Will and Guy will not be eating this type of food for their Christmas
lunch on the 25th December. We find it hard to believe that this product
really does exist - but here it is.
We appreciate that many people will be cutting back this Christmas
because of the economic climate but perhaps the Pot Noeldle is going a step
too far. Its claim is that it's a special version of the student favourite
and at £1.10 GBP [$1.77 USD] it will fit most budgets.
Manufacturer, Unilever said it is a "fusion of turkey and stuffing with
all the trimmings".
Two pence from each sale will go to buy 'phone time for British troops
stationed abroad. Troops taste-tested the new recipe of their favoured home
comfort snack. Squadron Leader Stuart Balfour [Royal Air Force] told us, 'It
will help keep them in touch with loved ones at a really important time of
the year.' For this reason alone Will and Guy applaud the idea.
According to a Christmas news story from comparison website, more than half of UK families will be
installing outdoor Christmas lights this festive season, many of these for
the first time. The survey also discovered that the average household
expects to spend around £236 GBP [$370 USD] on the decorations for the
outside of their house.
Despite all of this festive cheer, outdoor decorations do not always go
to plan Will and Guy have discovered For example: 6% of those questioned
said that putting up Christmas lights had caused problems with their
electrics, while 5% had an accident while they were either putting their
lights up or taking them down. 85% admitted that they had no idea how much
their Christmas lights were likely to cost them in terms of the extra
electricity used. "Gocompare" estimated that lights which were switched on
for 6 hours each day over the Christmas period would use an extra 22 days
worth of electricity.
The comparison site is urging home owners to check their energy deals
before they switch on their lights to get the best deals available. In
addition homeowners should take extra care when putting up their lights and
get an electrician in if they are at all unsure about what to do.
Particular care should be taken if you are erecting the light show seen
below in Pennsylvania, USA.
Even with 21,240 lights Wayne Allen does not consider his Christmas
display all that big or extraordinary. 'I don't have animations or blow
moulds, there isn't any music playing. I don't have a nativity in the yard
or a Santa on the roof.' Allen says. 'It is just lights. That's all.' But
apparently, Will and Guy have learned those 21,240 lights are causing big
trouble.
The Northern Pennsylvania man has been decorating his home each Christmas
season with thousands of brilliant multi-coloured lights since the early
1970s.
For years people from the surrounding area have driven past the Allen
home to look at the lights. Over the years the number of people driving by
has numbered into the hundreds on some nights during the season and all that
traffic has local police upset with Allen.
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French Parents Seek Ban on Father Christmas Advert
French parents have sought to ban a television commercial in which a
father tells his adult son that Father Christmas does not exist, claiming it
has traumatised their children Will and Guy have discovered. The
20-second clip was aired last week during a commercial break on TF1, which
was broadcasting the family film, "Ratatouille".
'Son, I've got some bad news for you,' says the father in the advert for
Crédit Mutuel, a high street bank. 'Father Christmas doesn't exist,' he
says, making a parallel with financial advisers whose prime motivation for
selling products, he claims, is their commission. The commercial sparked
outrage among parents who are calling on the advertising watchdog to ban the
clip. Interesting to see how this Christmas news story unfolds.
A
tale of two Christmas trees; the best and the worst of festive cheer as the
most expensive and the ugliest go on display
The world's best and worst Christmas tree's went on display as Japan
unveiled the most expensive while a threadbare and tatty spectacle was
revealed in County Durham, England.
The dazzling 24k gold tree, shown in its splendour (left), decorated with
more than 240 jewels including diamond baubles and strings of pearls, proves
a sharp contrast to the slightly bent version whose branches barely have
room for more than a dozen Christmas lights. It weighs more than 21
kilograms and is worth 150million yen - or £1million. [$1,605,614.55 USD]
The tree went on display this week at the Ginza Tanaka jewellery shop in
Shinsaibashi, Osaka.
Meanwhile residents of Peterlee have labelled the town's Christmas tree
(right) a "disgrace" after it was unveiled at a Christmas lights switch-on
ceremony. Former Atomic Kitten singer Natasha Hamilton was booked to flick
the switch but just hours before she was due to take the stage, town centre
bosses received delivery of the less than impressive tree and were unable to
send it back.
A Local councillor remarked to a Christmas News channel that she had been inundated
with complaints about the condition of the tree.
A seven-year-old boy was stopped by police in northern Germany while
trying to plough snow with a front loader he borrowed from his parents'
business, authorities have told Will and Guy. Officers on patrol found the
boy atop the 3.5-meter-tall [11.5-foot-tall] excavator after he had cleared
the street in the town of Reinfeld and was driving back to the parking lot.
The child noticed the police car behind him and stopped immediately.
'He opened the door, got out and admitted immediately that he did not
have a driving licence,' the police report said. When asked why he had begun
ploughing, he said his father had complained about the state of the roads.
He saw the key in the ignition of the vehicle and set off.
Police retrieved the key to the loader from the child and returned it,
and the boy, to his mother.
The song "White Christmas" holds the credit as the most-selling Christmas
single of all time.
Santa Claus has nine reindeer counting Rudolph that pull his sleigh.
Saturnalia, was the Roman's holiday that was celebrated in December.
It wasn't until about 200 years after Christ's death that Christians
started celebrating his birth.
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In northern Europe there was a holiday known as Yule. People celebrated
this holiday by making great fires. They then would dance around the fires,
yelling for the winter to end.
Austria was the first country to issue a Christmas postage stamp.
Silver and gold are the popular Christmas colours after red and green.
Eggnog, the popular Christmas drink, was an American discovery.
The Christmas carol, 'I Saw Momma Kissing Santa Claus' was made famous by
Jimmy Boyd when he was just 12 years old.
Christmas lights were invented by the American Ralph E. Morris.
W. C. T. Dobson invented the Christmas card.
Canada is the largest exporter of Christmas trees.
King's Canyon National Park, California, USA, has the world's largest
Christmas tree.
Coca-Cola made the concept of Santa Claus popular in America.
There are twelve days between Christmas and the Epiphany.
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