Christmas Song, Fact & Cracker Joke of the Day

Christmas Fact:

Kissing under the mistletoe is thought to spring from Frigga, the Norse goddess of love, who was associated with the plant

Cracker Joke:

What carol is heard in the desert?

O camel ye faithful!

Christmas Song, Fact & Cracker Joke of the Day

Christmas Facts:

If you received all of the gifts in the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas", you would receive 364 presents

Cracker Joke:

What do you call a snowman in the summer?

A puddle

Christmas Song, Fact & Cracker Joke of the Day

Christmas Fact:

James Pierpont's 1857 song Jingle Bells was first called One Horse Open Sleigh and was written for Thanksgiving.

Cracker Joke:

What do Santa's little helpers learn at school?

The elf-abet!

Christmas (sort of) Song, Fact & Cracker Joke of the Day

Christmas Fact:

Coca Cola was the first beverage company to use Santa for a winter promotion

Cracker Joke:

What kind of paper likes music?

Wrapping paper

Top Ten Christmas Films

I love Christmas films so here are my top ten (in no particular order as that would take too many tough decisions. They're all great).

A Christmas Carol

The Kelsey Grammar one is my fave



Elf

Eve's Christmas

Home Alone

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

Jingle All The Way

Scrooged

The Santa Clause

The Snowman

What are your favourite Christmas films?

 





Book 1 - Researching Agents

I finished the second draft of my book last week and am having a break from it until the New Year. In the meantime, as well as watching cheesy made-for-tv Christmas films, stuffing myself with mince pies and emptying the sky plus box in preparation for all the things I want to tape over Christmas, I have been researching agents.

I am finding the process both inspiring and terrifying. Inspiring because I dream of the day I am taken on by an agent but also I'm terrified at the prospect of my sample chapters and synopsis sitting in the slush pile among all the other hopefuls. What are the chances of mine being liked?

I'll try not to answer that question otherwise I'll never start submitting and then the chances will be significantly lower (i.e zero). At least if it's out there, I am giving myself the chance, however remote.

Christmas Song, Fact & Cracker Joke of the Day

Christmas Fact:

The first commercial Christmas cards were commissioned by civil servant Sir Henry Cole in London in 1843. Featuring a family drinking wine, one sold for £8,469 last year

Cracker Joke:

What do you get when you cross a snowman with a vampire?

Frostbite!