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...If you doubt this, just google “How to display Christmas cards”. It is not a happy sight. What I still find fascinating is that Christmas cards were — and still are — accepted with democratic abandon....
...The ceiling, in keeping with its Anglican history, still displays in intricate detail the four flowers of the UK’s nations. In the war-torn Puritan England of 1644, Christmas was officially banned....
...The town is home to one of France’s oldest Protestant churches, and with its impressive Christmas light display has consistently been voted one of the top five markets to visit in Europe....
...“If you took away the Christmas element, these are beautiful objects you’d want to display in the home year round,” he says. He once gave glass dumbbells to the guy who runs his gym....
...This year, on November 24, when the Christmas lights are switched on around the city, the square of squares will see an unprecedented exhibition....
...Just when I thought we could slow down a little bit for the Christmas holidays, BAM!...
...Last year, one of the most poignant displays was a holy family set in modern-day Ukraine, among the ruins of a bombed-out village....
...But, funnily enough, these themes are on my mind, through the character of Joseph, the carpenter from the Christmas story....
...Here’s what was on display: That’s the share price of oil company BP, since the month when Bernard Looney joined as chief executive. Here’s how that went....
...Outside Macy’s, paying for rapid delivery helped many gifts to arrive on time for Christmas this year....
...On Christmas Day in 1950, it was stolen by students (who also broke it) and spirited back to Scotland....
...The lunar new year is the closest parallel in China to Christmas, with most companies and factories closed and the country’s must-see tourist sites overrun with visitors....
...Say, for example, between when the clocks change each year, though perhaps not fully on the nose (Christmas, Easter, etc). What do you think?...
...It seemed Christmas had come early....
...From November; further information here Regent Street Christmas Lights One of London’s biggest shopping streets will be illuminated for Christmas with intricately detailed installations sweeping down the...
...This year, the traditional pine has been replaced by a composition of silver rounded cubes, each one featuring Gucci logos (the company sponsored the display), piled in a pyramid, Christmas tree-like shape...
...Their windows showed changing fashions and seasons and were much anticipated events at Christmas....
...How serious is this open display of dissent from the Tory right for Sunak?...
...Fane, who died just before Christmas, was a well-loved London figure....
...While he provides “principles” about how shops should loosely look, store managers are allowed to use their own creativity and judgment when it comes to tempting Christmas shoppers with their displays....
...December 13; further information here Christmas in Tivoli Winter is the best time of the year to visit the sprawling Tivoli Gardens, with festive music and food, ice skating and a firework display to ring...
...Expect highlights like fireworks and gladiator displays....
...Truly a Christmas miracle. ★★★★☆ hozier.com...
...Of putting together a board from the 100 or so varieties on display, Hirsh advises choosing fewer options and bigger pieces. “Four is a good number, but try for balance....
...Watches of Switzerland said it had “experienced a volatile trading performance in the run-up to and beyond Christmas”....
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