Father Christmas Goes on Holiday

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The story focuses on a stereotypical vision of Father Christmas with a down-to-earth twist, living in contemporary Britain with his pets and reindeer, coping with everyday domestic chores, who recounts to the viewers about a holiday he took before preparing for another Christmas. [1] Wanting to go somewhere warmer, Father Christmas flies to Las Vegas. Instead of continuing to sleep in his flying mobile home, Father Christmas stays at the Nero's Palace hotel. He is delighted that the hotel serves huge portions of French fries and has no shortage of ketchup. He makes use of many of the hotel's amenities, including its swimming pool, its casino and its theater where show girls dance. Austin, Charlotte (2006). The Celebration of Christmastide in England from the Civil Wars to its Victorian Transformation. Leeds: University of Leeds (BA dissertation). p.11. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016 . Retrieved 14 January 2016.

Raymond Briggs' classic comic book has all of his trademark humour and an endearingly grumpy Father Christmas. Young children will love the entertaining illustrations and the comic book-like bubbles lend themselves well for early reading. Hugely enjoyable. In The Country Squire, a play of 1732, Old Christmas is depicted as someone who is rarely-found: a generous squire. The character Scabbard remarks, "Men are grown so ... stingy, now-a-days, that there is scarce One, in ten Parishes, makes any House-keeping. ... Squire Christmas ... keeps a good House, or else I do not know of One besides." When invited to spend Christmas with the squire, he comments "I will ... else I shall forget Christmas, for aught I see." [28] Similar opinions were expressed in Round About Our Coal Fire ... with some curious Memories of Old Father Christmas; Shewing what Hospitality was in former Times, and how little there remains of it at present (1734, reprinted with Father Christmas subtitle 1796). [29] In the latter part of the 19th century and the early years of the next the folk play tradition in England rapidly faded, [55] and the plays almost died out after the First World War [56] taking their ability to influence the character of Father Christmas with them. On Christmas Eve morning, a very grumpy Father Christmas is dreaming about summer, and certainly doesn't want to get up in the cold to deliver presents!

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a b Hutton, Ronald (1994). The Rise and Fall of Merry England. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 212. From the 1870s onwards, Christmas shopping had begun to evolve as a separate seasonal activity, and by the late 19th century it had become an important part of the English Christmas. [73] The purchasing of toys, especially from the new department stores, became strongly associated with the season. [74] The first retail Christmas Grotto was set up in JR Robert's store in Stratford, London in December 1888, [73] and shopping arenas for children—often called 'Christmas Bazaars'—spread rapidly during the 1890s and 1900s, helping to assimilate Father Christmas/Santa Claus into society. [73]

The Cave of Mystery". Illustrated London News: 607. 22 December 1866. The image was republished in the United States a year later in Godey's Ladies Book, December 1867, under the title 'Old Father Christmas'. Hervey, Thomas Kibble (1836). The Book of Christmas: descriptive of the customs, ceremonies, traditions, superstitions, fun, feeling, and festivities of the Christmas Season. pp. 133.Young children will love the grumpy Father Christmas. The illustrations and comic book style bubbles make this book easy to enjoy for even young readers. Taylor, John (published anonymously) (1652). The Vindication of Christmas or, His Twelve Yeares' Observations upon the Times. London: G Horton. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016 . Retrieved 14 January 2016. (Printed date 1653) A sequel to the Kate Greenaway Award winning Father Christmas, which I have yet to read. I think the key to the success of Father Christmas the innovative behind-the-scenes look at what is a pretty ordinary man. Ug and his parents live in the Stone Age. This means stone blankets, stone-cold food, an even colder cave and, worst of all, hard stone trousers!