Christmas - December 25

Monday, December 25, 2023

Today is Christmas, Christmas Pudding Day,  and National Pumpkin Pie Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: CHRISTMAS
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ON THIS DATE

• 336 - The first recorded celebration of Christmas on Dec. 25 takes place in Rome.
• 800 - Charlemagne is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
• 1066 - William the Conqueror is crowned king of England.
• 1776 - George Washington and the Continental Army cross the Delaware River at night to attack Hessian at Trenton.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1757 - Benjamin Pierce, 17th Governor of NH
• 1821 - Nurse and founder of the American Red Cross, Clara Barton
• 1899 - Actor Humphrey Bogart
• 1907 - Singer-songwriter Cab Calloway
• 1924 - Producer and Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling
• 1946 - Singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett
• 1949 - Actor Sissy Spacek
• 1954 - Scottish singer-songwriter Annie Lennox
• 1971 - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song - LISTEN
  
• The Kinks - Father Christmas - LISTEN
• Run DMC - Christmas in Hollis - LISTEN
• Cab Calloway - Minnie the Moocher - LISTEN
• Jimmy Buffet - Cheeseburger in Paradise - LISTEN
• Annie Lennox - Walking On Broken Glass - LISTEN

THEME:  Christmas

• Grades PreK-1 - Peg + Cat - The Christmas Problem (27:18)  - VIEW
• Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts - Christmas Creatures (1:44)  - VIEW
• Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts - A Creature Christmas (47:49)  - VIEW
• Grades 2-6 - PBS LearningMedia - All About the Holidays - Christmas (0:57) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - All is Calm: the Christmas Truce of 1914 (1:25:28) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Lucy Worsley's 12 Days of Tudor Christmas (55:10) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Two Cents - The History Of Christmas Shopping! (9:17) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Origin of Everything - How Did Edison Invent Christmas Lights? (8:36) - VIEW

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