1. Words of Wisdom

“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.” Abraham Lincoln

2. Nifty Nugget

As the clock – Big Ben – strikes midnight (at the New Year`s night), people all over the UK cross their arms across their chests

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1. Words of Wisdom

“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” Henry David Thoreau

2. Nifty Nugget

The Western nations have only celebrated the New Year for the last four centuries. In medieval Europe the celebrations accompanying the

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1. Words of Wisdom

“A woman has to be intelligent, have charm, a sense of humor, and be kind. It’s the same qualities I require from a man.” Catherine Deneuve

2. Nifty Nugget

Calennig is the Welsh tradition of New Year gift giving. A Calennig is an apple with three

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1. Words of Wisdom

“Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.” Norman Vincent Peale

2. Nifty Nugget

In Britain, Boxing Day is usually celebrated on the following day after Christmas Day. Traditionally, 26

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1. Words of Wisdom

“One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas day. Don’t clean it up too quickly.” Andy Rooney

2. Nifty Nugget

In the old days, the New Year started with a custom called ‘first footing’. If

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1. Words of Wisdom

“The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree:  the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.” Burton Hillis

2. Nifty Nugget

Father Christmas (Santa Claus) was originally part of an old English midwinter festival, usually dressed in green – the colour

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1. Words of Wisdom

“Christmas is not as much about opening our presents as opening our hearts.” Janice Maeditere

2. Nifty Nugget

In 1895 Ralph Morris, an American telephonist, invented the string of electric Christmas lights similar to the ones we use today. The actual strings of lights had already

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1. Words of Wisdom

“Christmas is a time when you get homesick – even when you’re home.” Carol Nelson

2. Nifty Nugget

A Christmas tradition involving the turkey is to pull its wishbone. This is one of the bones of the turkey which is shaped like the letter ‘Y’. Two

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1. Words of Wisdom

“Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time.” Laura Ingalls Wilder

2. Nifty Nugget

A traditional English and British Christmas dinner includes roast turkey or goose,

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1. Words of Wisdom

“Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall.” Larry Wilde, The Merry Book of Christmas

2. Nifty Nugget

Advent is a term from the Latin word ‘adventus’ which means “arrival”. It is a time

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