* " Coldcut's Christmas Break " ( December 1989 ) UK # 67

: Includes the stories " Ball Jars ," " Love While you Dare To ," " Saturday Morning in The Bon Marché ," " Family Trip to Yellowstone ," " The Flood ," " Bob Anderson's Last Dance ," " Children Will Break Your Heart ," " Ronnie and The Winnebago ," " Carl's Christmas Pageant ," and " The Tombstone.

Perkins Elementary, one of the areas most struggling schools, is scheduled to close during Christmas Break 2010.

The remaining sequels were direct-to-video films: Beethoven's 3rd ( 2000 ), Beethoven's 4th ( 2001 ), Beethoven's 5th ( 2003 ), Beethoven's Big Break ( 2008 ), and Beethoven's Christmas Adventure ( 2011 ).

* Christmas Break: Two weeks around Christmas and New Year

* Christmas Break: Usually beginning in the 3rd week of December and lasts for two weeks including Christmas and New Year holidays.

The Renaissance Christmas Dinner: Held before the beginning of Winter Break and features performances by the Early Music Consort and Vocal Consort of the College.

It may also be marked by students whose birthday does not occur during the school year ; such as over Spring Break, Summer break or Christmas vacation a half-birthday allows a celebration with friends at school.

* Christmas Break ( 2008 ) as Alejandro

Campus Ministries many activities for both students and faculty include but not limited to are MerrimAction, Hike for Hope, Thanksgiving Basket Drive, Christmas Drives, Alternative Spring Break ( ASB ), Merrimack in the City Day, Sweeps Week.

* In the Season 1 episode " The Best Christmas Ever ", homelessness was addressed when Ricky discovered a family living in a cave on his father's estate, featuring future Gimme a Break!

In an episode of the sitcom Will and Grace ( 7x12, " Christmas Break "), Will's mother Marilyn ( portrayed by Blythe Danner ) had a collection of Lladró, her favorite being ' Ouisan, the bashful geisha.

* Dick Francis, Break In ( 1985 ) and Bolt ( 1986 ); Steeplechase jockey Christmas " Kit " Fielding is based at Lambourn.

DBU also hosts the annual Christmas Tree Lighting, Singled Out, DBU ’ s Valentine ’ s themed event, All-Night Party, movie nights, monthly Coke Break, and other engaging events to prevent burnout.

) for “ Coldcut ’ s Christmas Break .” In 1991, they released the video game “ Top Banana ” along with a 12 ” single mix of the game ’ s sound track.

During the 1996 Christmas Break, WMTS went stereo with some of the most advanced processing in the Middle Tennessee area, which increased potential signal coverage and enabled it to sound like other FM stations in the area.

Most have two weeks off for Christmas and New Year, and a week off in March or April for Spring Break ( sometimes called March Break ).

In addition, Mexican children get a week off in November for Fall Break, three weeks off for Christmas and New Year, and two weeks off in March or April for Spring Break.

Students also get a week off in November for American Thanksgiving, two weeks off for Christmas and New Year's, and one week off in March or April for Spring Break ( usually starting on Lazarus Saturday ).

The fund's statewide quota this year is $8,250 to provide Christmas gifts for needy youngsters.

The territory is administered from Canberra by the Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport, which is also responsible for the administration of the territories of Christmas Island, Cocos ( Keeling ) Islands, the Coral Sea Islands, Jervis Bay and Norfolk Island.

* Santa Claus also known as Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas and simply " Santa ", is a figure with legendary, mythical, historical and folkloric origins who, in many western cultures, is said to bring gifts to the homes of the good children during the late evening and overnight hours of Christmas Eve, December 24.

Cider is the most popular beverage of the middle and lower economic classes at Christmas and New Year ( the upper classes proverbially preferring to celebrate with locally produced champagne, although real old-line " creole " aristocrats will still drink cider, which is much more traditional ).

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 ).

Bock is historically associated with special occasions, often religious festivals such as Christmas, Easter or Lent.

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

Bock beer is produced in Mexico around Christmas season, under the Noche Buena label with 5. 9 % abv

Bethlehem's chief economic sector is tourism which peaks during the Christmas season when Christian pilgrims throng to the Church of the Nativity.

In a twist on Charles Dickens ' A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Blackadder is the " kindest and loveliest " man in England.

Boxing Day is traditionally the day following Christmas Day, when servants and tradespeople would receive gifts from their superiors or employers.

Today, Boxing Day is better known as a bank or public holiday that occurs on 26 December, or the first or second weekday after Christmas Day, depending on national or regional laws.

In the Netherlands, Latvia, Lithuania, Austria, Germany, Scandinavia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland and Catalonia, 26 December is celebrated as the Second Christmas Day.

This custom is linked to an older English tradition: Since they would have to wait on their masters on Christmas Day, the servants of the wealthy were allowed the next day to visit their families.

Boxing Day is a secular holiday that is traditionally celebrated on 26 December, the day after Christmas Day, which is also St. Stephen's Day, a religious holiday.

In the UK, where Boxing Day is a bank holiday, if Boxing Day falls on a Saturday, a substitute bank holiday is given on the following Monday, but if 26 December falls on a Sunday – which means that Christmas Day, another holiday, fell on a Saturday – then the Statutory Holiday for Christmas is moved to Monday 27 December and the Statutory Holiday for Boxing Day is moved to Tuesday 28 December.

Prior to this, in Old and Middle English, the word was usually spelled Crist the i being pronounced either as, preserved in the names of churches such as St Katherine Cree, or as a short, preserved in the modern pronunciation of Christmas.

The second one happens on the evening of 24 December ; gifts are placed under the Christmas tree, usually in the absence of Santa-believing children ( many of whom are occupied with watching the sky in search of the first star ) if there are any in the family.

A Christmas tree is a decorated tree, usually an evergreen conifer such as pine or fir, traditionally associated with the celebration of Christmas.

An artificial Christmas tree is an object made to resemble such a tree, usually made from polyvinyl chloride ( PVC ).

El Niño is Spanish for " the little boy " and refers to the Christ child, because periodic warming in the Pacific near South America is usually noticed around Christmas.

The UK and Australia also refer to School holidays ( typically Christmas, Easter, and Summer ) for the periods between School terms when children are not required to go to school, and Half-term holidays for the short break ( usually one week ) part-way through each School term.

Cultural influences such as Christmas creep may have led to the winter season being perceived as beginning earlier in recent years, although high latitude countries like Canada are usually well into their real winters before the December solstice.

Panettone ( pronounced ) is a type of sweet bread loaf originally from Milan ( in Milanese it is called " paneton " Milanese dialect ( pronunciation IPA: / paneˈtuŋ /)), usually prepared and enjoyed for Christmas and New Year in Italy, southeastern France, Brazil, Peru, Malta, Germany and Switzerland, and is one of the symbols of the city of Milan.

The tradition of Christmas Midnight Masses, the celebration of Easter on Sundays, the keeping of a seven-week Lent before Easter and the singing of the Gloria are usually attributed to his pontificate, but some historians doubt that such attributions are accurate.

The Lexington Christmas Parade: Held usually the day after Thanksgiving, the parade route follows Main Street between Midland and Broadway.

Aguinaldo from Puerto Rico is similar to Christmas carols, except that they are usually sung in a parranda, which is rather like a lively parade that moves from house to house in a neighborhood, looking for holiday food and drink.

Up until 2009, the Gliderdrome still held various dances in " The Starlight Room ", usually during the Christmas period.

The nuts were once an important economic resource in the US, being sold on the streets of towns and cities, as they sometimes still are during the Christmas season ( usually " roasting on an open fire " so their smell is readily identifiable many blocks away ).

These are still used in present-day Finland by some enthusiasts, but usually only on special occasions such as Christmas, New Year's, Easter, and juhannus ( Midsummer ).

* Christmas-The network's December schedule usually focuses on Christmas programming, with the title of the branding changing every year.

The name El Niño, from the Spanish for " the little boy ", refers to the Christ child, because the phenomenon is usually noticed around Christmas time in the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of South America.

This depot is usually not in operation ; however Sainsbury's still own the site and continue to use the depot at busy times, particularly at Christmas.

Christmas cards are usually exchanged during the weeks preceding Christmas Day by many people ( including non-Christians ) in Western society and in Asia.

Because cards are usually exchanged year after year, the phrase " to be off someone's Christmas card list " is used to indicate a falling out between friends or public figures.

While most home nativity scenes are packed away at Christmas or shortly thereafter, nativity scenes in churches usually remain on display until the feast of the Baptism of the Lord.

* Portugal: rabanadas, fatias douradas or fatias de parida ( sliced bread coated in an egg wash, fried in oil and coated with sugar and cinnamon, usually eaten over Christmas holiday )

In the United Kingdom, they are usually called simply " currants ", and often are used in scones, currant buns, Christmas cake, Christmas pudding and mincemeat.