Welcome to the 2013
Blide Christmas Blether
CONTENTS PAGE
Pg 3 A Christmas Story
Pg 4-5 Christmas Word Search
Pg 6 Hoo’s Hid Gan?
Pg 7 Christmas Quiz
Pg 8 Little Snowman Maze
Pg 9 Turn-a-phrase
Pg 10-11 Christmas Crossword
Pg12 Hoo’s Hid Gan?
Pg 13 Interesting Christmas Trivia?
Pg 14 Dot to dot
Pg 15 Christmas Tree Maze
Pg 16 Frazer’s Victoria Sponge recipe
Pg 16 Christmas Quiz Answers
Pg 17 Christmas Word Search Answers
Pg 18 Little Snowman Maze Solution
Pg 19 Turn-a-phrase word list
Pg 20 Christmas Crossword Answers
Pg 21 Christmas Tree Maze Solution
Pg 22 ‘Merry Christmas’ from around the World
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A Christmas Story
One Christmas, a long time ago, Santa Claus was getting
ready for his annual trip; but there were problems ……
everywhere. Four of his elves were away sick and the trainee
elves did not produce the toys as fast as the regular ones. So,
Santa was beginning to feel the pressure of being behind
schedule. Then, Mrs. Claus popped in to tell Santa that her
mother was coming to stay for Christmas; which stressed
him even more. After a while, he went to harness the
reindeer, he found that three of them were about to give
birth and two had jumped the fence and run away, heaven
knows where to.
Then, when he began to load the sleigh one of the boards
broke and several large toy- bags fell to the ground,
scattering their contents all over the place. Needless to say,
Santa was not in the best of moods. Suddenly, the doorbell
rang and he went to the door expecting another problem.
But when he opened it, there was a little angel with a great
big Christmas tree that she had brought especially to cheer
him up. The angel greeted him very cheerfully, “Merry
Christmas Santa Claus. Isn’t it just a wonderful day? I have
a beautiful tree for you. See, isn’t it just the loveliest
Christmas tree you’ve ever seen? Where would you like me
to put it?” Thus began the tradition of the little angel on top
of the Christmas tree..
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HOO’S HID GAN?
What is your favourite film?
Lord of the Rings.
David Sneesby
What is your favourite drink?
Milk and red wine. (Not in the same glass!!!)
Do you have any pets? If so, what are their
names?
Yes; George, the dog: Scoot/Sulla, the dog: Cleocatra, the cat: Charlie,
the cat: Pudsy, the peacock.
What three things would you do if you won £1million?
Keep half and give half away.
What hobbies do you have?
Trout fishing, gardening.
What’s your favourite and least favourite foods?
Favourite - Roast dinner.
Least - Salt fish.
When you were little what did you want to be when you were older?
Join the merchant navy and see the world.
Name your three favourite musicians.
Gerry Douglas, Mark Knopler, Peter Gabriel.
What’s your favourite thing about the Blide?
Every day is different.
What three things would you take to a deserted island?
Seeds, fishing rod and a BBQ.
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Christmas Quiz
1. The name of Scrooge’s deceased business partner in Charles Dicken’s
“A Christmas Carol” was?
2. What is the name of Tiny Tim’s father in the story, “A Christmas
Carol”?
3. What did Frosty the Snowman have for a nose?
4. How many gifts would you receive if you received all of the gifts in the
song “The Twelve Days of Christmas”?
5. In the song “Winter Wonderland”, who do we pretend the snowman is?
6. In the movie “Miracle on 34th Street”, a man is on trial for claiming to
be Santa Claus. What convinces the judge to rule in the man’s favour?
7. In the traditional song, “Go Tell It on the Mountain”, what are you
supposed to, go tell on a mountain?
8. According to the song, “Frosty the Snowman”, what kind of soul does
Frosty have?
9. True or False: Joseph was the one that told Mary she was going to have
a baby.
10. In the Christmas Song, who did I (narrator) see kissing Santa Claus
under the mistletoe last night?
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HOO’S HID GAN?
George Grant
What is your favourite film?
American Pie.
What is your favourite drink?
Guiness and Vodka.
Do you have any pets? If so, what are their names?
No.
What three things would you do if you won £1million?
Start a pub and get drunk. Pay for driving lessons.
What hobbies do you have?
Motocross and cooking.
What’s your favourite and least favourite foods?
Favourite - Sweet and sour chicken.
Least - Dad’s curry.
When you were little what did you want to be when you were older?
A head chef.
Name your favourite musicians.
Don Williams and Alan Jackson.
What’s your favourite thing about the Blide?
Cooking and not getting hassled by Ms. Tait.
What three things would you take to a deserted island?
Rum, spear and a hat to keep my head warm.
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Interesting Christmas Trivia?
1. Expect to spend an average of 2 hours and 27 minutes wrapping
presents!
2. Xmas was banned by the Puritans under the rule of Oliver Cromwell. In
1647 Parliament passed a law making Christmas illegal.
3. “A Christmas Carol” was written by Charles Dickens in 1843 - it took
him just six weeks!
4. The name of Santa’s reindeer are Dasher and Dancer, Prancer and
Vixen, Comet and Cupid, and Dunder and Blixem.
5. The very first Santa pictures often depicted him wearing a variety of
different colour coats including green, blue and mauve.
6. Saint Nicholas is commonly identified with Santa Claus due to his
reputation for generosity, secret gift-giving and his kindness to children.
7. Based on polls and statistics 45% of the population of the world
celebrate Christmas.
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Famous poem ’T’was the night before Christmas’ was written in1822
by Clement Clarke Moore.
9. From 1931, an illustrator called Haddon H. Sundblom produced Santa
pictures every Xmas depicting Santa in his red coat as part of the CocaCola Xmas campaigns.
10. 80% of people will have their shopping done by December 20th. To get
it done, they’ll make eight store visits in 6.5 days.
11. Oklahoma became the last USA state to declare Xmas a legal holiday in
1907.
12. Coca-Cola was the first beverage company to use Santa Claus for a
winter promotion (they did not invent Santa!)
13. Santa must visit 842,000,000 houses on Christmas Eve.
14. A traditional Christmas Dinner in early England was the head of a pig
prepared with mustard.
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Frazer’s Victoria Sponge Recipe
200g Self- raising flour
180C conventional oven
200g butter or soft marg
160C fan assisted oven
200g Caster sugar
1tsp baking powder
4 eggs
1drop of vanilla essence or zest of 1 lemon & 2tbsp lemon juice
Cream butter and sugar, mix in eggs slowly, add lemon fold in
sieved flour and baking powder. (Frazer puts all the ingredients in a
food mixer!) Divide equally into two sponge tins.
Bake in a pre-heated oven for approx. 30mins.
Christmas Quiz Answers
1. Jacob Marley.
2. Bob Cratchit.
3. A button.
4. 364 gifts.
5. Parson Brown.
6. The US Postal Service delivers mail to him.
7. Our Jesus Christ is born!
8. A jolly happy soul.
9. False: It was an Angel that told Mary the news!
10. Mommy.
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‘Merry Christmas’ from around the World
Afrikaans - "Geseënde Kersfees en ‘n Voorspoedige Nuwe Jaar."
Chinese - [Mandarin] - "Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan"
Chinese - [Catonese] - "Saint Dan Fai Lok"
Cornish - "Nadelik looan na looan blethen noweth"
Croatian - "Sretan Bozic i Nova Godina" (Merry Christmas & Happy New Year)
Czech - "Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok"
Danish - "Glædelig Jul"
Dutch - "Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar
Estonian - "Haid joule ja head uut aastat"
Finnish - "Hyvaa joulua"
French - "Joyeux Noël"
German - "Froehliche Weihnachten"
Greek - "Kala Christouyenna"
Hawaiian - "Mele Kalikimaka"
Hebrew - "Mo'adim Lesimkha. Chena tova"
Hindi - "Shub Naya Baras"
Hungarian - "Kellemes Karacsonyi unnepeket"
Icelandic - "Gledileg Jol"
Norwegian - "God Jul"
Polish - "Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia"
Portuguese - "Feliz Natal" "Boas Festas"(Good Holidays.)
Romanian - "Craciun fericit" (Merry Christmas), "Sarbatori Fericite" (Happy Holidays)
Scots Gaelic - "Nollaig chridheil huibh"
Spanish - "Feliz Navidad"
Swedish - "God Jul and (Och) Ett Gott Nytt År"
Welsh - "Nadolig Llawen"
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