First Christmas in the Convent
Carino Hodder at the Lamp
Topic
Holidays
A collection of 115 issues
Holiday BYCU
A Splendid Micro-History of Mulled Wine
"Glow Wine"
At Christmas Markets Worldwide, the Holiday Spirit Comes in a Little Red BootAll over Europe and the US, Christmas markets bring good cheer and warm mulled wine, often served out of a curious collectible mug. Here’s the story of
The Holiday Elf
Okay, you want a killer drink? This is it: The Holiday Elf.
Ingredients: One part Midori Melon Liqueur, one part Blue Curacao, one part Spiced Rum, one part Coconut Rum, two parts lemon/lime juice, two parts simple syrup, two parts pineapple juice.
Process: Mix 'em all together and
Celebrate the New Year in Edinburgh
Scomo collapsed from a heart attack near the new commercial center that he detested. Hurried and busy pedestrians left him there, figuring he was a drunken tramp, until a feeble-minded woman knelt to care for him and discovered he was dead.
That's how the writer George Scott-Moncrieff died
Is New Year's Eve Still the King of Alcohol?
New Year’s Eve is dead.
It’s not the biggest bar night of the year. It’s not even the biggest drinking night in general.
I base those claims on a (very scientific and statistical) review of the facts.
First, I spent four minutes on internet searches, which brought
Everlasting GKC for Advent
Lynyrd Skynyrd wrote "Sweet Home Alabama" as a rejoinder to Neil Young's smug "Southern Man. Likewise, GKC wrote The Everlasting Man as a rejoinder to H.G. Wells' Outline of History.
In both cases, the rejoinders won.
The Everlasting Man explains history as part
Annual Thanksgiving Day Quotes
“Thanksgiving Day originated in New England when the Puritans realized they had succeeded in exterminating their neighbors, the Indians, instead of getting exterminated by their neighbors, the Indians.” Mark Twain
“Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people.” Samuel Johnson
“Beggar that I
Waiting for the Biggest Bar Night of the Year
💡BYCU from 2021
“The waiting is the hardest part.”
Tom Petty
#blackwednesdaysmatter
It sits there. Five days away, the biggest bar night of the year, two years removed from the last one.
Black Wednesday.
I will have the traditional BYCU Special Edition next Wednesday.
Today, I wait. I’m itching
Drinking with Children
The first Christmas card
Tis the season . . . to get kids drunk.
The very first Christmas card showed a young child drinking mulled wine. It was 1843, the year Dickens' Christmas Carol came out.
One of the works of art proved very popular, selling out its first edition in six
Rage Against the Machine
“I am propelled along by my activities, for I am merely a cog in their great machinery.”
Benedict XVI, The Blessing of Christmas
Benedict has a paradoxical way of writing at times.
I guess that makes sense: all truth is ultimately paradoxical (the Divine Man, the Crucified God, the Almighty