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The Father Christmas Letters


The Father Christmas Letters, also known as Letters from Father Christmas, are a collection of letters written and illustrated by J. R. R. Tolkien between 1920 and 1942 for his children, from Father Christmas. They were released posthumously by the Tolkien estate on 2 September 1976, the 3rd anniversary of Tolkien’s death. They were edited by Baillie Tolkien, second wife of his youngest son, Christopher. The book was warmly received by critics, and it has been suggested that elements of the stories inspired parts of Tolkien's "The
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Second World War, while some of the later letters feature Father Christmas' battles against Goblins which were subsequently interpreted as being a reflection of Tolkien's views on the German Menace. The letters themselves were written over a period of over 20 years to entertain Tolkien's children each Christmas. Starting in 1920 when Tolkien's oldest son was aged three, each Christmas Tolkien would write a letter from Father Christmas about his travels and adventures. Each letter was delivered in an envelope, including North Pole stamps and postage marks as designed by
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The Father Christmas Letters


Lord of the Rings". The stories are told in the format of a series of letters, told either from the point of view of Father Christmas or his elvish secretary. They document the adventures and misadventures of Father Christmas and his helpers, including the North Polar Bear and his two sidekick cubs, Paksu and Valkotukka. The stories include descriptions of the massive fireworks that create the northern lights and how Polar Bear manages to get into trouble on more than one occasion. The 1939 letter has Father Christmas making reference to the
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Father Christmas


and boots similar to Wellingtons. Father Christmas appeared in many 20th century English-language works of fiction, including J. R. R. Tolkien's "Father Christmas Letters", a series of private letters to his children written between 1920 and 1942 and first published in 1976. Other 20th century publications include C. S. Lewis's "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" (1950), Raymond Briggs's "Father Christmas" (1973) and its sequel "Father Christmas Goes on Holiday" (1975), Debbie Macomber
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The Father Christmas Letters


in The Lord of the Rings". Edited by Baillie Tolkien, the second wife of Christopher Tolkien, it includes illustrations by Tolkien for nearly all the letters; however, it omitted several letters and drawings. When the book was republished in 1999 it was retitled "Letters from Father Christmas" and several letters and drawings not contained in the original edition were added. One edition in 1995 featured the letters and drawings contained in individual envelopes to be read in the manner they were originally conceived to be. The reception to the
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Sarah Bowdich Lee


Sarah Bowdich Lee (née Wallis) (10 Sep 1791–22 Sep 1866) was an English author, illustrator, traveller, zoologist, botanist, and pteridologist. Sarah Lee was born on 10 September 1791, the only daughter of John Eglinton Wallis of Colchester. In 1813, she married the naturalist Thomas Edward Bowdich, whose interests in nature, travel, and adventure she shared. In 1819, they went to Paris to visit Baron Cuvier; Thomas had previously visited him in 1818 with a letter of introduction obtained from Dr. William
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first two works published posthumously had been warm, which was subsequently thought to be due to Tolkien's recent death. The response to "The Father Christmas Letters" was much more measured and balanced. Jessica Kemball-Cook suggested in her book "Twentieth Century Children's Writers" that it would become known as a classic of children's literature, while Nancy Willard for "The New York Times Book Review" also received the book positively, saying "Father Christmas lives. And never more merrily than in these pages."
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Father Christmas (comics)


Christmas was partly based on his father as they were both delivery men. He also said that he received a letter of complaint from an American because of one scene in which Father Christmas is sitting on the toilet. Briggs completed a sequel, "Father Christmas Goes on Holiday", published in 1975 by Hamish Hamilton in Britain and Coward, McCann & Geoghan in America. The two books were adapted in 1991 as a 25-minute animated film, "Father Christmas". Dave Unwin was the director and Mel Smith was the voice
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'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974 TV special)


— a mouse assistant to the human clockmaker Joshua Trundle — immediately suspects that his brainy son Albert is its author. Albert confirms his suspicions, repeating the letter verbatim to him. Father Mouse and the Trundle Family devise a plan to appease Santa by building a singing clock tower for him, built with a special recording to play a song to coax him not to bypass Junctionville on Christmas Eve. Unfortunately, Albert enters the clock to explore it without permission, and inadvertently causes it to malfunction in front of the whole town,
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Father Christmas (film series)


felt that "the heart of the story I'd written was still there". The second and third films diverged further from the original story, although author Gunn confirmed that the films still drew upon her novels. Following the success of the first film, star Niall Matter and author Robin Jones Gunn both confirmed in March 2017 that Hallmark were developing a sequel. On May 9, 2017, Hallmark announced eight new Christmas movies, including a sequel to "Finding Father Christmas" entitled "Engaging Father Christmas". "Finding
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The Snowman and the Snowdog


win the race by a nose, to be congratulated on their victory by Father Christmas himself, who gives Billy a Christmas present. As the sun starts to rise, and the Snowman signals their departure, another snowman discovers the letter from Billy and whispers into Father Christmas's ear. From his sleigh, Father Christmas reveals a small present which he gives to Billy. While another snowman flies the aeroplane back to where it came from, Billy, the Snowman and the Snowdog return home. Upon arriving home, Billy opens his
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The Father Christmas Letters


In 2002, an article in "The Independent on Sunday" described the work as rivalling ""The Lord of the Rings" for sheer imaginative joy". Paul H. Kocher, whilst writing for the journal "Mythprint", suggested that the creatures in "The Father Christmas Letters" may have been a precursor to those which appeared in Tolkien's later works such as the "Lord of the Rings", a view which was shared by Laurence and Martha Krieg in a review in the journal "Mythlore" (issue
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Tolkien. Prior to publication, an exhibition of Tolkien's drawings was held at the Ashmolean Museum. These included works from "The Hobbit", "Lord of the Rings", and "The Father Christmas Letters". The first edition was by Allen and Unwin on 2 September 1976, three years after Tolkien's death. The Houghton Mifflin edition was released later that year on 19 October. It was the third work by Tolkien to be released posthumously, after a collection of poems and the "Guide to the Names
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United States hydrogen policy


programs. Each states energy office gets SEP funding and manages all SEP funded projects. For more information about the SEP, including project descriptions, visit the SEP website. Clean Ports USA is an incentive-based program designed to help reduce emissions by encouraging port authorities to redesign and replace older diesel engines with new technologies and cleaner fuels. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Clean Diesel Campaign offers funding to port authorities to help them overcome the obstacles that prevent the adoption of cleaner diesel technologies. Clean Construction USA promotes the reduction
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Father Christmas


hands of Royalist pamphlet writers, Old Father Christmas served as the symbol and spokesman of 'the good old days' of feasting and good cheer, and it became popular for Christmastide's defenders to present him as lamenting past times. "The Arraignment, Conviction and Imprisoning of Christmas" (January 1646) describes a discussion between a town crier and a Royalist gentlewoman enquiring after Old Father Christmas who 'is gone from hence'. Its anonymous author, a parliamentarian, presents Father Christmas in a negative light, concentrating on his
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Father Christmas (film series)


lawyer/hotellier Ian McAndrick (Matter). Author Robin Jones Gunn appears as an extra in theatre scenes in both "Finding Father Christmas" and "Engaging Father Christmas". Gunn's literary agent was approached in 2011 by a production company looking for Christmas novels to adapt into screenplays. Her agent suggested the novel ""Finding Father Christmas"". On pitching the story to Hallmark Movies & Mysteries in 2012, it was rejected due its lack of romance. Gunn's agent then made the suggestion to combine the first
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Father Christmas


sledges and reindeer", post letters to Norway addressed simply to Father Christmas or, "giving him a foreign veneer, Santa Claus". Differences between the English and US representations were discussed in "The Illustrated London News" of 1985. The classic illustration by the US artist Thomas Nast was held to be "the authorised version of how Santa Claus should look—in America, that is." In Britain, people were said to stick to the older Father Christmas, with a long robe, large concealing beard,
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I Believe in Father Christmas


All You Need Is Love"), Joe McElderry on his 2011 album "Classic Christmas", Susan Boyle (on her 2013 album "Home for Christmas") and Hannah Peel as the B-side of her 2014 single "Find Peace". In 2005 Lake wrote a letter to "The Guardian" about the song, in answer to a reader question: In 1975, I wrote and recorded a song called "I Believe in Father Christmas", which some Guardian readers may remember and may even own.
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Mormon fiction


"The Christmas Sweater", which was a number one New York Times bestseller in 2008. Jason F. Wright co-authored "The Christmas Sweater" with Beck; he also wrote "The Wednesday Letters" and "The Christmas Jars", both New York Times bestsellers. LDS authors are well-represented among successful science fiction and fantasy authors. Orson Scott Card was the first prominent LDS science fiction writer. He earned Hugo and Nebula Awards in 1986 and 1987 for his books "Ender's Game" and" Speaker
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Father Christmas (comics)


he gives his cat and dog presents) and enjoys his work. He comes across as a stereotypical old man who complains about everything but ultimately loves what he does. The book depicts Father Christmas' deliveries as he deals with a range of unusual residences while taking welcome breaks with food and drinks put out for him. Along the way, Father Christmas talks to only one person, a milkman intended to represent the author's father, Ernest Briggs. Despite his difficulties, Father Christmas completes his itinerary with his last stop being
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John Francis Burnes


stations include Panama (1904, 1913), Santo Domingo (1905), Cuba (1906–1909),the Philippine Islands (1909–1910, 18 Jul 1913 – 30 Sep 1913), Nicaragua (5 Sep 1912 – 16 Jan 1913), Peking (1914), and France (1918). He was promoted to 1st sergeant in May 1907 and to sergeant major on 28 Sep 1916. On December 9, 1916, in a letter signed (by direction) by John A. LeJeune, Burnes was "designated to take the examination for
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Father Christmas (1991 film)


Christmas", before falling asleep as morning arrives. "Father Christmas" and "The Snowman" take place in the same universe—both were written by the same author, and both television shorts were made by very similar production teams. It is suggested that this film takes place a year or so after "The Snowman", as Father Christmas jokes to the boy "glad you could make it again; the party I mean, not your snowman”, which ultimately gives "The Snowman" a happy ending.
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J. R. R. Tolkien


development of his stories was accompanied by drawings and paintings, especially of landscapes, and by maps of the lands in which the tales were set. He also produced pictures to accompany the stories told to his own children, including those later published in "Mr Bliss" and "Roverandom", and sent them elaborately illustrated letters purporting to come from Father Christmas. Although he regarded himself as an amateur, the publisher used the author's own cover art, maps, and full-page illustrations for the early editions of "
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Father Christmas


associations with charity and with food and drink, as in several of these "Punch" illustrations: Any residual distinctions between Father Christmas and Santa Claus largely faded away in the early years of the new century, and it was reported in 1915, "The majority of children to-day ... do not know of any difference between our old Father Christmas and the comparatively new Santa Claus, as, by both wearing the same garb, they have effected a happy compromise." It took many years for authors and illustrators to
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Zodiac Killer


forged the letter, because author Armistead Maupin believed the letter to be similar to "fan mail" he received in 1976 which he believed was authored by Toschi. While he admitted to writing the fan mail, Toschi denied forging the Zodiac letter and was eventually cleared of any charges. The authenticity of this letter remains unverified. On March 3, 2007, an American Greetings Christmas card sent to the "Chronicle", postmarked 1990 in Eureka had recently been discovered in their photo files by editorial assistant Daniel King. Inside the
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Berts ytterligare betraktelser


When the Christmas break begins, Emilia wants to meet Bert during the holidays. Bert's fathers brother, Janne, who lives in New York City in the USA, visits Sweden over the holidays. Janne gives Bert a videocassette recorder for Christmas, while Åke gives Bert a pet turtle who Bert names Ove. Between Christmas and New Year, Ove eats Bert's aquarium fishes. Berts old grandmother on his father's side is to tired to arrive, and sends a letter instead. Lill-Erik gets a portable audiocassetteplayer for
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The Life of Mary Baker G. Eddy and the History of Christian Science


to rid the book of the serialized nature of the "McClure's" pieces. Stouck adds that Cather wanted to distance herself from journalism, and sought to minimize her role in the articles because they had angered the Christian Science church. Cather identified herself as the author on December 17, 1906, in a letter to her father, Charles F. Cather. The articles beginning February 1907 (at that time written, but not published) were hers, she wrote. Apologizing for being unable to come home for Christmas, she
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Santa Claus


Britain it was traditional for some to burn the Christmas letters on the fire so that they would be magically transported by the wind to the North Pole. However this has been found to be less efficient than the use of the normal postal service, and this tradition is dying out in modern times, especially with few homes having open fires. According to the Royal Mail website, Santa's address for letters from British children is: Santa/Father Christmas, Santa's Grotto, Reindeerland, XM4 5HQ In Mexico and other Latin
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The Christmas Note


The Christmas Note is a Christmas film originally broadcast on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Channel in 2015. The film is based on the book of the same name by Donna VanLiere. Gretchen Daniels moves back to her hometown of Wilsonville with her son Ethan, at the urging of her husband and Ethan's father, Kyle, who was injured while on deployment and is recovering at a military hospital in Germany. Ethan wants his dad to come home for Christmas; he writes a letter to Santa asking for such (even saying that
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'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974 TV special)


more emphasis on the point of view of Father Mouse, with Moore's poem read by Grey as a secondary plot. The program is set in the fictional town of Junctionville, New York around the turn of the 20th century. Santa Claus is offended by an anonymous letter printed in the town's newspaper (and signed "all of us") claiming that he doesn't exist. In response, Santa returns the entire town's letters to them unopened. Upon reading the anonymous letter printed in the newspaper, Father Mouse
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Robert Seppings


the whole of the keel, the vessel remaining suspended by the shores. Soon, his creation became commonly known as "Seppings Blocks." For this invention Seppings received £1000 from the Admiralty, and in 1804 was promoted to be a master shipwright at Chatham. At Chatham, in spite of the repugnance to innovation displayed by the naval authorities of that period, he was able to introduce important innovations in the methods of ship-construction. Quoted as saying "partial strength produces general weakness", he significantly improved the
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Pope Pius XII's 1942 Christmas address


elicited the strongest reaction in the Dutch Catholic Church. Archbishop of Utrecht, Johannes de Jong saw the address as a signal for Catholics to publicly confront Nazism. A later pastoral letter from the Dutch bishops claimed to be "following a path indicated by our Holy Father, the Pope" and quoted the address: "The Church would be untrue to herself, ceasing to be a mother, if she turned a deaf ear to children's anguished cries". However, unlike the Christmas address, the Dutch letter went farther and
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Melanie Tem


Bryce's absence in Corry's life confuses her into thinking that he is dead. While trick-or-treating in her ghost costume, Corry claims that she saw her father. This concerns Gail and her husband, Dennis, because Bryce is in jail and they haven't heard from him despite Gail writing him weekly letters. Around Thanksgiving time, Corry still wears her ghost costume and claims that she saw her father again. This happens well into Christmas and Corry receives a present from her father along with a Christmas card
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Fonzie


sailor delivers a Christmas present ostensibly from his father (played by Eddie Fontaine), who wishes to make amends. Fonzie is resentful, but at the end of the episode he opens his father's letter explaining why he left and reads it. He also learns that the sailor was his father, who admits in the letter that he doubted he would have the courage to reveal the truth to his son. In a later episode, Fonzie unexpectedly meets a woman he believes is his mother in a diner. She convinces him
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The Snowman


aurora borealis. They land in a snow-covered forest and join a party of snowmen. They meet Father Christmas with his reindeer; he gives him a scarf with a snowman pattern, and a letter or card addressed to "James, Brighton". The following morning after the return journey, the sun has come out and James wakes up to find that the snowman has melted. In absence of his melted snowman, James reaches into his pocket and finds the scarf given to him at the party by Father Christmas.
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Gilberte de Courgenay


they're disappointed when they hear that they won't be able to celebrate Christmas at home. Gilberte organises a Christmas celebration for the soldiers and so becomes their idol. Secretly, she loves Peter Hasler (Erwin Kohlund), who is upset because his fiancee Tilly (Ditta Oesch) is not answering his letters. When a colleague of Hasler has to travel to Berne with a sick horse, he finds out why: Tilly's rich father had seized all the letters from Peter because he thought that he was not appropriate for
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Justin Vivian Bond


author's gender-bending adventures in a New Orleans bordello after the Civil War. The letter was read by Bond and enacted by the drag troupe Pixie Harlots. In December 2015 an EP also called "Christmas Spells" was released including 3 songs ("Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", "Remember (Christmas)" and "Christmas Spells"). Bond starred as Warhol Superstar Jackie Curtis in "Jukebox Jackie" as part of the 50th anniversary season of La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club between May and June 2012
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Somatosensory evoked potential


including: Besides the clinical setting, SEPs have shown to be useful in distinct experimental paradigms. Schubert et al. (2006) used SEPs to investigate the differential processing of consciously perceived versus unperceived somatosensory stimuli. The authors used an 'extinction' paradigm to examine the connection between activation of S1 and somatosensory awareness, and observed that early SEPs (P60, N80), generated in the contralateral S1, were independent of stimulus perception. In contrast, amplitude enhancements were observed for the P100 and N140 for consciously perceived stimuli.
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Korvatunturi


demeanour and their role as guardians of homes, these gnomes are also responsible for analysing weather patterns for the yearly gift-giving trip around the world. People have also said that the ear-shaped structure of the fell allows Father Christmas to hear the wishes of every child on Earth. In popular media, this legend has been adapted into the film "". For letter mail to Father Christmas Korvatunturi has postal code "99999 Korvatunturi", even though all post sent to this address will actually be carried to Santa Claus
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Father Christmas (1991 film)


returning from the kennel with his pets, discovers letters addressed to him beginning to arrive. He soon sets to work reading every letter that arrives and preparing for Christmas Eve. With his reindeer hitched to his sleigh and presents loaded, he soon sets off to deliver each one, running across several difficulties along the way. Eventually he travels to the annual snowmen's party, greeting James and his snowman. When the pair go to see his reindeer in a nearby stable, they quickly discover two presents that had not been delivered
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Dear Santa (2011 film)


a frivolous thirty-year-old woman drifting through life shopping with her wealthy parents' money. In an effort to get their daughter to get serious about her life, they inform her that she has until Christmas to change her life style or else they will cancel her credit cards. One day Crystal discovers a letter to Santa Claus from a seven-year-old girl, Olivia (Emma Duke), asking him to send her widowed father a new wife for Christmas. Inspired by the young girl's hopeful letter
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List of Saved by the Bell characters


then has to hire James again to play Mr. Belding after his real father accepts a letter to meet Belding once more, where James falsifies Zack's grades as spectacular. James the Actor also made two appearances on "Saved By the Bell: The New Class". Frank and Laura Benton (Stephen Mendel and Jennifer McComb) are a homeless father and daughter, respectively (in the two-part season 3 episode "Home for Christmas"), who catches the eye of Zack and the gang around Christmas time. Laura
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Clan Buchanan


(21 Sep 1745), John Hay, quarter-master of Prince Charles’ Jacobite Army, arrived at Glasgow 25 Sep 1745 with a letter demanding a loan of £15,000. Buchanan and five others were chosen to negotiate with Hay, and succeeded in obtaining a reduction to £5,500. On account of Buchanan's zeal in raising new levies on behalf of the government, the Jacobites demanded in December 1745 a special levy of £500 from him. Despite threats of military execution, he replied "they might plunder his
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KJJT


the previous owner to reinstate the authorization. The transmitter site (located west of Lamesa, Texas on the Seminole Highway) was rebuilt with new air conditioning, new electrical wiring, and a rebuilt transmitter. The call letters were changed to KBXJ. The station returned to the air with a format of all Christmas music. The station called itself "Christmas 98.5" and began 24-hour-a-day operation. After Christmas the station aired a grab bag format of all kinds of music. In February 2008, the station began
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Maggie's Christmas Miracle


him the stories of Lake Tahoe and the death of Jordan's father at Christmastime. On Christmas Eve Maggie, her mother, and Jordan unwrap presents. Jordan receives from Casey the glass etching; Maggie receives a snow globe from Casey (an avid collector) with a nameplate reading "MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE LAKE TAHOE LODGE". Later Casey leaves Jordan's letter at their doorstep; Maggie reads it and rushes to Casey's house. Casey has one last present for Maggie: a pair of red gloves and a picture of
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Arthur Christmas


he retire. Arthur follows Steve, and the two learn that a Christmas elf named Bryony Shelfley found the missed present—a wrapped bicycle for a little girl in England called Gwen, to whose letter Arthur had personally responded. Arthur alerts his father, who is at a loss as to how to handle the situation; Steve argues that one missed present out of billions is an acceptable error whose correction can wait a few days, citing this year's Christmas as the most successful in history. Grandsanta on the other hand,
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19th Air Refueling Squadron


The 19th Air Refueling Squadron (19 ARS) is an inactive unit of the United States Air Force. At the time of its inactivation, it was based at Otis Air Force Base. On 19 Sep 1985 the 19th Air Refueling Squadron,(Medium), was consolidated with the 19th Ferrying Squadron, a unit that was last active 31 Mar 1944. This action was directed by Department of the Air Force Letter DAF/MPM 662q Attachment 2 (Inactive Units), 19 Sep 1985. The Consolidated Unit will retain the Designation of 19th
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Christmas Guy


but they find the festivities have been cancelled, causing Stewie to go on a destructive rampage. Vinny learns that Carter, Lois's father, canceled the carnival. Peter confronts Carter who tells him that it was cancelled because he despises the Christmas season. Peter vows to help Carter find his Christmas spirit. Peter tries a fake story letter, making Carter drink egg nog in a hotel room, and having him masturbate, to no effect. When Peter accuses Carter of acting Jewish, Carter reverses his position on the carnival.
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World Qualification Series (2009)


18 - Aug 23" 30th Anniversary of the Lacanau Pro and good conditions this year. Surf, concerts, events scheduled. Check out the video for a summary of the event http://vimeo.com/6994555 "Aug 25 - Aug 30" "Sep 01 - Sep 06" "Sep 01 - Sep 06" "Sep 04 - Sep 06" "Sep 09 - Sep 12" "Sep 10 - Sep 13" "Sep 08 - Sep 13" "Sep 15 - Sep 20" "Sep 16 - Sep 22" "Sep
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Edward Wakefield (statistician)


Edward Wakefield (1774–1854) was an English philanthropist and statistician, chiefly known as the author of "Ireland, Statistical and Political", and as the father of several controversial sons. Edward was the eldest son of Edward Wakefield (1750–1826) and Priscilla Bell and was born in 1774. He was the brother of Daniel Wakefield (1776–1846) and Isabella Wakefield (3 Mar 1773–17 October 1841)who married Joshua Head of Ipswich on 12 Sep 1794. Wakefield commenced adult life as a farmer near Romford in Essex, and was subsequently employed
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List of 1982–83 NBA season transactions


1982 Oct 2, 1982 Oct 1, 1982 Sep 30, 1982 Sep 29, 1982 Sep 28, 1982 Sep 27, 1982 Sep 24, 1982 Sep 22, 1982 Sep 20, 1982 Sep 19, 1982 Sep 18, 1982 Sep 17, 1982 Sep 15, 1982 Sep 14, 1982 Sep 13, 1982 Sep 10, 1982 Sep 9, 1982 Sep 7, 1982 Sep 2, 1982 Sep 1, 1982 Aug 31, 1982 Aug 27, 1982 Aug 26, 1982 Aug 16, 1982 Aug 8,
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22nd Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron


On 19 Sep 1985 the 22d Air Refueling Squadron was consolidated with the 22d Bombardment Squadron (Medium), a unit that was last active 2 Nov 1945. This action was directed by Department of the Air Force Letter DAF/MPM 662q Attachment 1 (Active Units), 19 Sep 1985. The Consolidated Unit retained the Designation of 22d Air Refueling Squadron, Heavy. Reactivated on 1 October 1992 at Mountain Home AFB, ID, it was assigned seven KC-135R model aircraft as part of the Air Force’s first Composite Air Intervention
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Yelena Trofimenko


Yelena Nicolaevna Trofimenko (born March 20, 1964) is a Belarusian film director, producer, screenwriter, author, actress, poet. Yelena was born on March, 20, in Minsk, Belarus. Father- Nicolay Antonovich Trofimenko (Mar 9, 1936- Dec 12, 2000) – welder, mother – Vera Lukinichna Trofimenko (Sep 5, 1937 – present). Graduated from Minsk high school № 74 with French language. During the period from 1982 to 1989 Yelena worked at Belarusian Television. She directed and produced several films
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The Man from Snowy River (TV series)


NOV 1994)br 13 The Stampede (27 NOV 1994) Season 2br 1 The Hostage (13 AUG 1995)br 2 The Savage Land (20 AUG 1995)br 3 The Railroad (27 AUG 1995)br 4 Fathers and Sons (3 SEP 1995)br 5 The Manly Art (10 SEP 1995)br 6 The Dry Argument (17 SEP 1995)br 7 Servant of the People (1 OCT 1995)br 8 The Search (8 OCT 1995)br 9 The Lost Child (15 OCT 1995)br 10 The Foundling (22 OCT 1995)br 11 The Long Arm of the Law (29 OCT 1995)br
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A Christmas Snow


A Christmas Snow is a 2010 direct-to-video independent Christmas film by Trost Moving Pictures. It stars Catherine Mary Stewart, Muse Watson, Anthony Tyler Quinn and newcomer Cameron ten Napel. There is also a guest appearance by Danny Cahill as the Food Critic. A soundtrack based on the film is being produced by Bryan Popin. Author Jim Stovall will write a novelized version of "A Christmas Snow". For the past 30 years, Kathleen (Catherine Mary Stewart) has carried around the haunting memory of her father
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Christmas card


with the year's events, and include the so-called "Christmas letter" reporting on the family's doings, sometimes running to multiple printed pages. In the UK these are known as round-robin letters. While a practical notion, Christmas letters meet with a mixed reception; recipients may take it as boring minutiae, bragging, or a combination of the two, whereas other people appreciate Christmas letters as more personal than mass-produced cards with a generic missive and an opportunity to "catch up" with the
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Open Christmas Letter


The Open Christmas Letter was a public message for peace addressed "To the Women of Germany and Austria", signed by a group of 101 British suffragists at the end of 1914 as the first Christmas of the First World War approached. The Open Christmas Letter was written in acknowledgment of the mounting horror of modern war and as a direct response to letters written to American feminist Carrie Chapman Catt, the president of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance (IWSA), by a small group of German women's rights activists. Published in
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Baytown Sun


Baytown Police Department received five letters from someone identifying themselves as "Madman" and claiming to have been the killer in the Halloween murder of a local 11-year-old girl. Each letter contained a riddle which when answered, the author stated, would eventually reveal the killer's name. However, if the police answered incorrectly, another child would be killed on Christmas. In an unusual request, the letters also demanded the answers to the riddles be printed on front page of the Baytown Sun. When the Baytown police approached then
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A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa


A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa is a 2008 NBC television special, directed by Kirk Thatcher and produced by The Muppets Studio, featuring The Muppets in a Christmas mission to personally deliver three letters to Santa, accidentally diverted by Gonzo, to the North Pole. The special, shot in Brooklyn and Midtown Manhattan, was released by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on DVD. On Christmas Eve, the Muppets go to the post office in New York City to deliver each of their letters to Santa Claus (Richard Griffiths).
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Max Goof


"Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas", in the segment "A Very Goofy Christmas", Max goes bicycling into the mall with his father, Goofy, to catch up to the mail truck in order to mail his letter to Santa. However, when their neighbor Pete tells Max that there is no such thing as Santa, Goofy goes out of his way to try to prove to Max that Santa does exist. However, after staying up all night with no luck, Goofy is filled with disappointment, leaving it
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The Snowman and the Snowdog


the back garden. With Christmas approaching, Billy writes to Father Christmas in the form of a hand-drawn picture; the one and only thing he asks for is another dog to replace his dead one. In his excitement, at the prospect of posting the letter, he stumbles over a loose floorboard in his bedroom and beneath it discovers some toys including a toy aeroplane and a small box tied with tinsel. In the box, he finds a photograph of James and the Snowman. and the original scarf, hat,
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Happy Together (1997 film)


encounters seem to be a way to numb the emotional pain. We learn that earlier Lai had stolen a large amount of money from his father's associate's business back in Hong Kong, in order to finance the trip for himself and Ho to South America. His father rejects his attempt to apologise by telephone. On Christmas Day, he sits down and begins to write a card to his father. The card turns into a long letter. Lai apologizes to his father, and resolves to return to Hong Kong and deal
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Refugee Boy


set for 16 February. Soon after Christmas, Alem receives another letter from his father explaining that his mother has been killed and that his father will try to get Alem back. Ruth, the foster family's daughter, provides solace for Alem. His father soon turns up at his house and they go for dinner (spaghetti). The following Monday, Alem comes home to find that his father had gone to the Home Office to submit his asylum application, but was arrested and taken to Camps-field Detention Center.
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September 1941 lunar eclipse


A partial lunar eclipse took place on Friday, September 5, 1941. It was a shallow partial lunar eclipse, with less than 10% of the Moon covered in Earth's shadow. Aug 31, 1941 = Sunday Sep 1, 1941 = Monday Sep 2, 1941 = Tuesday Sep 3, 1941 = Wednesday Sep 4, 1941 = Thursday Sep 5, 1941 = Friday Sep 6, 1941 = Saturday Sep 7, 1941 = Sunday Sep 8, 1941 = Monday Sep 9, 1941 = Tuesday Sep 10, 1941
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The Courage to Be Ourselves


The Courage to Be Ourselves is a Christmas 1970 pastoral letter of Melkite Catholic Archbishop Joseph Tawil of the Eparchy of Newton. The address defines the raison d'etre for the existence of diasporate Eastern Catholic Churches and their traditions. Tawil was assigned archbishop of the Meklite Catholic church in the United States in 1969. Many Eastern Catholic churches had adopted Latin practices, and many Melkite Catholics had abandoned their religion. Tawil authored the pastoral letter to address these concerns. Archbishop Tawil used the letter to lay out four major points on the current state
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John Wingate Thornton


Wingate Thornton. Box 2; Folder 40. 29 Oct 1850 Letter from Eliza Gookin Thornton to John Wingate Thornton. Box 2; Folder 40. 01 Nov 1850 Letter from Eliza Gookin Thornton to John Wingate Thornton. Box 2; Folder 40. 08 Nov 1850 Letter from Eliza Gookin Thornton to John Wingate Thornton. Box 2; Folder 40. 15 Feb 1851 Letter from Eliza Gookin Thornton to John Wingate Thornton. Box 2; Folder 40. 09 Sep 1851 Letter from James Brown Thornton, Sr. to John Wingate Thornton
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John Wingate Thornton


. Box 2; Folder 40. 09 Sep 1853 Letter from John Wingate Thornton to Elizabeth Bowles Thornton. Box 2; Folder 40. 07 Jul 1857 Letter from George Wingate Gookin to John Wingate Thornton. Box 4; Folder 118. 23 Jul 1857 Letter from George Wingate Gookin to John Wingate Thornton. Box 4; Folder 118. 26 Nov 1860 Letter from Sarah Gookin Storer to John Wingate Thornton. Box 4; Folder 118. 04 Jan 1861 Letter from Sarah Gookin Storer to John Wingate Thornton. Box 2; Folder
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George L. Howe


At the book's end, the author recounts that he had responded to the original letter from Happy's father, telling him what had happened to his son. The novel ends with a second letter from the father, noting that both he and his wife were grateful to Howe "for having seen as deep into our boy's heart as only we had seen." The authenticity of the father's letters is fairly clear. In fact, a contemporary review of the book in "The New York Times" noted that
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Severn Estuary


authorities and interested parties such as farmers and fisherman. Its stated aim is "To bring together all those involved in the development, management and use of the Estuary within a framework which encourages the integration of their interests and responsibilities to achieve common objectives". In 2001 SEP published the "Strategy for the Severn Estuary", which sets out a plan for the management of the estuary. SEP uses a geographically extended definition of the Severn Estuary, beginning at the tidal limit of the River Severn in Gloucester and ending at a
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Round-robin letter


A round-robin letter or Christmas letter is a letter, typically included with a Christmas card and sent to multiple recipients at the end of the year, in which the writer describes the year's events for himself and/or his family. The round-robin letter has been the subject of much ridicule, particularly from the "Guardian" journalist Simon Hoggart, who compiled examples of the genre in his newspaper column, as well as writing the book "The Hamster That Loved Puccini: The Seven Modern Sins of Christmas Round-
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J. R. R. Tolkien


Tolkien's later fiction, with major details of both "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings" being adapted from the poem. The piece reveals many of the aspects of "Beowulf" which Tolkien found most inspiring, most prominently the role of monsters in literature, particularly that of the dragon which appears in the final third of the poem: In addition to his mythopoeic compositions, Tolkien enjoyed inventing fantasy stories to entertain his children. He wrote annual Christmas letters from Father Christmas for them, building up a
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Troublemakers (1994 film)


Troublemakers (, also known as "The Fight Before Christmas") is a 1994 spaghetti western comedy film. It is the last pairing of Terence Hill (who also directed) and Bud Spencer. Travis, a gunslinger receives a letter from his mother Maw, asking him to bring his brother Moses and his family to a Christmas reunion and to give them an unknown treasure she claims to have inherited it from his father. Moses is a bounty hunter, who is angry at Maw, for letting his stolen horses loose,
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Petals on the Wind


and believes this will be a crushing blow to Corrine. Bart is torn between his desire to stay married to Corrine and his wish to be a father but does manage to put an end to Cathy sending blackmail letters to Corrine. Cathy returns to Foxworth Hall on the eve of the annual Christmas Ball, in a replica of the gown Corrine wore to the Christmas party Cathy and Chris spied on so many years ago. She visits the room where she and her siblings were locked away and sees that it has been untouched since
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Mrs. Perkins's Ball


"Mrs. Perkins's Ball" until, halfway through, he realizes in mock horror that he himself authored it and demands to "Kick old Father Christmas out of doors, the abominable old imposter! Next year I'll go to the Turks, the Scotch, or other Heathens who don't keep Christmas." The book was, nevertheless, popular enough that American author Mark Twain may have used the title character as an inspiration for his first known pen name, W. Epaminondas Adrastus Perkins, affixed to an article of his
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Radio Educación


to the Secretaría de Gobernación. Radio Educación was consolidated with Radio México, which was labeled "the radio agency of the Government of the Republic", and the SEP sent its programs to be aired on that station and over all other stations during the time that all broadcasters were required to cede to the SEP. On April 29, 1964, Radio Educación's future shortwave station was authorized as XEICM-OC, operated by the (Federal Teacher Training Institute). The callsign changed on September 21, 1973, to XEPPM
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John Dunn Gardner


that name and style was then passed). His death is recorded, 7 September 1903. This Cecil Dunn-Gardner was the father of two sons, Robert Cecil,born 18 Sep. 1868, Francis Cyril, bapt. 2 Aug. 1872 (both unmarried)and four daughters - (Lucy) Cecilia or Cissie, Maude, Violet, and Flora: 6.1. Robert Cecil Dunn-Gardner (b. 18 Sep 1868) unmarried 6.2. Francis Cyril Dunn-Gardner (bapt. 2 August 1872) 6.3. (Lucy) Cecilia
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John N. Hungerford


Newell (Mar. 2, 1813-Feb. 5, 1890); Ruth (May 24, 1815- ?); Asahel Smith (Feb. 10, 1817-May 3, 1900); Paulina Rolinda (Feb. 28, 1819- ?); Celinda (Sep. 21, 1821-Jan. 18, 1895); Elias B. (Sep. 1, 1822- ?) Hungerford. On January 9, 1827, John's father Lot died, leaving his one-year-old son to the care of his mother and siblings. Although John did not remember
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List of Middle-earth animals


vampire bats, elephants Tolkien's "The Father Christmas Letters" are not set in Middle-earth (although they share Elves and Goblins). Nevertheless, the letters (especially 1932) contain references to, and his drawings of, some exotic mammals:-br frogs, lizards, snakes (including adders, grass-snakes), sea-turtles, toads Fastitocalon, an enormous sea turtle, is the subject of a poem of the same name in "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil". blind fish, dragonets, perch (
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Tagi (Ginti mayor)


Tagi was the ruler/mayor of ancient Ginti–(Gintikirmil), of the 14th century BC Amarna letters. Tagi's name is a Hurrian hypocoristicon for the word "beautiful". Tagi was the father-in-law of Milkilu, mayor of ancient Gazru-(modern Gezer), (one of three mayors). Tagi was the author of 3 short, but complete Amarna letters, EA 264-66, (EA for 'el Amarna'), and Tagi is also referenced in two other letters. The authored letters are written
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A House to Let


, and 1856. The four authors would write together again in 1859's "The Haunted House" which appeared in the extra Christmas number of "All the Year Round", the successor to "Household Words" which Dickens had started after a dispute with his publishers. In a letter to Collins from 6 September 1858, Dickens outlined his idea for a Christmas story. He originally envisaged the story being written by himself and Collins with his plot outline fleshed out by Collins, but was later to invite Gaskell and Procter to
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Disappearance of Simon Parkes


' disappearance prompted a search of the areas he was last known to be in. This amounted to a 250-man physical search of the area. Deliberate disappearance or AWOL (absent without leave) were originally suspected, with authorities pressing their emphasis on looking for a person, not a body. Parkes had left his passport, all his possessions and Christmas presents behind on the ship with his family later saying that he had written a letter telling them that he would be home for Christmas. Shipmates later confirmed that Parkes was looking forward
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Christmas in the American Civil War


We Were Marching on Christmas Day", author Kevin Rawlings notes that some southern children worried about the Union blockade, and one little girl, Sallie Brock Putnam, plotted the course Santa Claus would have to take to avoid it. Sometimes fathers on both sides were allowed furlough, and children were said to react to their fathers as if seeing "near strangers". Excuses for a lack of Santa included Yankees having shot him. Thomas Nast, who used his editorial cartoons to issue Union propaganda, made several illustrations reflecting the
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Akashadoothu


the handicapped child. Annie and father Vattappara try hard to find someone to take care of him. Mean time Annie's doctor give her a hint that days are counted for her. She wishes to celebrate Christmas at her home with her kids and makes arrangements for the it. She writes a letter to Meenu asking her to always keep in touch with her brothers so that the bond between the siblings remain for ever. On the day before Christmas, Annie dreams that all her children have come to see her. She wakes
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Giuseppe Diana


Giuseppe Diana (; July 4, 1958 – March 19, 1994), also known as Father Peppino, was an Italian writer, a scout, and a Roman Catholic parish priest in Casal di Principe. He was killed by the Camorra. In the mid-1980s, he set up a welcome centre for African immigrants in Campania to stop them being recruited by the Camorra in a direct challenge to their business practices. On Christmas 1991, he published a letter urging his parishioners to shun the Camorra. The letter entitled "For the
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SS Fenella (1881)


a schoolmaster. He had spent Christmas on the island with his father and sisters but returned to Liverpool in order to seek an "extension of leave." This was granted, and Quayle purchased a ticket to return to the Isle of Man on the "Fenella". When Quayle failed to arrive back at his father’s house that Monday night, it was assumed by the family that he had decided not to take passage as a consequence of the weather. However, on Wednesday a letter reached the house of Quayle’s
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Scaleup company


Growth', an independent report that presents results from other nations that have changed their economic policy towards scaleups and recommends actions the UK needs to take to ensure is the leading economy in the world for generations to come. Alberto Onetti: Chairman – Mind The Bridge Foundation (MTB) that leads Startup Europe Partnership (SEP); SEP Coordinator at MTB. Professor of Entrepreneurship at Insubria University and serial entrepreneur. He is a scaleup advocate. Alberto Onetti Linkedin Alberto Onetti crunchbase Brad Feld: A noted American entrepreneur, author,
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy


The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP) combines an online encyclopedia of philosophy with peer-reviewed publication of original papers in philosophy, freely accessible to Internet users. It is maintained by Stanford University. Each entry is written and maintained by an expert in the field, including professors from many academic institutions worldwide. Authors contributing to the encyclopedia give Stanford University the permission to publish the articles, but retain the copyright to those articles. , the "SEP" has nearly 1,600 published entries. Apart from its online status, the
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List of Mrs. Brown's Boys characters


letters her children sent to Father Christmas, and reads Trevor's. Trevor asks for his presents to be given to a poor boy with no toys. Trevor has since appeared sporadically throughout the series. He appears for his brother Rory's wedding, and has a minor role in the movie, but is never a major character and all his traveling conflicts with his work on the missions. It was Father Quinn who helped Trevor get to the missions. He seems quite friendly with Quinn's replacement, Father Damian. When Agnes
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Christmas Letter Mission


The Christmas Letter Mission was an English charity established in the 19th century, which aimed to send a Christmas card to every hospital patient in England. The card was accompanied by a letter. The charity had its origins in a programme set up by Miss E. E. Steele Elliott in 1871 and overseen by a church in Brighton, which aimed to send Christmas cards to all patients in the county of Sussex. The charity's aims later expanded again to include prisoners and those in workhouses, police officers, railway workers, post office
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Tilde de Paula Eby


gala . During Christmas Eve 2013, de Paula was the Christmas host for TV4's Christmas broadcasts. She also presented the celebrity dance show Let's Dance 2017. She continued to present Let's Dance 2018 and Let's Dance 2019 In 2006, Tilde de Paula co-authored the book "Plastmammor, gummipappor och bonusbarn" with Birgitta Klang published by Bokförlaget DN. "Plastmammor, gummipappor och bonusbarn" is a book for stepmothers and fathers who need advice on how to tackle the situation they are facing. In 2015,
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Santa in the City


Santa in the City (SITC) is a non-profit, volunteer-run organization, dedicated to spreading Christmas joy to in need children throughout the Greater Toronto Area. Each year, SITC collects Letters to Santa from agencies such as shelters, group homes and education, social or community-focused associations. SITC endeavours to find, involve and connect Torontonians with the opportunity to become "City Santas" by providing access to Letters to Santa authored by in-need children and posted on SITC's website. "City Santas
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A Christmas Story (1972 TV special)


A Christmas Story is a 1972 American animated Christmas television special produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions which was broadcast in syndication on December 9, 1972. As a family gathers around the tree on Christmas Eve, their son Timmy has made a special wish in his letter to Santa Claus. But the letter is found – unmailed – by the lovable family dog Goober and his friend, Gumdrop the mouse. Together, they set off into the snowy night to deliver the letter to Santa. Overcoming many perils – including a lurking gang
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Edgar Hanfstaengl


father's Art business. Edgar's only daughter Erna found, after her father's death, an envelope with the hand-written endorsement by her father: "Letters of Princess Sophie Charlotte - burn these unread. Edgar." Erna did not carry out her father's wishes, but instead handed over the letters in February 1980 to the author Heinz Gebhardt, in order 'once (for all) to set the record straight' and he published details of the affair with excerpts from the correspondence in his history of the
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Father Christmas (1991 film)


Father Christmas is a British animated short starring Mel Smith as the titular character. Created for Channel 4 and first broadcast on Christmas Eve 1991 in Britain, the story is an adaption of two books written by Raymond Briggs - "Father Christmas" and "Father Christmas Goes on Holiday" - and is the second animated adaptation of Briggs' work made for the channel, following the 1982 animated short "The Snowman". The story focuses on a stereotypical vision of Father Christmas with a down-to-earth twist, living
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Open Christmas Letter


Minna Cauer, and Helene Stöcker were among the German signers; Rosa Mayreder, Marianne Fickert, Ernestine Federn, and were in the group of Austrian signers. The response was entitled "Open Letter in Reply to the Open Christmas Letter from Englishwomen to German and Austrian Women" and was published in "Jus Suffragii" on 1 March 1915. The letter began: To our English sisters, sisters of the same race, we express in the name of many German women our warm and heartfelt thanks for their Christmas greetings, which
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Father Christmas


Father Christmas is the traditional English name for the personification of Christmas. Although now known as a Christmas gift-bringer, and normally considered to be synonymous with American culture's Santa Claus which is now known worldwide, he was originally part of an unrelated and much older English folkloric tradition. The recognisably modern figure of the English Father Christmas developed in the late Victorian period, but Christmas had been personified for centuries before then. English personifications of Christmas were first recorded in the 15th century, with Father Christmas himself first appearing in
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The Beeps


Sapphire Stream S2/Ep45 Apr. 29 Wash Those Socks! S2/Ep46 Dec. 12 The Bumps SEASON 3: S3/Ep1 Aug. 30 Up Down Hill S3/Ep2 Aug. 31 Caravan S3/Ep3 Sep. 6 Secret Garden S3/Ep4 Sep. 7 Bounceflower Tea S3/Ep5 Sep. 13 The Whale S3/Ep6 Sep. 14 Soggy Sockroaches S3/Ep7 Sep. 20 Stinkroots S3/Ep8 Sep. 21 Sing-a-long-a-beeps S3/Ep9 Sep. 27 History Book S3/Ep10 Sep. 28 What Goes Splat? S3
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Private Eye


such as the cartoon which portrayed a "Taliban careers master asking a pupil: What would you like to be when you blow up?". Many letters in the first issue of 2005 disagreed with the former readers' complaints, and some were parodies of those letters, "complaining" about the following issue's cover – a cartoon depicting Santa's sleigh shredded by a wind farm: one said: "To use a picture of Our Lord Father Christmas and his Holy Reindeer being torn limb from limb while flying over a
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Christian Cavendish, Countess of Devonshire


sent news of the christening of Princess Elizabeth, and a copy of "A Letter sent from France by Walter Montague to his father" by Walter Montagu to William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle, hoping he would not be converted by it to Catholicism. She wrote more letters to the Earl of Newcastle, relating her son Willliam's grand tour in France, and the arrival of the Prince Palatine at court. Christmas 1636 was spent at Byfleet. In 1637 Dorothy Sidney, Countess of Leicester tried to arrange a marriage between
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Signal Transfer Point


. SEPs send signaling messages to other SEPs, but the messages are normally routed via the SEP's adjacent STPs. An STP's main function is to identify the best path for two SEPs to communicate. A typical application would be for two SEPs to agree on the use of a shared data path (e.g., using ISUP to initiate a voice call between a user on one SEP and a user on the second SEP). In this way, STPs route signaling messages (for starting, maintaining or finishing any kind of
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