Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts

Sunday, 14 December 2008

Christmas tomfoolery

Ooh look! It's the Merry Chris Mouse!How does Good King Wenclesas like his pizza?
Deep pan, crisp and even!


Who dresses up in wrapping paper and frightens Ebeneezer Scrooge?
The Ghost of Christmas Present!

Scrooge appears in "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens

What happens if you eat Christmas decorations?
You get tinselitis!

Why does Father Christmas carry an umbrella?
Because of the reindeer!

Why do we put a fairy on top of the Christmas tree?
Because elephants are too heavy!

What's top secret and covered in pastry?
A mince spy!

ABCDEFGHIJKMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
-- what's Christmassy about that?

Noel!


Why does Santa Claus have ducks on his sleigh?
They're Christmas quackers!





Christmas carrots

We don't always get the words right when we're singing songs. Here are some of our favourites from Christmas concerts.

"We three kings of porridge and tar..."

"Oh Wayne in a manger..."

"On the first day of Christmas my tulip gave to me..."

"Noël, Noël, Barney's the King of Israel!"

"...Oh what fun it is to ride with one horse, soap and hay!"


Santa's little hopeless Things to do and make

You'll find Christmas craft tables in most of our libraries this month. Why not see what you can make?
Thanks to everyone involved in getting everything together for the craft tables and a special big thanks to Barbara for making so very many cut-out shapes for us.

Christmas craft books in our libraries.

We bumped into this page
with links to lots of fun things to do for Christmas




Friday, 14 December 2007

Deck the halls with boughs of holly!

a sprig of hollyBefore Christianity came to Britain people used to decorate their houses with evergreens, including holly as part of their winter celebrations.


a sprig of hollyThe Romans celebrated Saturnalia in mid-winter. People would send each other boughs of holly just like we send Christmas cards.


a sprig of hollyAncient druids used to decorate their homes with branches of evergreen leaves so that the "little people" who lived in the trees could share in the winter celebrations. That's one of the reasons why people have fairies on the top of their Christmas trees.


a sprig of hollyWhen Britain converted to Christianity some of the old traditions carried on, this time to celebrate the Christmas festival.


a sprig of hollyIn the old days you didn't put up your evergreen decorations until Christmas Eve and you couldn't take them down again until Candlemas Eve (2nd February)!


a sprig of hollyBooks with more information about Christmas traditions.




Saturday, 1 December 2007

Cinderella!

a clock, a mouse and a pumpkin
You could be the lucky winner of free tickets to see "Cinderella!"

18 winners of the Library Service's Christmas Colouring Competition will be presented with family tickets for an evening performance of the pantomime at the Gracie Fields Theatre on Thursday 3rd January 2008.

Colouring Competition entry forms are available from any of our libraries.

Please note:


  • The closing date for entry is Saturday 22nd December.
  • Please make sure that you put your telephone number on the form so that we can get in touch with you!

Many thanks to Meredith Productions for the donation of the tickets.