More recent researchers, in particular Ronald Willis and Joy Munns have studied the tour in detail and concluded that the presentation was made after a private cricket match played over Christmas 1882 when the English team were guests of Sir William Clarke, at his property " Rupertswood ", in Sunbury, Victoria.

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.

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.

Thus understood, the centuries-old English word Χmas, is actually a shortened form of CHmas, which is, itself, a shortened form for Christmas.

In some areas, Black Cake, a derivative of English Christmas pudding may be served, especially on special occasions ..

Such preparations are traditionally served with roast turkey, as a staple of English Christmas dinners, and the Canadian and US holiday Thanksgiving.

* 2009 Nadolig Plentyn yng Nghymru / A Child's Christmas in Wales, 2009 BAFTA Best Short Film, animation, soundtrack in Welsh and English, Director: Dave Unwin.

As people from the English countryside immigrated to America, they brought elements of English folklore with them, and this particular depiction of elves then evolved in America into the Christmas elves of pop culture.

In past centuries, the English Father Christmas was also known as Old Father Christmas, Sir Christmas, and Lord Christmas.

A traditional figure in English folklore, Father Christmas is identified with the old belief in the Old English god Woden.

The earliest English examples of the personification of Christmas are apparently those in carols of the 15th century.

Christmas Special where he and English rugby union player Austin Healey won £ 50, 000 for the Nicholls Spinal Injury Foundation.

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

The name " Kiritimati " is a rather straightforward respelling of the English word " Christmas " in Gilbertese, in which the combination ti is pronounced s ( as in the English word nation ), and the name is thus pronounced.

In English and American culture during the Christmas season, it is traditional to have a Christmas caroling party.

In English folklore, Father Christmas was often depicted carrying a Yule Log.

Served around Christmas, the savoury Christmas pie ( as it became known ) was associated with supposed Catholic " idolatry " and during the English Civil War was frowned on by the Puritan authorities.

* Konostaulos – Greek form of Latin Comes stabuli ' count of the stable ' and various European feudal titles such as English " constable " – the chief of the Frankish mercenaries.

Some songs are purely Hindi ; for example, " Bahara " on Panoramic, and " Yeh Honsla " on On Detours and others purely English, such as " What Goes Around Comes Around " on On Detours.

Mr " Everything Comes From India "-A man who insists that just about everything comes from India or was invented by Indians ( often to the chagrin of his better knowledged son ), including William Shakespeare, Cliff Richard ( who was actually born in India and is of Indian descent ), Leonardo da Vinci, most English words: ( veranda, shampoo, conditioner ), the British Royal Family ( all except Prince Charles, whom he claims to be African, due to the size of his ears ), Superman ( who is apparently Indian as he has two jobs, a bad haircut and, in a reference to Indian railways, can run faster than a train ) and the number zero ( which is a widely attributed discovery in Indian culture ).

William de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster was summoned to the English Parliament in 1327 and 1328, by writs addressed Willelmo de Burgh, which, by modern law, would create a Barony of Burgh ; he was also summoned in 1331 as Comes de Ulton ' ( that is, Earl of Ulster ) for a Parliament discussing Irish affairs.

James Christopher Bolam, MBE ( born 16 June 1935 ) is an English actor, best known for his roles as Jack Ford in When the Boat Comes In, Trevor Chaplin in The Beiderbecke Trilogy, Terry Collier in The Likely Lads and its sequel Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads ?, Roy Figgis in Only When I Laugh, Dr Arthur Gilder in Born and Bred, Jack Halford in New Tricks and the title character of Grandpa in the children's BBC programme Grandpa in My Pocket.

After switching from Decca to CBS Records, The Tremeloes started a successful hit run from 1967 onwards with Cat Stevens ' " Here Comes My Baby "; " Hello World "; three Italian hits translated into English (" Suddenly You Love Me ", which is Riccardo Del Turco's " Uno tranquillo " (" One quiet man "), " I'm Gonna Try ", which is Riccardo Del Turco's 1967 hit " Luglio " (" July "), and " My Little Lady ", based on Orietta Berti's " Non illuderti mai " (" Never deceive yourself ")); and their Number one recording of an old Four Seasons ' B-side " Silence is Golden ".

* Hans Staden-Lá Vem Nossa Comida Pulando ( Hans Staden-There He Comes, Our Food Jumping ), a 1999 film, directed by Luis Alberto Pereira ), spoken in the Tupi indigenous language ( with subtitles in Portuguese, English, French and Spanish ) explores his adventures while being held captive by the Tupinamba.

Other adult characters she has given voice to include Milady and Queen Anne in Albert the Fifth Musketeer and Princess Sylvia in the English version of the home video series Muzzie ( Muzzy Comes Back and Muzzy in Gondoland ).

Comes with writing on the diagram in English.

( Japanese title ), The Circus Comes to Town ( English title ) ).

In addition to the English libretto for composer Matti Kovler's The Escape of Jonah, Rebibo also collaborated with Kovler to write the libretto for Here Comes Messiah !, performed at Carnegie Hall in 2009 and at Boston ’ s Jordan Hall in 2010.

Once his eyesight recovered sufficiently, he was able to study English literature at Balliol College, Oxford.

Once again Zurlauben's Gens d ' Armes charged, looking to rout Lumley's English cavalry who linked Cutts ' column facing Blenheim with Churchill's infantry.

Once the Parti Québécois was elected in Quebec, he softened his views on allowing his plays to be produced in English there.

Once the English population, rapidly growing through immigration, exceeded the French, the English demanded rep-by-pop.

Once St Helena ’ s location was more widely known, English ships of war began to lie in wait in the area to attack Portuguese India carracks on their way home.

Once in Normandy the new English king went to Rouen and the Abbey of Fecamp, and then attended the consecration of new churches at two Norman monasteries.

Once again Perkin attempted to lay siege to Waterford, but this time his effort lasted only eleven days before he was forced to flee Ireland, chased by four English ships.

Once the writing of Old English comes to an end, Middle English has no standard language, only dialects which derive from the dialects of the same regions in the Anglo-Saxon period.

Once on the Carse, the English army would be caught in a kind of natural vise, as the main action on 24 June showed, with waterways to the north, east, and south.

Once the beachhead had been secured Omaha Beach became the location of one of the two Mulberry harbors, prefabricated artificial harbors towed in pieces across the English Channel and assembled just off shore.

Once again Charles changed sides: the threat of a renewed English invasion forced John II to make a new agreement of reconciliation with him, sealed by the Treaty of Valognes on 10 September 1355.

* Creatures That Once Were Men, stories in English translation ( 1905 )

Once more ( as with Live and Let Die and Dr. No ) it is Bond the British agent who has to sort out what turns out to be an American problem and this can be seen as Fleming's reaction to the lack of US support over the Suez Crisis in 1956 as well as Bond's warning to Goldfinger not to underestimate the English.

Once Spanish become prevalent, and English was the lingua franca, the German nickname fell by the wayside.

Once a month, an Anglican Evensong in English is held in the Church of Our Lady, with clergy sent from St. George's Anglican Chaplaincy in Berlin.

Once Upon a Time in Cabramatta, a 3 Part Doucmentary filmed by SBS simi-casted in English on SBS One and Vietnamese on SBS Two

Once this resistance was overcome, Gilbert waved his letters patent about and, in a formal ceremony, took possession of Newfoundland ( including the lands 200 leagues to the north and south ) for the English crown on 5 August 1583.

Once the invasion crisis had passed, the MacDonnells resisted efforts by the English and Scots governments to drive them from their lands in the Western Isles of Scotland and Ulster.

Once we have proved to the Germans that the French and English are are not Whites at all but Blacks ".

Once there, a boy appears and hands Watson a note, saying that there is a sick Englishwoman back at the hotel who wants an English doctor.

Once his château was complete, Baron Ferdinand installed his extensive collections of French 18th-century tapestries, boiseries, furniture and ceramics, English and Dutch paintings and Renaissance works of art.

Once the Royal Navy intercepted an invasion fleet off the English coast, the regiment returned to the Low Countries, disembarking at Ostend.

Once there, they find out that Doctor Robotnik has kidnapped the President and his daughter in order to get Sonic to take care of a problem: a giant mecha appeared in Doctor Robotnik's utopian city of Eggmanland ( called Robotropolis in English dub as a tie-in with the Sonic cartoon ) and banishes the doctor and sabotages the Robot Generator, which will explode in less than a day.