At Christmas 1196, Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI attempted to force Alexios III to pay him a tribute of 5, 000 pounds ( later negotiated down to 1, 600 pounds ) of gold or face invasion.

At Christmas of 935, Owen of Strathclyde was once more at Æthelstan's court along with the Welsh kings, but Constantine was not.

At the royal court, celebrated there that Christmas, she appears to have agreed to a separation from Henry.

At Christmas ( 1863 ), Ashley has been granted a furlough from the army and returns to Atlanta to be with Melanie.

At Christmas 1850 he was invited by Mark Lemon to fill the position of joint cartoonist ( with John Leech ) on Punch.

At Western discovery, Christmas Island was uninhabited.

* Germs Rock ' N ' Rule — Recorded Live At The Masque Christmas Party — Whisky A-Go-Go, December 1979, Hollywood, 1986, Xes Records

At Christmas 1085, William ordered the compilation of a survey of the landholdings of him and his vassals throughout the kingdom, organised by counties, a work now known as the Domesday Book.

At the outbreak of World War II, Margaret and her sister were at Birkhall, on the Balmoral Castle estate, where they stayed until Christmas 1939 enduring nights so cold that drinking water in carafes by their bedside froze.

At Christmas, 1552, Count Albrecht expelled him without trial and he fled to Wittenberg, where he resumed his activity as professor and member of the consistory.

At Christmas 1978, Wilson appeared on the Morecambe and Wise Christmas Special.

At Christmas of 935, Owain of Strathclyde was once more at Æthelstan's court along with the Welsh kings, but Constantine was not.

At the sad little town Christmas dance, Jacy is invited by unsavory Lester Marlow ( Quaid ) to a naked indoor pool party at the home of Bobby Sheen ( Gary Brockette ), a wealthy boy who seems to offer better prospects than Duane.

At Christmas 1182 a royal court celebration for Christmas in the aula of Caen Castle brought together Henry II and his sons, Richard the Lionheart and John Lackland, receiving more than a thousand knights.

At Christmas, a Christmas tree is erected in the field in front of the main buildings.

At the film's climax, Moore finally confronts Smith at the chairman's annual Christmas message, addressing him from a distance.

At first, Daffy doesn't let him take Christmas off, since he expects the employees to work on Christmas Day.

At the start of the Christmas / Hanukkah season, many residents and business owners place large, illuminated stars, some as big as or more in diameter, on the " downhill " sides of homes and offices throughout Brisbane.

* At the Novinger Renewal Christmas Country Crafts Fair held the Saturday before Thanksgiving, artisans from across the tri-state area display their work.

At Christmas time, they retreated to the American side after burning the Village of Newark, Ontario ( now Niagara-On-The-Lake ).

At Christmas, he is decorated with garland and a top hat.

Whaley left, and later rejoined Help Yourself, and in December 1972, the Ducks recorded two tracks at Man's Christmas party, one of which ," Boogaloo Babe ", was released on a double 10 " album Christmas at the Patti, their first appearance on a record.

“ This Christmas ” has been covered by numerous artists across diverse musical genres, including The Whispers, Diana Ross, Aretha Franklin, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Stevie Wonder, Chicago, Harry Connick, Jr., Dru Hill, * NSYNC, Gloria Estefan, Boney James, The Cheetah Girls, Chris Brown, and Patti LaBelle.

The Christmas episode with Ronnie Schell, Joyce Bulifant, Johnny Brown, and Patti Deutsch has been aired on GSN in the past during Christmas-themed marathons.

In 2002, Whitsett served as arranger for the highest selling female Pop artist of the 1950s, Patti Page, on her Sweet Sounds of Christmas CD, and in 2006, played on Janis Ian's Folk Is the New Black.

that aside from due notification of certain major events in their lives ( two marriages, two births, one divorce ), Christmas and Easter cards of the traditional sort had been the only thin link she had with them through the widowed years.

She stayed for two years, winning a good-conduct medal in December 1836, and returning home only during Christmas and summer holidays.

Nintendo had no problems supplying retailers with the Game Boy for the Christmas season while Atari Corp. only managed limited distribution of their Lynx by year's end.

From then on retail trade is only restricted on public holidays ( New Years Day, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday, Day of Prayer, Ascension Day, Whit Sunday, Whit Monday, Christmas Day and Boxing Day ) and on Constitution Day, Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve ( on New Year's Eve from 3 pm only ).

In Austria, bockbier is traditionally brewed only around Christmas and Easter, when nearly every brewery brews its own bock.

By a further act of 1541 — which was not repealed until 1845 — artificers, labourers, apprentices, servants and the like were forbidden to play bowls at any time except Christmas, and then only in their master's house and presence.

Canadian fans could choose from the Special Christmas Edition of Amarantine or an EP entitled Christmas Secrets, which contained only the four new songs.

Urban myth has it that the red suit only appeared after the Coca Cola company started an advertising campaign depicting a red suited Father Christmas in the 1930s.

Martin Luther is notable not only as a reformer, but as the author of many hymns including Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott ( A Mighty Fortress Is Our God ), which is sung today even by Catholics, and Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ ( Praise be to You, Jesus Christ ) for Christmas.

:" Santa Claus " the name / concept / fairy tale does exist because adults tell children this every Christmas season ( the distinction is highlighted by using quotation-marks when referring only to the name and not the object )

By 2007 the " Bjäre julmust " was only sold at McDonald's restaurants and it had completely disappeared from Coca-Colas range of products by Christmas 2008, only to return for Christmas 2011.

The album was only available during this Christmas period, and featured Belle & Sebastian and Snow Patrol, as well as numerous other bands such as The Flaming Lips and Teenage Fanclub.

The Klingon Christmas Carol play is the first production that is primarily in Klingon ( only the narrator speaks English ).

* The flags of Cyprus and Kosovo ( and that of the Australian territory of Christmas Island ) are the only national flags which depict the shape of the area that they represent ( the Korean Unification Flag depicts the Korean Peninsula, although it is not an official flag in either North or South Korea ).

In contrast, the revision by Pope Pius XII, though limited to the liturgy of only five days of the Church's year, was much bolder, requiring changes even to canon law, which until then had prescribed that, with the exception of Midnight Mass for Christmas, Mass should not begin more than one hour before dawn or later than one hour after midday.

Christmas Holiday was Deanna Durbin's most successful feature, and she considered it her only good film.

An order by governor Daniel Corneille ( 1782 – 1787 ) banning garrison troops and sailors from punch-taverns, only allowing them to drink at army canteens, led to a mutiny over Christmas 1787 when some 200 troops skirmished with loyal troops over a three day period.

This position was stated by King George V in his first Christmas Message by saying that the " men and women, so cut off by the snow, the desert, or the sea, that only voices out of the air can reach them.