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unusual facts about Christmas present



John Strelecky

Strelecky has said that this book was inspired by his own experiences while traveling in Africa, and also from the Oprah Winfrey TV show episode where she delivers 50,000 Christmas presents to children in South Africa.


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Bedford Hours

In 1430 Anne gave the manuscript as a Christmas present to the nine-year-old Henry VI, who was staying with the Bedfords in Rouen before his coronation as king of France.

Belfast City Hospital

She knew Florence Nightingale and in December 1884, Miss Nightingale sent a Christmas present to Miss Pirrie for the children in the Infirmary.

Four flush

In National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Clark refers to his boss as "four flushing" in his tirade over his corporate Christmas present; in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York it's used by the mafia boss Johnny in the fictional film Angels with Even Filthier Souls; and in Uncle Buck, Pooter the Clown calls Buck a four flusher, which results in Buck punching the clown right in the face.

Gamages

Many of those who were children at the time remember Gamages because of its unparallelled stock of toys of the day, and the Gamages catalogue which was used to publicise them, and was a well-loved gift during the autumn, in time for Christmas present requests to be made.

Joannie Taylor

The ghost also takes Nan through the 1950s and 1970s before the Ghost of Christmas Present (David Tennant) shows Nan the consequences of her throwing her relatives out when their pet dog dies after choking on a crisp.

No3b

No Sleeves' songs featured in different media: "3seconds" and "Christmas Present" in the drama Men Dol: Ikemen Idol as insert songs, with "Relax!" as theme song.

Powertrack

Peter Kay commented in his autobiography The Sound of Laughter that the Race 'N' Chase set he received for Christmas in the late 1970s was the best Christmas present ever.

Reliant Scimitar

Princess Anne was given a manual overdrive SE5 as a joint 20th birthday present and Christmas present in November 1970 by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh.