christmas Trivia Quiz # 57

David Johansen and Carol Kane play the ghosts of Christmas Past and Christmas Present. "Scrooged" also stars John Forsythe, Bob Goldthwait and Robert Mitchum. It was nominated for a Best Makeup Oscar.

Dasher and {Dancer;} Prancer and {Vixen;} Comet and {Cupid;} Donder and Blitzen.

In this episode from 1992, Del rigs up a hosepipe in Grandad's old allotment to make it look like a spring - another of his scams to become a millionaire.



However, once he finally has a contract, he filled all the bottles up from the tap water in his flat. What Del doesn't realise is that the containers of yellow liquid he asked Denzel to dispose of, has contaminated the water supply to Peckham. His water has now become Glow in the Dark.

The melody of "Greensleeves", of which there are several variants, began as a dance tune which came to England from Italy around 1550 (after the death of Henry VIII) and was one of several such melodies which were improvised over the standard bass line known as the "Passamezzo antico". This was a very slow and stately dance and is referred to in Act V of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night", when Sir Toby Belch contemptuously refers to the drunken doctor as "...a rogue and a passy measures pavin" (in other words, a pompous fool). The lyrics of Greensleeves first appear around 1584. The lyrics are a plea from a nobleman who has been spurned by his mistress, despite having lavished numerous gifts on her. It was one of the most popular songs of its time, and is mentioned by Falstaff in the final scene of "The Merry Wives of Windsor": "Let the sky rain potatoes; let it thunder to the tune of Greensleeves". The 19th century Italian composer Ferrucio Busoni thought that the tune sounded oriental, and used it in his opera "Turandot" (not to be confused with Puccini's much more famous opera of the same name). Alternate lyrics began to appear for the tune as early as the late 1500s, including the New Year's text "The Old Year Now Away is Fled" which, apart from "Greensleeves", is the text to which it is most often sung in England. "What Child is This" was written in the 19th century by the English lyricist William Chatterton Dix and has since become, ironically, much more popular in America than in England.

'Christmas Yet To Come' literally gave Scrooge the silent treatment. He spoke nary a single word throughout their journey into the future. To indicate something to Scrooge, all he kept doing was to 'POINT A SPECTRAL FINGER'. It made their conversations quite one-sided.

One of my favorites, "A Christmas Story" starred Darren McGavin, Melinda Dillon, Scott Schwartz, Ian Petrella and Tedde Moore. The movie was directed by Bob Clark ("Porkey's"), and is based on the novel "In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash" by Jean Shepherd, who also narrated the movie. Peter Billingsley also appeared in "Paternity" and "The Dirt Bike Kid", hosted the TV series "Real People", played an uncredited elf in "Elf", and also works as a producer.

Carlton Fisk was born on the 26th of December in 1947, and Ozzie Smith was also born on the 26th, in 1956. Connie Mack was born on December 23rd, 1862. Rickey Henderson got into the 3000 hit club, and set a record for most career stolen bases.

Stollen is the traditional German fruitcake. It is sometimes braided rather than folded, and is then said to represent the Trinity. Roggenbrot is rye bread, Mandelbrot is almond bread, and gugelhupf is a sort of raisin nut bread.

They are planning on going on a cruise. Luther, one of the main characters, goes to a travel agency and gets this cruise deal, and when he returns home that night from work, he springs the idea off of his wife, Nora. Both of them start going on a diet, and go to a tanning bed to be in shape for the trip.