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@danieledwards3376

3 жыл бұрын

The trick with children's stockings is that you buy two of each that way you can just swap the empty one for the full one instead of having to fill them in situ or remove it and replace it later.

@emmatheavengerpeel

3 жыл бұрын

Also yes we did advent calenders, I'm old enough to remember them not having a chocolate in them just a picture behind each door, and I have a 7 foot blue christmas tree Coz I'm a whovian my mam has a 8.5 foot traditional tree that she honestly spends about 20 hours decorating like a boss, one thing we both have is jars of aged mincemeat for mince pies, I started mine in 2002 and every year I just top up the jar with extra raisins and suet and shots of spirits, since I began I've used brandy, rum, spiced rum, Jack Daniels, amaretto, vodka, whisky, Thai whisky, cherry gin and ouzo, (donated by friends because I don't drink)

@deanwalker38

3 жыл бұрын

@WanderingRavens this is an old one but watch jim Davidson & Charlie Drake in cindrella. Its adult panto but so funny 🤣. On topic now. In brit panto, males act as female and vice versa

@colinp2238

3 жыл бұрын

Boxing day is a remnant from the Catholic St Stephen's day. Britain is a mainly Protestant country so many of the Catholic feasts and such were rebranded at the time of the Reformation.

@piotrra8811

Жыл бұрын

Hi I want ask you do you maybe be in Poland or you know somebody from Poland ?

You know you're British when you run to the window to see the drama :D

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@Hugo-BB

3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same too lol

@colinp2238

3 жыл бұрын

@@EaterOfBaconSandwiches The neighbourhood drunk going home late at night.

@lindalangart

3 жыл бұрын

Curtain twitchers

@rebeccavalentine7229

3 жыл бұрын

Depends what the Drama sounds like. If its two guys you don't look so you can't be called as a witness lol

I can't believe Pigs In Blankets weren't mentioned in the Christmas dinner, it just not Christmas without Pigs In Blankets.

@amandalewis3898

3 жыл бұрын

You can get them all year round now. I’m like YES!

@maccladoz

3 жыл бұрын

@@amandalewis3898 it is a great time to be alive!!

@OblivionGate

3 жыл бұрын

Not so long ago there was no such thing as "pigs in blankets". When I was growing up sausages and bacon were served separately. Chipolata sausages were used and streaky bacon "pressed out" with back of a knife then rolled up into rolls were the way they were served. When I started cheffing after I left school in 1984 sausages and bacon rolls were still served separately for Christmas Dinner in restaurants and other catering establishments,as well as in 99% of people's homes. During the late 80's people caught on about wrapping the sausages in the bacon instead of serving them separately until the now called "pigs in blankets" just became more popular in the early 90's, and now 99% of people serve them this way. In my house I always serve them the old fashioned way as you get more bacon and the sausage is browned all over not just the ends. It's interesting that younger people think that pigs in blankets were always a thing!

@OblivionGate

3 жыл бұрын

@@amandalewis3898 technically they have always been available all year round if you've got chipolatas and streaky bacon. Which they sell in the supermarkets all year round!

@alistairwalker7947

3 жыл бұрын

@@OblivionGate no o no pigs in blankets every year since the 1970's in our house, perhaps its a northern thing as we were in manchester

I'm 25 years old and my parents still get me an advent calendar 😅 For me it's not Christmas until Noddy Holder says so.

@erinparry-bennee4129

3 жыл бұрын

Yep I’m 21 and my mum always sends me an advent calendar in the post to have at uni 😂

@Simonius86

3 жыл бұрын

I’m 34 and bought myself one!

@bodsnvimto

3 жыл бұрын

Me and a mate once got caught stealing an Advent calendar. We got 6 months each.

@jaysmith2858

3 жыл бұрын

@@bodsnvimto Did you get that one from a Christmas cracker? 😉

@bodsnvimto

3 жыл бұрын

@@jaysmith2858 No, it was from a Sunday Morning BBC Greater Manchester radio programme which doesn't even attempt not to be corny. Other favourites of mine include- Phil Spector's brother used to work as Head of Quality Control at Walkers. His name is Crispin. My friend fell into the upholstery machine at IKEA. He's fully recovered. I asked my local butcher if it is safe to keep a turkey in the freezer for six weeks, and he said it was. I put it in then came down next morning, and it was already dead.

Your phrase, "Have you ever put your candle in an orange", would certainly pass muster as pantomime innuendo, ^oo^

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

😘

@Masq09

3 жыл бұрын

“Oh no it wouldn’t”

@bernardthedisappointedowl6938

3 жыл бұрын

@@Masq09 Oh yes it would!, ^oo^

@catherinerobilliard7662

3 жыл бұрын

@@Masq09 OH NO IT WOULDN'T!

@davidkettlewell

3 жыл бұрын

@@catherinerobilliard7662 It's behind you !

Slade, Wizard, The Pogues + Kristy MacColl, Cliff Richard, David Essex, Jona Lewie, Greg Lake, Chris Deburgh, Shakin Steven’s, Paul McCartney! Theses are the singers of our Favourite Christmas tunes!

@EdDueim

3 жыл бұрын

Check out God Ye Merry Gentlemen by Annie Lennox

@craigkitching4883

3 жыл бұрын

Dont forget Johnny Mathis!

@stephenflynn7600

3 жыл бұрын

Chris Deburgh - Lady in Red?

@tsrgoinc

3 жыл бұрын

@@stephenflynn7600 A spaceman came travelling but yes that Chris De Burgh

@tsrgoinc

3 жыл бұрын

@@craigkitching4883 There are many more, Nat King Cole, Ertha Kitt and Brenda Lee etc that some people play but I feel the one I mentioned originally are the mainstay. Not saying they are better but not as popular as they once were!

I think seeing a glimpse of a christmas tree and some warm lighting through someones window makes me feel more of the christmas spirit than a big blow up snowman.

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

Me too!!

@amandalewis3898

3 жыл бұрын

A beautifully lit up Xmas tree through a window is Xmas to me. But most people where I am compete and it’s like Blackpool illuminations but still I do like it and so do the grandkids.

Eric: Props to you mums and dads for being able to fill your kid's stockings while they're sleeping. Err... You what mate? Santa does it!

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

Was wondering if someone was going to comment on that! 😂

@Otacatapetl

3 жыл бұрын

I knew my son was growing up when I'd just filled his stocking one year and was creeping out of his bedroom. As I was softly easing his door shut, he said, "Night, Dad".

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

@@Otacatapetl That's so cute!

@Totemking

3 жыл бұрын

@@Otacatapetl d'oh 😅

@VASIGTravelingLifeinLondon

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah thats honestly so cute❤️ wasn’t it the same for you? Btw if you’re interested I also have a channel with vlogs from London if you want to check it out ☺️❤️

It’s kind of a default that all children in the UK get an advent calendar

@gomorasmith1015

3 жыл бұрын

@@EaterOfBaconSandwiches that’s mad, shows how different things can be in the same country, I don’t really know anybody who celebrates Christmas who didn’t

@daranphilipson1025

3 жыл бұрын

And adults....

@hjr2000

3 жыл бұрын

Some Spankwangle will probably decide this practice is racist sexist homophobic. And ban it.

@ImMamba

3 жыл бұрын

@@EaterOfBaconSandwiches do you live under a rock

@nicolarushton4451

3 жыл бұрын

Bob Smith not only do my kids get advent calendars my 2 dogs get dog ones too. Every child i know gets an advent calendar.

you have got a pantomime in the states it's called the government

@ftumschk

3 жыл бұрын

The USA gets a Pantomime government, we get a Whitehall Farce.

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

Now we HAVE to see a pantomime, so that we can understand the joke! 😂😂

@AndrewofWare

3 жыл бұрын

I would pay good money to see Trump play the pantomime Dame, however, I suspect that he would be the Demon King.

@keyproductions100

3 жыл бұрын

Little American girl: Where is the president? Crowd: HE'S BEHIND YOU......

@michaelcole-hamer607

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamespasifull3424 stick up your arse much? Politics affects all facets of life and if therefore fair game. Chill out

"Have you ever put your candle in an orange?" I thought this was family friendly... LOL * ;-)*

@speleokeir

3 жыл бұрын

I'm having nightmares about Trump now!

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

😘😂

@AndrewofWare

3 жыл бұрын

@@speleokeir Only now? I started having them four years ago.

@dirtbikerman1000

3 жыл бұрын

They are pronounced Borballs 👍

@indochannel2513

3 жыл бұрын

Christmas songs no ads kzread.info/dash/bejne/npeYuK9wlsLgh5s.html May you all be blessed and joyful during the end of this year. Amen

A lot of people round where I live have lights on the front of their house. Usually around their porch or in their front window. There is one house near me where the man who lives there completely covers his house in lights for charity and we love going to see it 🥰

NOBODY in the UK has "bobbles" on their tree, they are called "baubles"

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry! 😂

@keyproductions100

3 жыл бұрын

@@WanderingRavens Tiz the season for forgiveness 😂

@Dannie1ionAi

3 жыл бұрын

Normally the easiest way to say it is ball balls

@peteerodgers7389

3 жыл бұрын

It is pronounced bore-bulls ☺

@michaelstamper5875

3 жыл бұрын

When I was very young, my family referred to them as wassail cups. From the Anglo-Saxon custom of wassailing (kind of "eat, drink and be merry" - ing) particularly around Christmas time.

Hanging chocolate decorations on your Xmas tree? You can eat them whenever. Then even when you take it down you might find a one hidden away round the back.

@kraffles

3 жыл бұрын

My son was quite the expert in removing the chocolate from said foil wrapped chocolates leaving a perfectly shaped empty chocolate decoration. :o

@girlnotlocal

3 жыл бұрын

my mom wouldnt let us eat them untill christmas day. but i would sneak them from the back.

I work in a supermarket in the UK. And yes, it’s the same 10 songs remixed and repeated over and over 😞

@tsrgoinc

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, forgot about the multiple different versions of the same song 😩 20 hours listening to them 5 Christmas straight in a toy store an people wonder why I hated Christmas for the last 16 years. Only just started not to make breakout in a cold sweat when September roles around! 😳

@bernardthedisappointedowl6938

3 жыл бұрын

10 different songs? You're living in luxury - my local one just plays a muzak version of 'Mistletoe and wine' on repeat! ^oo^

@PiousMoltar

3 жыл бұрын

I feel for you bro. I hate even stepping foot in a supermarket this time of year.

@PiousMoltar

3 жыл бұрын

Although honestly I haven't heard much this year! Also, does it really usually start in September? That's absurd. That's long before Hallowe'en even. Nobody should even be thinking about Christmas til December!

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

As people who used to work in a restaurant, we feel your pain!!

Due to Covid a lot of theatres are doing their Pantomimes online! The Belgrade Theatre in Coventry is doing Jack and the Beanstalk and you can buy tickets and support the arts from your own home 🥰

4:10 they sit there shocked and I'm just thinking sounds like a normal day in the UK

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

Someone got a car horn for christmas.

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

And they are LOVING it! 😂😂

'Pigs in blankets' (small sausages wrapped in smokey bacon) are also often found on British Christmas Dinner tables

@YourBeingParanoid

3 жыл бұрын

Had fish and chips last night with what they called XXL pigs in blankets on the side. When it arrived it was a foot long sausage, wrapped in bacon, battered and deep fried. Its now 8am and I'm being visited by the ghost of takeaways past.

@CM-by4ib

3 жыл бұрын

How did we almost forget pigs in blankets!

@bobbod8069

3 жыл бұрын

We have pigs in duvets.

@VASIGTravelingLifeinLondon

3 жыл бұрын

Ysss!! Thank you for that 😂 Btw if you’re interested I also have a channel with vlogs from London if you want to check it out ☺️❤️

When I was young, it was traditional for the entire school to travel to the Empire Theatre in Liverpool to see whatever pantomime was showing that particular year.

@nicolarushton4451

3 жыл бұрын

Thanxs for that memory Steve ☺ i loved going to the Empire for the panto. Our head teacher would warn us all we had our uniform on and we are representing the school so be good

As a child On Christmas Eve I’d lay in bed unable to sleep, excited. Around 2am my dad would “sneak” into my bedroom to leave my presents. When I say “sneak” I mean drunkenly stagger in with a black bin bag of presents, usually stumble and swear, before leaving the sack by the side of my bed and backing out to the sound of my mother chastising him for “making a racket” and that he better not wake up the girls. Then I’d lay there awake all night waiting for the first light of morning to wake the house and start the family tradition of opening up the presents together. We got very little in those days so what we got at Christmas was very special. I can still remember my sisters shaking with excitement at the opening of each present.

14:47 most christmas puds are made months in advance to properly infused the alcohol.

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

Good to know!

@ImMamba

3 жыл бұрын

But most people still pour some on at the table too

@thenerdytiger9306

3 жыл бұрын

@@ImMamba I know I was saying it's a little late to start making it

@nat3007

3 жыл бұрын

No it's not make it for next year instead.

@thenerdytiger9306

3 жыл бұрын

@@nat3007 I meant for this year

We had to do christingle at school when I was younger. It's a Clementine with a candle with tinfoil stuck into it. ribbon wrapped around the orange with cloves stamped into it

@emmablee6081

3 жыл бұрын

Then we told the birth of Christ whilst sitting on a cold wooden floor in assembly

@hollycook7497

3 жыл бұрын

I had to do it in a church, very boring!

@bethm203

3 жыл бұрын

When I did it as a child it also had sweets on cocktail sticks on it too.

@RyanAlexanC

3 жыл бұрын

Beth H same here, I remember really enjoying poking the little cocktail sticks into the orange for some reason

I am English but been in the states for almost 3 years. Last Christmas I put on an English Christmas for my American husband and mother in law. It was hysterical to see their reaction to pulling xmas crackers and wearing the paper crown during dinner. Sadly this is my first year without an advent calendar or a tree so far, but with everything going on in the world I am just grateful to be here. Be careful with that pudding when you light it up 😂

Baubles is pronounced bor-balls 😂 We put coloured led lights and tinsel on our tree but our decorations have no uniformity whatsoever! We use ornaments that we’ve collected over the years and they usually have sentimental value to them (e.g. decorations we made as kids, decorations with names on them, decorations given to us by loved ones etc.). And to top it all off, we always have an angel-making competition beforehand and the winner gets to take pride of place at the top of the tree ☺️

Such a shame American Christmas music stopped in the 60's. You missed the whole 'Glam Rock Christmas' era!

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

Wham still made it through! haha

@davidrigby3874

3 жыл бұрын

@@WanderingRavens and ptx

@Inaflap

3 жыл бұрын

@@WanderingRavens Last year, I gave you my heart, and the very next day, you gave it away. This year, I'm giving you a pair of novelty socks.

@amandalewis3898

3 жыл бұрын

Inaflap last Xmas I gave you my fart, I actually sing that when the song comes on 🤣🤣🤣

"Happy Christmas and a Very Merry New Year" - That got me cracking 🤣🤣🤣 Merry Christmas y'all 🎄🎁🎉

It ain’t Christmas without home alone! 🇺🇸🇬🇧

@adrianburchell8075

3 жыл бұрын

or The Great Escape

@beckydoherty3336

3 жыл бұрын

National Lampoons Christmas vacation is a absolute must in our house!

@jimmylincoln4082

3 жыл бұрын

@@beckydoherty3336 ......totally, we watch it every year . Over 20 years now 😁have a great Christmas and stay safe 🍻🎄

@omegadeep1

3 жыл бұрын

@@beckydoherty3336 it's so bad its good.

@dave_h_8742

3 жыл бұрын

Great Escape. Where Eagles Dare. The Wooden Horse. The Sound of Music. Every sodding year ! The Horror of it all 😥

My children are 29 and 27 and for the first time this year I forgot to buy them an advent calendar. They are now saying I'm a bad parent.🤣

@Matthew-Wood85

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣 my mum asked me if I wanted an advent calendar.....I'm 35. I didn't get one 😔

@leedsman54

3 жыл бұрын

My daughter’s forty and still wants one!

@thegingerwitch322

3 жыл бұрын

Mine are 32,30 and 28 and I had to get them one. My middle son also wants a stocking - he lives with his lovely girlfriend but she doesn't quite "get" our traditional stockings!

@clairec1267

3 жыл бұрын

My 18 year old brought me one this year

non-alcohol christmas??? but how do the family start fighting??

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@OblivionGate

3 жыл бұрын

Non alcohol Christmas is a fairy story isn't it... I've never heard of that. I mean even if you're not a drinker surely you have a glass of sherry, port or liquor with a mince pie or a glass of wine with Christmas Dinner!

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3 жыл бұрын

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Thank you Wandering Ravens for your lovely videos helping to keep us going throughout this year. We wish you both a very Merry Christmas.

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@amandalewis3898

3 жыл бұрын

Have ya seen how small the bars of chocolate have gotten in the boxes and the tins of roses, quality street etc

parents don't put gifts into stockings at the end of the bed, Santa does 😉

@MonkeyButtMovies1

3 жыл бұрын

My mother always had us hang it on our doorknobs on the outside so "Santa" didn't disturb us.

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

Ah, right! Sorry 'bout that!

@jillhobson6128

3 жыл бұрын

Or Father Christmas does.

@tommywulfric9768

3 жыл бұрын

.........and we as kids used to have pillowcases at the end of the beds....totally spoilt!

@jillhobson6128

3 жыл бұрын

@@tommywulfric9768 We had pillowcases hung on the edge of the mantelpiece!

Prosecco should only ever be served as a prank... it simply MUST be champagne

Enjoyed this, thank you. One of my favourite things to do at Christmas is go to a candlelit carol service at Canterbury Cathedral (over 1400 years old).The acoustics and choir are amazing. Perhaps in less restrictive times you could attend an ancient cathedral near you. It's like stepping back in time. We didn't have stockings, we used pillow cases. As a parent this made life simpler as a pillow case would be filled away from the bedroom and simply exchanged for the empty one, not so much noise. It made for a tiring Christmas day, having to wait until the children were in a deep sleep! Pantomime humour works on an adult and a more childish level using slap stick, many innuendos and topical themes; an acquired taste possibly. We used to have (pre-decimalisation) threepenny bits or sixpences wrapped in greaseproof paper inside the Christmas pudding. It was served with rum sauce. We would also have sherry trifle and a brandy soaked Christmas cake...difficult to avoid alcohol! Merry Christmas:-)

Was taken to a pantomime in Swansea in 1989, and having been raised in Australia it went unappreciated by my 16 year-old self. It starred the late John Inman, and I wish I had appreciated back then as I would now.

Chris Rea ~ Driving Home For Christmas, love this song.

@EdDueim

3 жыл бұрын

I hear Dominic Cummings is releasing a cover version.

@janedoe133

3 жыл бұрын

@@EdDueim 🤣😂🤣😂

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

We'll look it up!

@janedoe133

3 жыл бұрын

@Janie Reeton The Ian Duncan Smiths Dominique Cummings cover has been let out for Christmas.

@amandalewis3898

3 жыл бұрын

Chris Rea born and bred from Boro like me! (Middlesbrough in the north of England)

Deeley Boppers are plastic headbands with two springs on top, and they are topped with a glittery star or heart, but there are other designs, you should definitely wear them lol

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131

3 жыл бұрын

Norwegians like the reindeer antler boppers....🎄⛄😘

Totally loved this video guys! Thanks for the shout out! I just wish coronavirus wasn’t a thing. If this has been a normal year, not only would I have told you all these Christmas facts, I’d probably have offered to make you a British Christmas dinner to try!

Its officially Christmas for me when I first hear Slade's famous "IT'S CHRISTMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS!" It's a shame you're in the UK during COVID, I'd highly recommend seeing a Pantomime if you ever get the chance. I think a lot of the Playhouses are doing online Pantos this year. I know we're hoping for Easter Pantos next year though :D

@hm.5674

2 жыл бұрын

pantos are great part of some peoples tradition

A christmas pudding always contained a sixpence (when I was little.) I lived on steamed suet puddings when I was young.

@johncooper9275

3 жыл бұрын

Silver three penny bits.... another loss to decimalisation... never liked xmas pudding with them in...

Deeley Bobbers are a form of novelty "head wear" consisting of an Alice band with springs attached to them with ornaments placed on top. The ornaments are usually themed for the occasion, say Christmas decorations, Halloween motifs, etc.

Use to leave a card with a like a tenner in it, for the milkman when we still had one

Me and my family have always loved when people decorate the outside of their houses for christmas. South Manchester where I grew up and still live, has a growing number of people decorating the outside of their houses at christmas. In fact majority of the road I live has some sort of decoration outside their house or in their window. I love christmas time

There are certain towns / Villages where every house will have christmas lights and decorations on. And people will go visit them to see them. I always went to see Mousehole Christmas lights.

@laurenblachford1501

3 жыл бұрын

yeah we have that in our village too, we make a christmas light walk for little kids but it’s always funny to see the roads not included in the walk because it’s always completely barren of christmas lights 😂

@imkatylouu9666

3 жыл бұрын

The lights in Mousehole last year was so good!!!

I must be a child then, as I always have an Advent Calendar... gotta get that choco-high somehow!

@pauliedoodle1939

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I have an advent calendar too. My husband is taking up an unnecessarily large space in the fridge with his cheese advent calendar. Lol

Really like watching your videos! Keep up the great work 👍

Without even watching the video yet I can say with 100% certainty that Christmas is better in the UK.

@VASIGTravelingLifeinLondon

3 жыл бұрын

Awww, I also think so! Christmas Here is one my favorite things ever. Btw if you’re interested I also have a channel with vlogs from London if you want to check it out ☺️❤️

@Jemma1487

3 жыл бұрын

💯💯💯💯

@edwardrushfirth6216

3 жыл бұрын

I’m from Leeds and I’m gonna be honest I think Christmas in the USA sounds fun. But British Christmas is better as a permanent thing.

@peterscott9137

3 жыл бұрын

Americans talk about Christmas Brits talk about the Christmas week

@salomeydraws

3 жыл бұрын

@@edwardrushfirth6216 another from Leeds! Eyup! Also, I respectfully disagree (about American Christmas being better) 😜😂

I absolutely loved the "church peoples voice" 🤣

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you approve 😂😂

I live in Essex and 90% of houses near me have Christmas lights up

Guys, really loving and enjoying your content. I would like to wish you a very Happy Christmas, cannot wait to see your next adventure

@lesleyjones4041

3 жыл бұрын

It's two weeks before Easter when I am reading this. Can't believe no one has mentioned the Nativity play. In normal years many schools and churches perform these plays which tell the "Christmas Story". Characters include the Innkeeper, the Angel Gabriel appearing to the Shepherds, the three wise men or Kings and of course Mary and Joseph. There is also a host of Angels and various animals, sheep, cattle and a donkey.

"Snow is falling, all around us, children playing having fun"- shakin steven"s.This soo reminds me of xmas back in 1990 when all my friends were singing this as the snow was falling on Christmas Eve! BRING BACK THOSE INNOCENT DAYS! HALLELUJAH!

I’ve never met someone that doesn’t have a calendar in December

@capitalb5889

3 жыл бұрын

My parents don't. It's s bit weird if you're grown up, frankly.

@donny7574

3 жыл бұрын

Me and my siblings rarely had them cos we was skint as kids and when we did we was Marvins so the got demolished there and then

@GreenJimll

3 жыл бұрын

I don't remember having one as a child in Bedfordshire in 1970s/80s. I think I saw them in the shops but it just wasn't part of any Christmas tradition we had. But then traditions change, especially under commercial pressures. Just look at the amount of halloween tat we now get thrust at us in October compared to how few children still go round with "penny for the Guy".

Deely poppers are a headband with antennae on with balls or windmills on. They were very popular with all ages in the 80’s.

@texbankuk

3 жыл бұрын

Here is what you'll see www.amazon.co.uk/deely-boppers/s?k=deely+boppers

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@SkepticalSteve01

3 жыл бұрын

The reason you’ve never heard of Deely Bobbers is not because you’re not British , it’s because you’re too young. According to their Wikipedia entry, they were invented _in America_ in 1981 and inspired by Killer Bee costumes on Saturday Night Live. They were sold by - get this - Ace Novelties, of Bellevue, Washington. Hey, haven’t I seen a couple of Washingtonians on KZread from time to time? Also, there is no actual mime in pantomime, although there is a fair bit of dancing, slapstick humour, cross-dressing and rude jokes that the kids are supposed to be too young to understand (but they do, they do.) And ‘suet’ which is either the hardened fat found around the kidneys of sheep and cattle or a vegetable-based substitute, is pronounced “sooette”, not “soo-ey” And a flaming Christmas pudding burns with a delicate pale blue flame, until all the alcohol burns off and it goes out. Quite a touching sight, really. Certainly not a terrifying blazing nightmare, as you might have unwittingly suggested.

@Alice-fc5uq

3 жыл бұрын

I've spent my whole life calling them dinghy boppers... haha learn something new everyday!

@hlund73

3 жыл бұрын

@@WanderingRavens Couldn't believe you don't have those in 'murca - they must have a different name?

I am new to your videos, but loving them, and already subscribed! I will happily watch anything Christmas related. Making British Christmas pudding, or other items sounds like a great video!

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

Welcome! And we made one! kzread.info/dash/bejne/a51pu8mNnprHoto.html

I had a German grandmother who sent us an advent calendar every year. We have only two left and I kick myself that we didn't try to preserve them. I just put one of them up today, as a matter of fact. It's the paper kind with the little doors you open every day to see the image behind it. That always was magical for me as a child and it took me years to realize that the last doors were always going to be the nativity.

My wife got me a coffee advent calendar! A different coffee every day!

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

Oh wow!! I'd love that!!

Awesome video Wandering Ravens. I also like Grace's hair.

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🤗

We have a day where the family puts up the tree, we all eat popcorn and sew it onto long lengths of string which we wrap around the tree. The white corn twisting up the tree goes really beautifully with the baubles and candles.

We have a chocolate advent calendar and we light a an advent wreath candle each Sunday in the four-week run-up to Christmas :)

You've missed Steak and Kidney Pudding. Which is basically a steamed pie using suet pastry. We love our puddings here in England.

@russbetts1467

3 жыл бұрын

Kate & Sidney Pud was a traditional meal for New Year's Day in our house. Again, the Silver Thruppenny bit was included, to bring good fortune for the coming year.

Pantomime is marvelous. You really must experience it. Love them all

Boxing Day is one of the best days in Christmas! Just get shit faced 😂

@Butterflylion1

3 жыл бұрын

Bubble and squeak first

@yolandasamuels6438

3 жыл бұрын

Unless you're one of the poor buggers that works in retail and you're rota'd to work Boxing Day, especially when a certain clothes shop starts their sales at 6am and there's no public transport running at that hour. Seriously, who NEEDS to go shopping on Boxing Day, outside of emergency food supplies?

Christmas pudding deaths were always the highlight of Christmas Day, when I were a lad.

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

Would definitely spice up the Christmas evening doldrums! 😂

@russcattell955i

3 жыл бұрын

Highlight of my xmas too !

@russbetts1467

3 жыл бұрын

@@russcattell955i Back when I were a lad, we got Silver Thruppenny bits in our Christmas Pud, not 5p pieces. There was a special present for the person who got the coin, which was then washed and used again the following Christmas. That Silver Thruppenny bit, now resides in Australia with my youngest sister, as I don't have a family. I still have the happy memories of the expectation of who would find it... and nobody ever broke a tooth.

@meryuk

3 жыл бұрын

As far as eastern Europe you have coins inside a Christmas bread or something like that...

Also Slade and Wizard are the best Christmas songs!

@colinp2238

3 жыл бұрын

Greg Lake and Chris de Burgh.

Not sure if Pantomimes will be going ahead this year but ITV have recorded a few over the years and usually show them around Christmas ...... watch out for them on TV!

Very pleased to see you. I like your hair do, Grace. We always had an advent calender when I was little.

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

Oh thank you! x

My grandma makes our Christmas pudding every year and gives it to us to enjoy on Christmas Day 🥰

Fairytale of New York. Best Xmas song ever.

@Gamemyster1991

3 жыл бұрын

Defo

@itsben2316

3 жыл бұрын

Shame the BBC year again ruined something for woke culture

@louisecaple3998

3 жыл бұрын

If seen many Americans who don't get this song 😂😂😂

@eugenegilleno9344

3 жыл бұрын

NO...it’s absolutely appalling !!!

@Gamemyster1991

3 жыл бұрын

@@eugenegilleno9344 u dont know what u are talking about

UK Christmas classic songs Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday Pogues & Kirsty McCall - Fairytale Of New York (Preferably the uncensored version) Elton John - Step Into Christmas Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry Showaddywaddy - Hey Mister Christmas Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry There are others It's not Christmas bobble it is bauble (baw_bul) Ending up wasted on Christmas day and falling asleep in front of the telly after your huge Christmas dinner is almost compulsory

@arthurterrington8477

3 жыл бұрын

Sadly the government has spoiled Chris Rea's plans this year.

Hi Grace and Eric.. Deelie Boppers, are like a hairband, with two boiny springs on them sticking up with either reindeers, stars, snowflakes.. whatever Christmassy things on it, you can think of... Which then boing about on your head as you move about.. I have many.. :D :D

My mum and i call our Christmas lunch a bread sauce delivery system - as we see it primarily as a way of spreading bread sauce on everything. Bread sauce is made from infusing an onion in milk with cloves, peppercorns and bay leaves. You then add breadcrumbs and butter and stir until a thick creamy sauce.

Went to a pantomime in York a few years ago, one of the best i've seen, fun for whole family with a great atmosphere & loads of silly humour & audience involvement.

@stevieinselby

3 жыл бұрын

The one in York is the archetypal pantomime. It had the same person writing, directing _and_ starring in it for 40 years, and most of the cast were regulars who did it year after year. The best pantos are those that have a regular crew with a local connection, so always try to look out for one of those rather than ones touting z-list "celebrities" desperately trying to rekindle a failed career in soap operas or reality TV. Pantomime is an art form in itself, and you want people who specialise in it.

Be prepared for : "There's something behind you" "Oh no there isn't" "Oh yes there is!" When seeing panto. Also: see Mother Goose

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

Oh! Does the audience call out?

@davidrobinson4400

3 жыл бұрын

@@WanderingRavens Audience participation is a big part of the panto experience. "Oh no it isn't!" "Oh yes it is!"

@michaelcole-hamer607

3 жыл бұрын

@@WanderingRavens oh my god, it's its true purpose lol, it's not a pantomime if there's no audience participation sometimes including water pistols

@cogidubnus1953

3 жыл бұрын

@@WanderingRavens Here's a posh made-for-TV panto that might give you something of the flavour:- kzread.info/dash/bejne/p6ejqbSiaNDgZNY.html&ab_channel=AgentFSB

@pip5858

3 жыл бұрын

And the sweets thrown out in to the audience. Got to try and grab those boiled sweets that you wouldn't buy the rest of the year

I have been to Minnesota a couple of times at Christmas and the outside decorations on houses there were beautiful, especially with the snow, not tacky at all, it was magical

Loved this so funny, my gran always got is an advent calendar with just pictures in and no chocolate 😂 I used to be so sad. Advent calendars are a must every year for my children. Panto is a yearly family tradition and I love them such a laugh.

For my family Boxing Day is the day we eat the leftover cold meats from Christmas Day. Usually with mashed potato and pickles 😋

@JessG.01

3 жыл бұрын

Turkey sandwiches are amazing!! We used to go to my aunts and uncles, eat left overs, plays board games and watch boxing day tv, and play with the toys we got xmas day

Have to admit, drinking does start early. Breakfast scramble egg with smoked salmon on toast tradional Christmas dinner then on sofa with nibbles. Hope you both have a great Christmas xx

@Gamemyster1991

3 жыл бұрын

It does start early Earliest I have started drinking was 9 am

@laurencemajor4837

3 жыл бұрын

@@Gamemyster1991 normally start with a cup of tea and something fizzy!! Down hill from there x

Here in Canada, I have seen our Costco putting out their first Christmas stuff on August 1st! We have always had advent calendars , with chocolates! Pantomime, really filthy lines that go over the kids heads, hopefully ! Took the kids to one here. In the UK, all my Christmas presents were at the foot of the bed! I'm thinking that only really fancy people would pour rum or brandy over their Christmas pud and set it on fire! We put Birds Custard over ours. I'm so old, we used to put thrupenny bits in ours! (Love Eric's pronunciation of 'SUET'! I was really surprised when I moved from the UK to Canada to find that nobody went to the pub on Christmas Eve! nor at lunch time on Christmas Day- I don't think that's as common there any more! Good video guys!

Another great vid guys 👍 - please please please attempt to make a Christmas pudding! 😂 (although it is getting a bit close to the big day to be making it now - should be at least a month in advance, steeped in as much alcohol as possible, and when your'e ready to light it, carefully warm the brandy / whisky / rum before pouring over the pud 👍 - of course, then comes the question of what to eat it with... Custard, double cream, brandy butter.... Personally i love christmas pud with double cream) Good luck!!! 👍😁

First year with an advent calendar. Different gin every day. Best present ever. Arranged by an American friend. Hugs. Gin soaked hugs.

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

Love that idea!! 😂

@gracemarie2941

3 жыл бұрын

My uncle got one from down in London last year. He doesn't like sloe gin so I was very happy!!

@charliee769

3 жыл бұрын

I saw gin baubles in morrisons yesterday.

@yolandasamuels6438

3 жыл бұрын

Ooh, I would have loved one of those!

deeliebopper is a head band with two flexible antenna with a ball on the end of each. which bounces around, over your head. fun but weird lol

@juliaw151

3 жыл бұрын

I'm English and I have NEVER heard it called that 🤣

Another great video! bringing the Christmas spirit 🎄Keep it up 💪 Ps would love to watch you guys making a British christmas meal vid

We send our Christmas cards to neighbours. It’s a nice way to say that they are thinking of you this Christmas especially when your neighbours are elderly and don’t have any family around Christmas time.

Love the hair Grace!

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! :D

I live out in the countryside and Christmas lights aren't uncommon here

@autumnwright9004

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I know what you mean. I also live in the country and you can't go down a road without seeing at least 1 house

@gracemarie2941

3 жыл бұрын

In one part of Scunthorpe they've started stringing Christmas lights between houses over the street. (Probably elsewhere too but I'm too lazy to check) It looks magical. Well, until the binmen came and accidentally ripped it all down lmao.

@VASIGTravelingLifeinLondon

3 жыл бұрын

Really?😅 that’s so odd.. I live in London and I feel like there’re everywhere but it might be because of all the stores around

@philippabeier3881

3 жыл бұрын

@@gracemarie2941 they do this where I live! Luddington (scunthorpe)

@philippabeier3881

3 жыл бұрын

@@gracemarie2941 they do this where I live! Luddington (scunthorpe)

Usually you have two stockings per child, an empty one to put at the end of the bed and a second that you fill elsewhere. You then quietly replace the empty stocking with the full one without waking said child.

Boxing day is 'leftover day'. What's left of the turkey, pigs in blankets (tiny sausages rapped in bacon), Gammon (ham) etc, etc, is put out to graze over that day. Our family put the whole lot in a big casserole and heat it up for lunch. It's all the good bits of Christmas day lunch without all the cooking; just relaxing and continuing to eat the food that's leftover.

Why is no one talking about how looooovely graces hair is!! Suits you 😌

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!! x

@dave_h_8742

3 жыл бұрын

Because from blokes it's pervy from women it sounds sarcastic. You both look flushed in the face like you've been caught being naughty on the bed 😂

ohh would love to see you "try" to make Christmas pudding

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

I will try!

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

Oh no 😂😂

@jenniedarling3710

3 жыл бұрын

Christmas pudding needs to by at least September it needs to mature before being eaten.

I loved this! You should defo do a part 2! Theres still much more to talk about! Christmas crackers Mince pies Christmas cake Queens speech Boxing day Christmas eve traditions, for example we leave either milk and carrots out, or some people leave brandy and mince pies out for father christmas. Some people do a christmas eve box which it usually a box off Christmas eve goodies, like hot chocolate, pajamas, a christmas film Theres also elf on a shelf where parents will take a picture of a toy elf getting up to mischief every day through december. Theres soo many! You should defo do a part 2! I would love to see it!

A deele-bopper is a headband with 2 springs with different stuff attached to them so that they bounce when you move your head.

For me, the tunes of Christmas are Slade: Merry Xmas everybody, Wizzard: I wish it could be Christmas everyday, Mud: Lonely this Christmas, Jona Lewie: Stop the Cavalry, Kirsty MacColl and the Pogues: Fairytale of New York, and the Troika from Lieutenant Kije by Proikofiev. But perhaps I'm showing my age...

When you try to make a Christmas pudding, why not try a shop bought one first so you know what it should taste like?

@darklightuk2

3 жыл бұрын

definitely a must

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

Good idea!

@johnleonard9090

3 жыл бұрын

A true Christmas pud needs to be matured, shop bought ones are either 6 or 9 months, home made ones can be made the previous year if it’s fed and stored properly,

@AndrewofWare

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnleonard9090 My mum used to make Christmas Puddings - and the Christmas Cake - on 'Stir up' Sunday. This is the Sunday before Advent and is called 'Stir-up Sunday' because one of the Church of England's prayers that day begins with 'Stir up the wills of your people Lord' (or something like that). Mum used to make three Christmas puddings - one for Christmas Day, one for Easter and one for a special occasion on another day of the year.

@lsmith9249

3 жыл бұрын

@@WanderingRavens years ago, christmas puddings and christmas cakes were made at home several months before christmas and it was considered lucky for each member of the family to stir the pudding and sixpence was put in the pudding a sixpence is an old british coin

No alcohol on Christmas day, what the hell, we start with alcohol at 8am

The pantos at the theatre I went to last Christmas has a tradition of water pistols along with a song sometime during the performance, which all the kids in the audience seem to know about. Its was the first time for us at this theatre. Staff also joined in with large water pistols and my sister, friend and myself were soaked. Great fun

OK, classic British Christmas songs for you to react to! This would be so interesting. 1. Jona Lewie - Stop The Calvary 2. Band Aid 1984 - Do They Know it's Christmas 3. Wham - Last Christmas 4. The Pogues - Faiytale New York 5. Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day 6. Cliff Richard - Mistletoe & Wine 7. Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone 8. Slade - Merry Christmas Everybody (this is the BANGER) 9. The Waitresses- Christmas Wrapping 10. Johnny Mathis - When a Child is Born.

@arthurterrington8477

3 жыл бұрын

Re 9 The Waitresses were British?

Music here is different, some firm staples are by Wizard - whish it could be christmas, Chris Rea - driving home for Christmas, The Pogues - fairytale of New york, Band Aid - Feed the world, The Darkness - Don't let the bells end

I used to love going Christingle service as normally you would get the orange with candle and dolly mixtures on cocktail sticks

Baked my 'Delia Smith' sausage rolls and mince pies today - now in the freezer. :-) Delia is a UK cooking icon

@omegadeep1

3 жыл бұрын

Sausage rolls are a must have at 🎄