Thompson writes a letter to a local Aspen newspaper informing them that, on Christmas Eve, he was going to use napalm to burn a number of dogs and hopefully any humans they find.

There have been a number of radio adaptations of the Poirot stories, most recently twenty seven of them on BBC Radio 4 ( and regularly repeated on BBC 7 ), starring John Moffatt ( Maurice Denham and Peter Sallis have also played Poirot on BBC Radio 4, Mr. Denham in The Mystery of the Blue Train and Mr. Sallis in Hercule Poirot's Christmas ).

In 1983 an a cappella group known as The Flying Pickets had a Christmas ' number one ' in the UK with a cover of Yazoo's ( known in the US as Yaz ) " Only You ".

Jones would later collaborate with Seuss on a number of adaptations of Seuss ' books to animated form, most importantly How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

While it is clear that the Christmas tree originates in Renaissance and early modern Germany, there are a number of speculative theories as to its ultimate origin.

Five years later, the duet would prove a worldwide seasonal hit, charting in the UK at number three on Christmas Day, 1982.

Ryuichi Sakamoto has won a number of awards for his work as a film composer, beginning with his score for Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence ( 1983 ) winning him the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music.

He finished the year with a Christmas song written by Willie Nelson titled " Pretty Paper " ( U. S. number 15 in 1963 / UK number 6 in 1964 ).

The myth, however, is found on a BBC-Devon website, in an account which places Geismar in Bavaria, and in a number of educational books, including St. Boniface and the Little Fir Tree, The Brightest Star of All: Christmas Stories for the Family ,, The American normal readers.

Sega had planned to ship at least 600, 000 consoles to retailers by Christmas ; this number was eventually met in January, 1995.

By Christmas, the number of 32X consoles sold had reached 500, 000.

They also reached number one just before Christmas 1986 with a version of " Caravan of Love ", originally a hit the year before for Isley-Jasper-Isley.

The town has a large Christmas festival that includes a number of lighted displays in the downtown area.

The album also featured the hit single " Bohemian Rhapsody ", which was number one in the UK for nine weeks and is the third-best-selling single of all time in the UK, surpassed only by Band Aid's " Do They Know It's Christmas?

It is the only single ever to sell a million copies on two separate occasions, and became the Christmas number one twice in the UK, the only single ever to do so.

The single went to number one in the UK, remaining there for five weeks – the only recording to top the Christmas chart twice and the only one to be number one in four different years ( 1975, 1976, 1991, and 1992 ).

He frequently threatens various people with a shotgun and attempts suicide ( including an annual attempt at Christmas and in the episodes " Mommie Beerest " after his bar is closed by the health department, Moe calls the suicide hotline only to discover that they ’ ve blocked his number and " Treehouse of Horror XIV " in demonstration of the absence of Death ).

The Cabbage Patch Kids Christmas Special was number one in its time slot on ABC.

It spent seven weeks at the top of the UK charts ( including the entire competitive Christmas season ), until it was replaced by The Seekers ' Best of the Seekers on 25 January 1969, dropping to number 2.

In " World War Three ", the Doctor is able to shake off an electrocution attempt which is fatal to a number of humans, and appears unaffected by the energy whip wielded by the Sycorax in " The Christmas Invasion ".

The film has become a number one critic's choice over the years ; many of them title the film the best Christmas film ever.

Rob Hyman co-wrote the album opener " Home on Christmas Day ", and provides accordion and organ accompaniment on a number of tracks.

Parks has also scored a number of motion pictures, including Sesame Street's Follow That Bird, Jack Nicholson's The Two Jakes and Goin ' South, Casual Sex ?, Private Parts, Popeye ( with Harry Nilsson ), and The Company, and for the Pee-Wee's Playhouse Christmas Special.

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.

Another woman, addressing Christmas cards, said to her husband: `` We sent them one last year but they didn't send us one, so they probably won't send us one this year because they'll think we won't send them one because they didn't last year, don't you think, or shall we ''??

Public school children have adopted the fund as one of their favorite Christmas charities and their pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters aid greatly in helping Santa to reach the fund's goal.

You wonder about the Christmas card with no name on it, and it comes to you that maybe it would have been better to have made somebody else happy if you couldn't be happy yourself, to give somebody else the one they wanted -- to give them you.

Although Acorn were able to shrink substantially the same functionality as the BBC into just one chip, manufacturing problems meant that very few machines were available for the Christmas period — to the extent that some shops reported eight presales for every delivered machine.

Grant followed the album with her second Christmas album, Home For Christmas in 1992, which included the song " Breath of Heaven ( Mary's Song )", written by Chris Eaton and Grant, and would later be covered by many artists, including Donna Summer, Jessica Simpson ( who acknowledged Grant as one of her favorite artists ), Vince Gill, Sara Groves, Point of Grace, and Broadway star Barbara Cook.

Four holiday specials were produced — one for Halloween, two for Christmas and one for Thanksgiving.

The issues were numbered, and the first one was a Dennis and Friends special, the last a Christmas reprint special.

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.

They performed 10 lunar orbits and broadcast live TV pictures that became the famous Christmas Eve Broadcast, one of the most watched programs in history.

Other chart hits during this period included Parton's chart-topping cover of the 1969 First Edition hit " But You Know I Love You " and " The House of the Rising Sun " ( both 1981 ), " Single Women ", " Heartbreak Express " and " Hard Candy Christmas " ( 1982 ) and 1983's " Potential New Boyfriend ", which was accompanied by one of Parton's first music videos, and which also reached the U. S. dance charts.

Three series and one Christmas special were completed.

, series one and two and the Christmas Special are available on 4oD.

Green is one of the Christmas colors as well, possibly dating back to pre-Christian times, when evergreens were worshiped for their ability to maintain their color through the winter season.

Though Garfield can be very cynical, he does have a soft side for his teddy bear, Pooky, food and sleep, but one Christmas he says " they say I have to get up early, be nice to people, skip breakfast, not play with mice ... I wish it would never end.

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.

Connick's best selling album in the United States is his 1993 Christmas album When My Heart Finds Christmas, which also is one of the best selling Christmas albums in the United States.

A third single was released amid controversy before Christmas 1984: a revival of " It Ain't Necessarily So ", the George and Ira Gershwin classic ( from Porgy and Bess ) which questions the authenticity of Biblical tales.

* In addition, in 1974, Greg Lake ( of Emerson, Lake & Palmer ) wrote and recorded the song, " I Believe In Father Christmas ", which was released as a single in 1975.

A media blitz accompanied the single capped off by the VH-1 special called A Kid Rock Christmas, which aired on December 14, 2003.

* 1942 – Bing Crosby, the Ken Darby Singers and the John Scott Trotter Orchestra record Irving Berlin's " White Christmas ", the best-selling Christmas single in history.

In 1987, he recorded a single with Kim Wilde for Comic Relief: a cover of the Christmas song " Rockin ' Around the Christmas Tree " with some extra comedy lines written by Smith and Jones.

" Fairytale of New York " was released as a single in 1987 and reached No. 1 in the Irish charts and No. 2 in the British charts over Christmas ( the time of peak sales ).

** Band Aid records the charity single " Do They Know It's Christmas?

Tork claimed later that he had not been asked, although a Christmas single ( credited to Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones and Peter Tork ) was produced by Chip Douglas and released on his own label in 1976.

The single featured Douglas's and Howard Kaylan's " Christmas Is My Time of Year " ( originally recorded by a 1960s supergroup, Christmas Spirit ), with a B-side of Irving Berlin's " White Christmas " ( Douglas released a remixed version of the single, with additional overdubbed instruments, in 1986 ).

Peter Tork joined ' Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart ' onstage for a guest appearance on their concert tour on July 4, 1976 at Disneyland, and following on from this later that year he reunited with his fellow former bandmates Davy Jones and Micky Dolenz in the studio for the recording of the single " Christmas Is My Time of The Year " b / w " White Christmas ", which saw a limited release for fan club members that holiday season.

The package included previously unreleased material, most notably Queen's non-album single of Christmas 1984, titled " Thank God It's Christmas ".