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The Sinatra Family Wish You a Merry Christmas | christmas party favors

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

The Sinatra Family Wish You a Merry Christmas is a 1968 Christmas album by Frank Sinatra and featuring his children, Frank Sinatra, Jr., Nancy Sinatra, and Tina Sinatra.


Track listing

  1. “I Wouldn’t Trade Christmas” (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 2:55
  2. “It’s Such a Lonely Time of Year” (Taylor) – 4:38
  3. “Some Children See Him” (Hutson) – 2:59
  4. “O Bambino (One Cold and Blessed Winter)” (Capra, Velona) – 2:59
  5. “The Bells of Christmas (Greensleeves)” (Traditional, ad. Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:41
  6. “Whatever Happened to Christmas?” (Jimmy Webb) – 3:05
  7. “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” (Coots, Gillespie) – 2:35
  8. “Kids” (Davis) – 3:01
  9. “The Christmas Waltz” (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 3:12
  10. “The Twelve Days of Christmas” (Traditional, ad. Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 4:26


Personnel

  • Frank Sinatra - Vocals (Tracks 1, 5, 6, 9, 10)
  • Frank Sinatra, Jr. - Vocals (Tracks 1, 3, 5, 10)
  • Nancy Sinatra - Vocals (Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10)
  • Tina Sinatra - Vocals (Tracks 1, 4, 5, 7, 10)
  • Nelson Riddle - Arranger, Composer
  • Don Costa - Arranger, Composer
  • The Jimmy Joyce Singers

Twelfth Day | christmas party favors

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

Twelfth Day is the twelfth and last day of the traditional Twelve Days of Christmas which follow Christmas Day. In western Christianity it falls on 6 January, which is also the feast of the Epiphany.

Twelfth Day is preceded by Twelfth Night, the evening of 5 January.

In some countries, Twelfth Day is denoted as a public holiday. It has a particular prominence in Ireland, where it is known as Little Christmas (Nollaig Bheag).

Christmas in the Aire | christmas party favors

Friday, June 27th, 2008

Christmas in the Aire was the third Christmas album released by new age musical group Mannheim Steamroller. The album was originally released in 1995.


Track listing

  1. “Joy to the World” – 3:36
  2. “Joseph Dear, Oh Joseph Mine” – 3:08
  3. “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer” – 3:11
  4. “Herbei, oh ihr Gläubigen (Oh Come All Ye Faithful)” – 3:30
  5. “Pat-A-Pan” – 4:48
  6. “O Little Town of Bethlehem” – 3:55
  7. “Angels We Have Heard on High” – 3:53
  8. “Gagliarda” – 3:00
  9. “Los Peces en el Rio” – 3:50
  10. “Christmas Lullaby” – 4:06
  11. “Kling, Glöckchen” – 1:46
  12. “Jingle Bells” – 4:28

Christmas Interpretations | Christmas A

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

Christmas Interpretations is a 1993 Christmas album by R&B group Boyz II Men for the Motown label. Several of the tracks are originals, written by the group and labelmate Brian McKnight; others are cover versions of traditional Christmas songs.


Track listing

  1. “Silent Night (Intro)”
  2. “Let It Snow” (featuring Brian McKnight)
  3. “Share Love”
  4. “You’re Not Alone”
  5. “A Joyous Song
  6. “Why Christmas”
  7. “Cold December Nights”
  8. “Do They Know”
  9. “Who Would Have Thought”
  10. “Silent Night”

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Lindor | and Hot Chocolate

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Lindor is a (Swiss) chocolate truffle made by Lindt & Sprüngli and first introduced in 1955 in Switzerland.
They consist of a solid outer chocolate shell which is filled with a smooth filling of various flavors. The filling melts at a lower temperature than the outer shell, and is meant to be liquid at or above room temperature.

Lindor Chocolates are typically packaged in groups of three in a uniquely shaped box with a parallelogram cross section. In the United States they are often sold individually and also come in a variety of
packaging. There are generally two sizes of bags for the chocolates.

Lindor chocolates come in a spherical shape (approximately 3 cm diameter) and in several flavours, Milk chocolate, Dark chocolate, White chocolate, Mint, Hazelnut, Amaretto (now discontinued in retail stores), Orange, Raspberry, Extra Dark, Stracciatella (Swiss and Canadian market), Holiday (Milk chocolate with a White chocolate center), Coffee (Italian market) and Peanut Butter.

The chocolates were introduced in their current unique wrapper in 1978. Each flavor has a different colored wrapper. White chocolate has a yellow wrapper, milk chocolate has a red one, and dark chocolate has a blue one. Mint has a green wrapper, peanut butter has an orange wrapper and hazelnut has a brown one. 60% cocoa truffles have a black wrapper. Peanut butter is the only flavor with its name printed on the wrapper.

“Lindor” also comes in a chocolate bar form. Some flavors are Intense Mint, 99% Dark Cocoa and White Chocolate. Most of the US Lindor truffles are manufactured in Stratham, New Hampshire.

In Switzerland the chocolates are referred to as “Lindor Kugeln” or “Lindor balls”.


External links

  • Lindt Company homepage

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Victim of Love (album) | on the albums Elton

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

Victim of Love is the thirteenth studio album by British singer/songwriter Elton John, released in 1979. Recorded at Musicland, Munich and Rusk Sound Studios, Hollywood, it was not critically or commercially well-received, and is his second lowest charting album to date.


Track listing

  1. “Johnny B. Goode” (Chuck Berry) – 8:06
  2. “Warm Love in a Cold World” (Pete Bellotte/Stefan Wisnet/Gunther Moll) – 3:22
  3. “Born Bad” (Bellotte/Geoff Bastow) – 6:20
  4. “Thunder in the Night” (Bellotte/Michael Hofmann) – 4:40
  5. “Spotlight” (Bellotte/Wisnet/Moll) – 4:22
  6. “Street Boogie” (Bellotte/Wisnet/Moll) – 3:53
  7. “Victim of Love” (Bellotte/Sylvester Levay/Jerry Rix) – 5:02


B-sides

Song Format
“Strangers” Victim of Love 7″ (US/UK)

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Emerson Beauchamp | are served throughout

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

Emerson “Doc” Beauchamp (1899 - 1971) served as Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky under Governor Lawrence Wetherby.

“Doc” Beauchamp was from Logan County, Kentucky. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I and World War II. He served in the Kentucky Senate from 1944 through 1946. He was elected Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky in 1951 and served 1951-55. Beauchamp was a Kentucky delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1952, 1956 and 1960. He served as Kentucky state treasurer 1964-1968.

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Prusa | Turkey

Monday, February 25th, 2008

Prusa

may indicate a number of things:

  • An alternative rendering of the town of Bursa, Turkey.
  • An alternative name for the ancient city of Cius, Turkey
  • An indigenous Baltic name for old Prussia.

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Bugs Bunny’s Christmas Carol | Christmas

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

Bugs Bunny’s Christmas Carol is an eight minute animated short film produced by Warner Bros. Television and released in 1979 by Warner Bros. as part of the Christmas special Bugs Bunny’s Looney Christmas Tales.

The cartoon is an adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol, featuring Yosemite Sam as Ebenezer Scrooge and Porky Pig as Bob Cratchit. Bugs Bunny makes things better by dressing up as a ghost to give Scrooge a fright.


See also

  • List of A Christmas Carol adaptations


External links

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Christmas EP 2004 | Christmas. edit

Friday, February 15th, 2008

Christmas EP 2004 is an album by Seven Nations.

  1. “2000 Miles”
  2. “Carol of the Bells”
  3. “Away in a Manger”
  4. “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”
  5. “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen”
  6. “The Rebel Jesus”
  7. “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”

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List of national parks of Sri Lanka | MVMCP Park

Friday, February 8th, 2008

The following are national parks in Sri Lanka administered by the Department of Wildlife Conservation.

  • Horton Plains National Park
  • Sinharaja Forest Reserve
  • Uda Walawe National Park
  • Yala National Park
  • Wilpattu National Park
  • Kumana National Park
  • Minneriya National Park
  • Wasgammuwa National Park
  • Lahugala National Park
  • Hikkaduwa National Park
  • Kauvdulla National Park
  • Lunugamvehera National Park

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List of Gizmondo games | released

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

This is a list of games on the Gizmondo handheld game console. Due to Gizmondo’s financial difficulties, many of the games listed were never developed, or developed but not released.

Contents


A

  • Alien Hominid
  • Agaju: The Sacred Path of Treasure
  • Angel Fish Released
  • Released by non Gizmondo party.
  • Age of Empires


B

  • Ball Busters Demo Released
  • Blood Bowl
  • Bollox Cancelled


C

  • Carmageddon Released by non Gizmondo party.
  • Catapult Released by non Gizmondo party.
  • Chicane (video game) Released by non Gizmondo party.
  • Classics Compendium
  • Classics Compendium 2
  • Colors Released by non Gizmondo party.


F

  • Fallen Kingdoms Going to start development after Johnny Whatever
  • FIFA 2005 Released
  • Fathammer Classics Released
  • Furious Phil Demo Released
  • Future Tactics


G

  • Gizmondo Motocross 2005 Released


H

  • Hit and Myth Released by non Gizmondo party.
  • Hockey Rage 2005 Released


I

  • Interstellar Flames 2
  • It’s Mr. Pants Being Developed


J

  • Johnny Whatever Being Developed
  • Jump Demo Released


M

  • Mechassault Being Developed
  • Milo and the Rainbow Nasties
  • Momma Can I Mow The Lawn


P

  • P.O.D.
  • Pocket Ping Pong 2005


R

  • Rayman Heavily Rumored
  • Richard Burns Rally Released


S

  • Sega Classic Pack Canceled, but Sonic was released.
  • SSX 3 Released
  • Sticky Balls Released
  • Supernaturals Demo Released
  • Speedgun Stadium Canceled in Early Development


T

  • Toy Golf Released
  • Tron 2.0 Announced
  • Trailblazer Released


W

  • Worms World Party E3 demo made, nothing more.
  • Wrath and Skeller

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Agathion | It also appears on

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

An agathion is a familiar spirit which appears only at midday in the shape of a human or an animal, or even within a talisman, bottle or magic ring.

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Tinsel | Christmas

Friday, January 25th, 2008

Tinsel is a thin metallic strip typically made of plastic for use for Christmas decoration, particularly on Christmas trees. Tinsel is different than Garland, which is “Tinsel on a rope”. It was invented in Germany in 1610, and was originally made of shredded silver.

Tinsel used to include lead, which caused the strands to hang better from the branches. This was eventually removed due to safety concerns.


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Tagaste | Present

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

The city of Tagaste (), now the present Souk Ahras () in Algeria, was situated in the northeast highlands of Numidia. It was about sixty miles from Hippo Regius, now called Annaba, and about 150 miles from Carthage on the coast of present day Tunisia. It was the birthplace of Augustine of Hippo.

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Sadberge | Be Continued and The

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

Sadberge is a village in borough of Darlington and ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It is situated between Darlington and Stockton-on-Tees. The village of Sadberge was once the Wapentake (capital) of the Viking settled area north of the Tees known as the Earldom of Sadberge which stretched from Hartlepool to Teesdale. Wapentakes were found in parts of England settled by Danes and continued to be important administrative centres through to medieval times. The word wapentake literally translated means `Weapon Taking’ and refers to the way in which land was held in return for military service to a chief.

Sadberge is a name of Viking origin deriving from Setberg, meaning `flat topped hill’, - an accurate description of the location of the village from where good views of the surrounding countryside can be obtained. The place name Setberg from which Sadberge derives also occurs in Norway and in Viking settled Iceland. Closer to home in Norse settled Cumbria we may find the village of Sedbergh near Kendal which has the same meaning.

In Norman times the Earldom of Sadberge, though north of the River Tees, was not part of Durham and was not initially under the rule of Durham’s Prince Bishops. Instead, it formed an outlying part of the county of Northumberland by virtue of the fact that it had been part of the old Kingdom of Northumbria.

In 1139 Northumberland was given to Scotland by England’s King Stephen and the River Tees became the southern boundary of the kingdom of Scotland. This situation continued until 1157 when Northumberland was reclaimed by Henry II.

Hugh de Puiset, was largely responsible for the decline in importance of Sadberge. He added the earldom to Durham in 1189 and from then on Sadberge was ruled from Durham. Sadberge retained some independence and continued to be administered as an almost separate county until 1576. Until their abolition in 1971 the Palatine courts were a part of the “County Palatine of Durham and Sadberge”.

Further information about Sadberge can be found at http://www.sadberge.org.uk.

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Side (song) | the B-Side Ho! Ho!

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

The B-sides to the single “Side” by Travis included two tracks taken from the Glasgow Barrowlands gig in June. They are “Driftwood” and “All The Young Dudes”, which was originally written by David Bowie for Mott the Hoople and features lead vocals by Dougie. Another issue of the single includes a Bob Dylan cover of “You’re a Big Girl Now”.


Track listing

  • All songs by Francis Healy unless otherwise stated.

CD1

  1. “Side”
  2. “Driftwood” (Live)
  3. “All the Young Dudes” (Live) - (Bowie)

CD2

  1. “Side”
  2. “You’re a Big Girl Now” - (Dylan)
  3. “Ancient Train” - (Dunlop)

7″

  1. “Side”
  2. “All the Young Dudes” (Live) - (Bowie)

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Hot Girls in Love | covered by the band

Monday, January 14th, 2008

Hot Girls in Love” is a song recorded by the rock band Loverboy. It appeared in 1983 on their third album, Keep it Up. When released as a single later that year, it reached #11 on the billboard charts.

“Hot Girls in Love” was covered by the short-lived European glam rock band The Cherry Bombz, and was the title track of their 1985 “mini-LP” (although that record was originally entitled “The Cherry Bombz”). The Cherry Bombz version is quite faithful to the original, but female vocals by Anita Chellemah (formerly of British New Wave act Toto Coelo, who did “I Eat Cannibals”) and the high-energy guitar of Andy McCoy (formerly of Finnish glam band Hanoi Rocks) set it apart somewhat.

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List of ‘2004 in’ articles | from 2004

Sunday, January 6th, 2008

Contents


Culture

  • 2004 in architecture
  • 2004 in film
  • 2004 in games
  • 2004 in literature
  • 2004 in music
    • 2004 in metal
  • 2004 in television
  • 2004 in video gaming
  • 2004 in Art


People

  • Deaths in 2004
  • State leaders in 2004
  • Colonial governors in 2004
  • Foreign ministers in 2004
  • International organization leaders in 2004
  • Religious leaders in 2004


Politics

  • 2004 in gay rights
  • 2004 in politics
  • 2004 incumbents
  • 2004 election
  • 2004 presidential election


Science and nature

  • 2004 in archaeology
  • 2004 in aviation
  • 2004 in birding and ornithology
  • 2004 in rail transport
  • 2004 in science
  • 2004 Atlantic hurricane season
  • 2004 Pacific hurricane season


Sport

  • 2004 in sports

    • 2004 in baseball
    • 2004 in cricket
    • 2004 in golf
    • 2004 in tennis


By country

  • 2004 in Australia
  • 2004 in Canada
  • 2004 in France
  • 2004 in India
  • 2004 in Iraq
  • 2004 in Nepal
  • 2004 in New Zealand
  • 2004 in Pakistan
  • 2004 in Switzerland
  • 2004 in the United Kingdom
  • 2004 in the United States
  • 2004 in Wales
  • 2004 in Myanmar

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Obstreperous | edit External

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

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You may like to search Wiktionary for “[[Wiktionary:Special:Search/|]]” instead.

To begin an article here, feel free to [ edit this page], but please do not create a mere dictionary definition.

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