved he is Santa, the reporter regains his faith in Christmas and gains a family. Christopher Null of Filmcritic.com gave "Santa Who?" 2 out of 5 stars. List of television films produced for American Broadcasting Company Santa Who? Santa Who? is a 2000 American made-for-television fantasy-comedy film starring Leslie Nielsen and directed by William Dear. The plot centers on Santa Claus developing a case of amnesia (specifically source amnesia) right before Christmas. As of 2009, it is shown in the 25 Days of Christmas programming block on ABC Family. The

neg: Like Father, Like Santa business. He travels to the North Pole to take over Santa’s toy workshop. However, he realizes that he has a lot in common with his father. He faces a crisis of conscience when the Christmas elves at his father’s mailroom go on a labor strike. Like Father, Like Santa Like Father, Like Santa (also known as The Christmas Takeover) is a TV movie starring Harry Hamlin and William Hootkins. It premiered on Fox Family in 1998 on their 25 Days of Christmas programming block. The script was written by Mark Valenti. The story revolves around a toy tycoon named Tyler

neg: The Christmas Secret can actually fly meets up with the real Santa Claus (Beau Bridges). The Christmas Secret The Christmas Secret is a 2000 American made-for-television family fantasy-drama film starring Richard Thomas and Beau Bridges based on the speculative book "Flight of the Reindeer" written by Robert Sullivan. It premiered on CBS on December 17, 2000. As of 2009, it was shown in the 25 Days of Christmas programming block on ABC Family, but it was not part of the block in 2010. It was shown as part of the Twelve Days of Christmas on The Inspiration Network (INSP) Channel in 2012. A

neg: The Christmas Secret The Christmas Secret The Christmas Secret is a 2000 American made-for-television family fantasy-drama film starring Richard Thomas and Beau Bridges based on the speculative book "Flight of the Reindeer" written by Robert Sullivan. It premiered on CBS on December 17, 2000. As of 2009, it was shown in the 25 Days of Christmas programming block on ABC Family, but it was not part of the block in 2010. It was shown as part of the Twelve Days of Christmas on The Inspiration Network (INSP) Channel in 2012. A respected zoology professor (Richard Thomas) who is obsessed with proving that reindeer

neg: Christmas in Ukraine Christmas in Ukraine Beginning 2017, Ukrainian Christmas festivities start on Christmas Eve, which is celebrated on 24 December following the Gregorian calendar in official use in the Western Christian communities of Ukraine. The Christmas celebrations end on 19 January, the date of "Jordan" or Epiphany in the Julian calendar. Both the December 25 Western Christianity Christmas Day and the January 7 Christmas Day of the Eastern Orthodox Church and Ukrainian Greek Catholic Churches following the Julian Calendar, are public holidays in Ukraine. With these two holiday dates the Ukrainian Christmas period lasts for an extended period, with the celebrations starting

neg: Christmas in Ukraine Sova Books, Sydney Christmas in Ukraine Beginning 2017, Ukrainian Christmas festivities start on Christmas Eve, which is celebrated on 24 December following the Gregorian calendar in official use in the Western Christian communities of Ukraine. The Christmas celebrations end on 19 January, the date of "Jordan" or Epiphany in the Julian calendar. Both the December 25 Western Christianity Christmas Day and the January 7 Christmas Day of the Eastern Orthodox Church and Ukrainian Greek Catholic Churches following the Julian Calendar, are public holidays in Ukraine. With these two holiday dates the Ukrainian Christmas period lasts for an extended period, with

neg: Christmas Tree (Lady Gaga song) single "Just Dance", was charting. It was made available as an MP3 from Amazon.com and iTunes Store. The song was not included in Gaga's album "The Fame". One year later, in December 2009, it was one of the songs free to download from Amazon.com as part of its "25 Days of Free" offer, whereby for the first twenty-five days in December a Christmas-themed song is made free to download from the website. "Christmas Tree" was made available on December 6. The song was included on several compilation albums: Canadian compilation album "NOW! Christmas 4", Taiwanese compilation album "Christmas 101" and

neg: Christmastide Leaving the decorations up beyond Candlemas is considered to be inauspicious. On Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, the start of Christmastide, it is customary for most households in Christendom to attend a service of worship or Mass, in which they receive Holy Communion. During the season of Christmastide, in many Christian households, a gift is given for each of the Twelve Days of Christmastide, while in other Christian households, gifts are only given on Christmas Day or Twelfth Night, the first and last days of the festive season, respectively. The practice of giving gifts during Christmastide, according to Christian tradition,

neg: School holiday summer holidays from mid June up to the second week of September, except for students taking final exams in Middle and Superior schools, as those exams can go on until mid July. Christmas holidays start on December 23 and end on the first or second working day after January 6;the summer holidays in Italy about 12 weeks, other holidays include one week around Easter as well as one day on December 8 (Feast of the Immaculate Conception), two days for October 31 and November 1 (All Saints), the national holidays of April 25 (Liberation day) and June 2 (Republic Day),

neg: Atlixco de la Nochebuena (Poinsettia Fair) begins on November 25 and runs through the Christmas season to promote the plants of this type grown in the municipality. The Feria de la Noche Buena began in 2001 and is timed for the start of the Christmas season. The Feria de la Cecina (Cecina Fair) promotes the local version of this meat, in August with artistic and cultural events. The last two weeks of October are dedicated to the regional fair. La Noche de las Estrellas (Night of the Stars) occurs on the last Saturday of February, when about 5,000 people come together

neg: Christmas Caper Christmas Caper Christmas Caper is an ABC Family Original Movie. It aired on November 25, 2007 on ABC Family as part of their 25 Days of Christmas. The film stars Shannen Doherty, Ty Olsson, Sonya Salomaa and Stefanie von Pfetten. A Grinch-like thief retreats to her hometown in Connecticut after a con goes bad and gets stuck baby-sitting her niece and nephew until their parents can make it home for Christmas. She spends most of her time devising ways to even the score with Clive, her partner in crime, until the spirit of the holidays can help put her priorities

neg: School holiday The school holidays are determined by the Ministry of Schools and are valid for every basic and high school. In Slovenia, summer holidays begin on June 24 (June 25 is National day, which is also a public holiday) and end on September 1. Other holidays are usually one week long, they expand if national holidays fall on the work days. The Autumn holidays ("Krompirjeve počitnice" – "Potato holidays") begin around October 31, which is Reformation day and November 1 which is called "All Saints' Day". The New Year holidays usually start around Christmas and last until January 2. In the

neg: The Twelve Days of Christmas (song) indicated in "italics";<br> (b) items that do not appear at all in Austin's version are indicated in bold italics. A similar cumulative verse from Scotland, "The Yule Days", has been likened to "The Twelve Days of Christmas" in the scholarly literature. It has thirteen days rather than twelve, and the number of gifts does not increase in the manner of "The Twelve Days". Its final verse, as published in Chambers, "Popular Rhymes, Fireside Stories, and Amusements of Scotland" (1842), runs as follows: "Pippin go aye" (also spelled "papingo-aye" in later editions) is a Scots word for peacock or parrot. In

neg: QVC Lancaster, Pennsylvania and Frazer, Pennsylvania. QVC broadcasts live in the United States 24/7, 364 days a year to more than 100 million households, and ranks as the number two television network in terms of revenue (#1 in home shopping networks), with sales in 2015 giving a net revenue of $8.7 billion. The only day on which QVC does not broadcast its usual format is Christmas, when the station runs a taped telecast of the West Chester Christmas Parade and other pre-recorded programming. Every year the "QVC Presents 'FFANY Shoes on Sale'" event is broadcast in which donated designer shoes are

neg: The Mistle-Tones million viewers tuned into the premiere. The Mistle-Tones The Mistle-Tones is a made-for-TV movie musical that premiered on December 9, 2012 as part of ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas. Holly is excited to audition for the Snow Belles, a Christmas-themed pop group founded by her late mother. However, lead Belles singer Marci denies Holly a chance to audition when she shows up late. Nevertheless, Holly takes to the stage and delivers a sensational audition and is upset when Marci passes her over in favor of Staci. Holly is depressed about being turned down, even after her sister suggests she

neg: Belle Dingle her place. Belle and Shadrach steal Christmas presents from under The Woolpack Christmas tree, but they are soon found out. Belle befriends Will Wylde (Oscar Lloyd). Zak leaves and does not come home for Easter as he was supposed to, causing Belle to call a Dingle Court in which Zak gets ex-communicated from the family. Zak returns a couple of days later after a drinking spree and carrying an enormous brand new TV. As Belle and Will grow closer and Belle comforts him when he learns his father is dead. Will has to leave the village and he gives Belle

neg: Christmas traditions and dance around them to the playing of bagpipes. Bannock cakes made of oatmeal are traditionally eaten at Christmas. Christmas in Ireland is the largest celebration on the calendar in Ireland and lasts from December 24 to January 6, although many view December 8 as being the start of the season; and schools used to close on this day, making it a traditional Christmas shopping time, this is no longer compulsory and many stay open. Almost the entire workforce is finished by lunchtime on Christmas Eve, or often a few days beforehand. Christmas Day and St. Stephen's Day are public

neg: Trading day has the fewest (19), and August the most (23), with an average of 21 per month, or 63 per quarter. Out of a possible 366 days, 105 days are weekend days (Saturday and Sunday) when the stock exchanges are closed. Eight of the nine holidays which close the exchanges fall on weekdays, with Christmas being observed on Monday, December 26. There is one shortened trading session on Friday, November 25 (the day after Thanksgiving Day). There are exactly 251 trading days in 2017. February and April have the fewest (19), and March and August the most (23), with an average

neg: King cake and obligations. The "king cake" takes its name from the biblical kings. In Western Christian liturgical tradition, the Solemnity of Epiphany—commemorated on January 6—celebrates the visit of the Magi to the Christ Child. The Eve of Epiphany (the night of January 5) is popularly known as Twelfth Night (the Twelve Days of Christmas are counted from Christmas Eve until this night). The season for king cake extends from the end of the Twelve Days of Christmas (Twelfth Night and Epiphany Day), up until the end of Shrovetide: Mardi Gras, "Fat Tuesday," or Shrove Tuesday; the day before the start of

neg: 8 Days of Christmas (song) based on "The Twelve Days of Christmas", but the "8 Days" in the title is a reference to Hanukkah, but the holiday is never mentioned in the song. Knowles stated during the "8 Days of Christmas" video premiere at 106 & Park in Fall 2001: "Actually we wrote the song two years ago, when we went in the studio to do some Christmas something. That's what started the idea of doing a Christmas album." A video was filmed for "8 Days of Christmas" and was released in the winter of 2001. It was directed by Sanaa Hamri. All 3 members

neg: Solar deity metaphors, the surviving evidence does not support such a direct association with the Roman solar festivals. The earliest documentary evidence for the feast of Christmas makes no mention of the coincidence with the winter solstice. Thomas Talley has shown that, although the Emperor Aurelian's dedication of a temple to the sun god in the Campus Martius (C.E. 274) probably took place on the 'Birthday of the Invincible Sun' on December 25, the cult of the sun in pagan Rome ironically did not celebrate the winter solstice nor any of the other quarter-tense days, as one might expect. The origins of

neg: Twelve Days of Christmas on the same day, they do not have a series of twelve days between a feast of Christmas and a feast of Epiphany. The Oriental Orthodox, other than the Armenians, the Eastern Orthodox, and the Eastern Catholics who follow the same traditions do have the interval of twelve days between the two feasts. If they use the Julian Calendar, they celebrate Christmas on what is for them 25 December, but is 7 January of the Gregorian Calendar, and they celebrate Epiphany on what is for them 6 January, but is 19 January of the Gregorian Calendar. For the Eastern Orthodox,

neg: ER (TV series) coast, and 2002's "Hindsight" which ran in reverse time as it followed one character, Dr. Luka Kovac, through the tragic events of one Christmas Eve shift and the Christmas party that preceded it. The episode "Brothers and Sisters" (first broadcast on April 25, 2002) begins a crossover that concludes on the "Third Watch" episode "Unleashed" in which Susan enlists the help of Officers Maurice Boscorelli and Faith Yokas to find her sister and niece. "ER" was filmed in 1.78:1 widescreen from the start, even though it was not broadcast in widescreen until the seventh season when it began appearing in

neg: The Ark (ship) on the trans-Atlantic voyage. On 25 December 1633, wine was passed out to celebrate Christmas. The following day, 30 colonists fell ill with a fever brought on by excessive drinking and 12 died, including two of the Roman Catholic colonists. These were the only losses suffered on the voyage. On 3 January 1633/34 (see below on the start of the new year), "Ark" arrived at the island of Barbados in the West Indies after a voyage of 42 days from England. About two weeks later, "Dove" arrived. As it later developed, "Dove" had been able to reach the shelter of

neg: HMAS Sydney (R17) the Task Element. Ending on 18 December, the fifth patrol was the most costly to "Sydney"s CAG, with one pilot killed, five aircraft destroyed, and another 25 aircraft heavily damaged. The carrier was in Kure for Christmas, and relieved USS "Badoeng Strait" on 27 December, the start of her sixth patrol. The remaining days of 1951 were spent providing air cover in the Inchon area for both UN ground forces and supply convoys returning to Japan. On New Year's Day 1952, "Sydney"s aircraft helped repel the North Korean invasion of the island of Yongho Do. The third RAN pilot to

neg: Education in Greece June. The lessons end in late May so that the students will be able to study for their examinations in June. The classes start at 8.20 and end from 13.55 to 14.20 according to the type of school. Classes last from 35 min. to 45 min. and there are breaks of 10 and 5 minutes between them.The students have summer vacation (about 3 months), Christmas vacation (2 weeks) and Easter vacation (2 weeks). Furthermore, students take usually another four days off in order to celebrate their two national holidays (28/10 and 25/3). From December of 2017 with a Presidential decree,

neg: The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story Burlington and the charming small town of Chelsea. With her world in turmoil, Janet (Lee Remick) feels she is losing so much that’s important… her beloved mother (Angela Lansbury), the family business, maybe even her husband. Janet dreams of simpler times, of Christmas in the idyllic Vermont of her younger days, and of taking her children back to the family home where her parents and spinster aunt (Polly Holliday) would be waiting for them. And they are, in all the warmth of the holiday. But only when even more seems lost, as one of her children is in jeopardy, does

neg: Father Christmas (1991 film) vision of Father Christmas, with a large white beard and red suit. However, in a down-to-earth twist, he is depicted as rather grumpy, is shown coping with everyday domestic chores, and lives with his pets and reindeer in a small house in contemporary Britain. This Father Christmas later appeared in a television advertisement, enjoying a Kit Kat after returning home from his deliveries. "Father Christmas" centres around the prospect of what Father Christmas does with himself "the other three hundred and sixty four days of the year". Father Christmas returns from his annual Christmas Eve run. He explains to the

neg: Christmastide Western Christian phrase "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!" and the Eastern Christian greeting "Christ is born!", to which others respond, "Glorify Him!" Christmastide begins very early on 25 December. Historically, the ending of Christmastide was 5 January. This traditional date is still followed by the Anglican Church and Lutheran Church, where Christmastide, commonly called the Twelve Days of Christmas, lasts 12 days, from 25 December to 5 January, the latter date being named as Twelfth Night. However, the ending is defined differently by some Christian denominations. In 1969, the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church expanded Christmastide by

neg: Nativity of Jesus tradition (including the Catholic Church, the Western Rite Orthodox, the Anglican Communion, and many Protestants) begin observing the season of Advent four Sundays before Christmas, the traditional feast-day of his birth, which falls on December 25. Christians of the Eastern Orthodox Church and Oriental Orthodox Church observe a similar season, sometimes called Advent but also called the "Nativity Fast", which begins forty days before Christmas. Some Eastern Orthodox Christians (e.g. Greeks and Syrians) celebrate Christmas on December 25. Other Orthodox (e.g. Copts, Ethiopians, Georgians, and Russians) celebrate Christmas on (the Gregorian) January 7 (Koiak 29 on coptic calendar) as a

neg: National Football League Christmas games those days would be days in which NFL playoff games were to be held. In , the NFL opened its regular season a week earlier than would have ordinarily been the case (September 12, the second Sunday of the month, rather than the customary third Sunday) so that the Divisional Playoffs could be held on December 18 and December 19 instead of December 25 and December 26, and thus no games would be needed on Saturday, December 25 (Super Bowl XI was subsequently played on January 9, still the earliest scheduled Super Bowl). In , with Christmas falling on a