Lockdown Update Day 282 (Christmas Eve)

[elisi]

Every government minister today. #BrexitDeal pic.twitter.com/MTCsveUfei

— Marc Morris (@Longshanks1307) December 24, 2020

And then this made me laugh WAY too much:

Illegal warehouse midnight Mass in Belfast, DM me for location

— MARKREEL (@markreel) December 23, 2020

Finally, plenty Christmas music under the cut!

First up Mickey Bubbles of course:

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This is one of the albums I have listened to every year for... I don't even know.

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(It's a playlist, so go to youtube to listen to the whole thing.)

Annie Lennox is a must:

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And so is Geraldine!

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Then Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Wizards In Winter (the original & best):

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And finally something more spiritual:

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Comments

Somebody's being extra careful with their soul this year...

[kerk_hiraeth]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EqAsyQwXIAEcXHO?format=jpg&name=medium

kerk

Re: Somebody's being extra careful with their soul this year...

[desdemonaspace]

Please SATANISE your hands?!?! That is too funny!

Re: Somebody's being extra careful with their soul this year...

[elisi]

I showed it to the whole family and they all read it as 'sanitise' and were puzzled why i had shown it to them... Twas brilliant! :D

(ETA: Personally I blame the demon Crowley.)

Re: Somebody's being extra careful with their soul this year...

[kerk_hiraeth]

Was inspired to go look for this https://sueniverse.fandom.com/wiki/Crowley

Went Magda? WTF is Magda, then it dawned on me she's a TV thing isn't she? I need to goo back and revisit the descriptions in the book because all I see is David Tennant and that was never the image of Crowley I had in my head when I read the book.

kerk

Re: Somebody's being extra careful with their soul this year...

[elisi]

Alas, I have never heard of Magda, and the website seems to be specifically book-centric.

Re-reading the book is a lovely idea though. <3

[sea_thoughts]

Doris: Look at the deal I've pulled out!
Public: *squints*
Doris: It's a plum!
Public: It's a prune.
Doris: Same thing, oh what a good boy am I! MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Public: ...

I recommend Tom Chaplin's Twelves Tales of Christmas and Tracey Thorn's Christmas album Tinsel and Lights. :)

[elisi]

Public: ...
Accurate.

I recommend Tom Chaplin's Twelves Tales of Christmas and Tracey Thorn's Christmas album Tinsel and Lights. :)
Thank you! <3

[desdemonaspace]

"Mickey Bubbles" gave me pause. Too funny.

I love this post. I may listen to it while eating my Christmas dinner. (In my family, the big day was always Christmas Eve - Christmas Day my mother spent wearing my dad's pajamas, watching football. A true "day of rest"!)

[elisi]

"Mickey Bubbles" gave me pause. Too funny.
He is rarely called anything else 'round here! :)

I love this post. I may listen to it while eating my Christmas dinner.
♥ That makes me so happy. Hope you had a lovely Christmas Eve (I saw your post, and know the food will have been great).

(In my family, the big day was always Christmas Eve - Christmas Day my mother spent wearing my dad's pajamas, watching football. A true "day of rest"!)
We do Christmas Eve too! Well, it's complicated. I wrote about our Christmas traditions in 2010...

[desdemonaspace]

We're Scandinavian, too. Well, four generations back we were. You have real candles on the tree?? Sounds ... exciting!

[elisi]

We're Scandinavian, too. Well, four generations back we were.
Which part of Scandinavia?

You have real candles on the tree?? Sounds ... exciting!
It's what I grew up with, so it's... Just What We Do. And it's very beautiful & warm:

[desdemonaspace]

My mother always said "Norway," and 23andMe says

Northwestern European 97.8%
Scandinavian 64.2%

Norway Highly Likely Match
Rogaland, Norway

Denmark: Highly Likely Match
Capital region of Denmark

Sweden: Possible Match
Faroe Islands: Not Detected
Iceland Not Detected

[elisi]

Seems Norway is the place then. Do you still have a Scandinavian surname or has that disappeared over the years?

/way too curious

[desdemonaspace]

Yes, it's Olson. Probably got changed to Olson from Olsson or Oleson, or even Olsen at Ellis Island, where immigrants came into the US. (I mention the "en" because we're partly Danish).

We had close friends who were actual Swedes (not Swedish-American) and my mom baked all kinds of Scandinavian Christmas cookies. I feel very Scandinavian, for what it's worth. No candles on the tree, though!

[elisi]

Yes, it's Olson. Probably got changed to Olson from Olsson or Oleson, or even Olsen at Ellis Island, where immigrants came into the US. (I mention the "en" because we're partly Danish).
Hmmm yes. Olsson would be Swedish, Oleson Norwegian and Olsen Danish. (No one can spell my surname, it always gets changed to 'son' rather than 'sen'.)

We had close friends who were actual Swedes (not Swedish-American) and my mom baked all kinds of Scandinavian Christmas cookies. I feel very Scandinavian, for what it's worth. No candles on the tree, though!
Cookies are definitely a thing. My mother always baked (I have not inherited this trait, alas) and real candles are optional! :)

[ragnarok-08.livejournal.com]

I love this post <3

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!!

[elisi]

I love this post <3
<3 <3 <3

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!!
And the same to you!!!