On Christmas Eve, students brought out two small Christmas trees which I placed on either side of the tent.

On Christmas night, they had had a disagreement about it.

On Christmas Day 1950, the Stone of Destiny was stolen from Westminster Abbey.

On 18 November 2008 the band released The BBC Sessions, which features songs from the period of 1996 – 2001 ( including the last recordings featuring Isobel Campbell before she left the band ), along with a second disc featuring a recording of a live performance in Belfast from Christmas 2001.

On Christmas Day 1100, Baldwin I, first king of the Frankish Kingdom of Jerusalem, was crowned in Bethlehem, and that year a Latin episcopate was also established in the town.

On December 3, 2004, the ceremony broke the Guinness World Record for Christmas caroling with 7, 514 carolers.

On Christmas Day 2009, Sally Webster told husband Kevin that she had breast cancer, just as he was about to leave her for lover Molly.

On the night of Christmas Eve, so important is the appearance of the first star in remembrance of the Star of Bethlehem, that it has been given an affectionate name of " the little star " or Gwiazdka ( the female counterpart of St. Nicholas ).

Kaye starred in several movies with actress Virginia Mayo in the 1940s, and is well known for his roles in films such as The Secret Life of Walter Mitty ( 1947 ), The Inspector General ( 1949 ), On the Riviera ( 1951 ) co-starring Gene Tierney, Knock on Wood ( 1954 ), White Christmas ( 1954, in a role originally intended for Fred Astaire, then Donald O ' Connor ), The Court Jester ( 1956 ), and Merry Andrew ( 1958 ).

On 10 October 2006 Sounds of the Season: The Enya Holiday Collection was released containing six songs: the previously released " Oíche Chiúin " ( a. k. a. " Silent Night ") and " Amid the Falling Snow ", new recordings of the standards " Adeste Fideles " ( a. k. a. " Oh Come All Ye Faithful ") and " We Wish You a Merry Christmas " as well as two original songs, " Christmas Secrets " and " The Magic of the Night ".

On certain days of the year, such as Easter, May Day and Christmas, particular songs celebrate the yearly cycle.

On Christmas Day he collapsed into a coma and died in a Naples hotel room on December 26, 1890.

On the basis of the account in Luke, the Catholic calendar placed the feast of John the Baptist on June 24, six months before Christmas.

On Christmas Eve 1917, Admiral Jellicoe was rather abruptly dismissed as First Sea Lord by the new First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir Eric Campbell Geddes, and was succeeded by Admiral Rosslyn Wemyss.

On Christmas morning in 2008, the government declared a state of emergency.

On Christmas Eve 1347, Edward III granted Marie de St Pol, widow of the Earl of Pembroke, the licence for the foundation of a new educational establishment in the young university at Cambridge.

On Christmas Day 2005, Demiforce and Radical R released the final version ( 1. 4 ) of the translation, which fixed remaining minor bugs.

On his way to the territory of his brother-in-law Henry of Saxony, Richard was captured shortly before Christmas 1192 near Vienna by Leopold V, Duke of Austria who accused Richard of arranging the murder of his cousin Conrad of Montferrat.

On January 8, 1994, Hayao Nakayama, then CEO of Sega, ordered his company to make a 32-bit cartridge based console that would be in stores by Christmas 1994.

On Christmas Day in 1829, Solomon Northup married Anne Hampton.

On 22 December 2005 the BBC broadcast a live performance ( recorded the previous week ) on the Jonathan Ross Christmas show with Katie Melua filling in for the late Kirsty MacColl, the first time the band had played the song live on television.

On Christmas night, the man goes downstairs to the living room, as he hears a noise and figures Father Christmas must have come.

On September 3, 1838, Douglass successfully escaped by boarding a train to Havre de Grace, Maryland.

On 1 August 1838 emancipation which had theoretically been granted to the slaves in 1834 became a reality.

On 15 June 1838, an army led by the Colorado leader Rivera overthrew the president, who fled to Argentina.

Richard Price was credited with the first textbook on life contingencies published in 1771, followed later by Augustus de Morgan, ‘ On the Application of Probabilities to Life Contingencies ’ ( 1838 ).

On 30 November 1838, the Pitcairn Islands ( which include the uninhabited islands of Henderson, Ducie and Oeno ) were incorporated into the British Empire.

On May 3, 1838, it was the site of the Subashi landing of the Russians, who proceeded to construct Fort Golovinsky where many convicted Decembrists used to serve.

On October 5, 1838, Indians massacred members of the Isaac Killough family

On his arrival in London in May 1838, Howe discussed the enterprise with fellow Nova Scotian Samuel Cunard ( 1787 – 1865 ), a shipowner who was also visiting London on business.

On September 14, 1838, the group camped near Williamsport, and on September 15 they camped in the southwestern part of the county before moving into Illinois.

On February 12, 1838, the three companies merged to form a new Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Company, authorized to build a continuous line from Philadelphia to Baltimore.

On March 6, 1838, Iosco Township was set off and with the southern portion being assigned to Lyndon Township, Unadilla assumed its present boundaries.

It reads as thus: " On October 17 and 18, 1838, about 850 Potawatomi Indians camped near Huntsville, on their way from nothern Indiana to Kansas ; a forced march accompanied by soldiers.

On the eastern bank, Amoskeag engineers and architects planned a model company town, founded in 1838 with Elm Street as its main thoroughfare.

On the formation of Fulton County in 1838, part of Ephratah was returned to Palatine.

On March 28, 1838, local landowner James Stewart platted a community in northwestern Harrison Township and named it " Union.

On August 17, 1838, Benjamin Wilhelm, a settler from Pennsylvania, settled in Vandalia on his way to Vandalia, Illinois near the intersection of U. S. Route 40 and US Route 25-A.

On August 12, 1838, thirty-three Rangers joined Joseph Martin in laying out the plans for the town.

On February 20, 1838, the Forrers established the first post office in Shenandoah under the name Shenandoah Iron Works with Henry Forrer being the postmaster.

On 14 August 1838 the King dictated against considerable odds with the " squat adopting " the military back a squat in front of the Blessed Sacrament at Corpus Christi processions and church services.

In 1838 he received his doctorate, his thesis entitled ' De l ' habitude ' ( On Habit ), which was to become a classic text ( a metaphysical ' poem ' on nature in general apprehended through an intuitive analysis of acquired habit as a particular manifestation of its essential being, much admired by Bergson and Heidegger ), and became professor of philosophy at Rennes.

On his return to England in 1838 he submitted a report on New Zealand, in which he proposed that British sovereignty be established over New Zealand, in small pockets similar to the Hudson's Bay Company in Canada.

On May 29, 1838, 13 raiders, mostly Canadian refugees from the 1837 rebellion, led by " Pirate " Bill Johnston, retaliated by capturing, looting, and burning the British steamer Sir Robert Peel while she was in U. S. waters.

On April 6, 1838 the Voortrekkers retaliated with a 347-strong punitive raid against the Zulu ( later known as the Flight Commando ), supported by new arrivals from the Orange Free State.

On December 16, 1838 a 470-strong force of Andries Pretorius confronted about 12, 000 Zulu at prepared positions.