Krampus Edition is Here!
Saturday, December 15, 2018
OK, Santa Dancers, the moment has arrived! Go to iTunes and grab the new Santa Dance: Krampus Edition and crank it to 11ish!
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gejNNDhWRuU]
History Schmistory: December 15. Yo-ho, yo-ho, a pirate’s life for Marco?
Saturday, December 15, 2018
1973: The Pirates of the Caribbean water ride opens in Disneyland. Marco rides for two weeks straight. (But he’s still not a pirate!)
![DearCatastropheWaitress at English Wikipedia [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons](http://www.teammarcopolo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/POTCWenches.jpg)
DearCatastropheWaitress at English Wikipedia [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
History Schmistory: December 14. Don’t be shy, Earth!
Friday, December 14, 2018
1911: Journeyman Ronald Amundsen and his crew discover the South Pole, and get one step closer to answering the age-old question: Does our planet have a cute butt?
![By Kuno Lechner; cropped by H Debussy-Jones (talk) 08:31, 14 November 2009 (UTC) (Self-photographed) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or CC BY-SA 2.5-2.0-1.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5-2.0-1.0)], via Wikimedia Commons](http://www.teammarcopolo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Geographic_Southpole_crop.jpg)
By Kuno Lechner; cropped by H Debussy-Jones (talk) 08:31, 14 November 2009 (UTC) (Self-photographed) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or CC BY-SA 2.5-2.0-1.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5-2.0-1.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
History Schmistory: December 13. Off the Charts.
Thursday, December 13, 2018
1577: Sir Francis Drake sets out from England on his voyage around the world. Judging by this portrait he looks pretty pleased with himself!
![Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](http://www.teammarcopolo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/1590_or_later_Marcus_Gheeraerts_Sir_Francis_Drake_Buckland_Abbey_Devon.jpg)
Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
History Schmistory: December 12. Is anybody out there?
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
1901: Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal in Newfoundland. The Message? “What kind of name is gooey elbow macaroni?”
Leslie Ward [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
MarcoWord (Italian): Buon Natale (Merry Christmas)
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Or ‘Buone Feste!’ (Happy Holidays!)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/The_Colosseum_during_Christmas.jpg
Do the Santa Dance!
Monday, December 10, 2018
Marco Polo’s Super Awesome 21st Century Santa Claus Dance v2.0
Santa Dance Version 2.0 now live on YouTube! Happy Holidays!
MarcoWord (Finnish): Hyvaa joulua (Merry Christmas)
Monday, December 10, 2018
Today’s MarcoWord (Finnish): Hyvaa joulua. Merry Christmas. “Hyvaa joulua! Finland, Finland, Finland, that the country for me; pony trekking or camping, or just watching TV. ”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_Eve#/media/File:Julaftonen_by_Carl_Larsson_1904_edit.jpg
History Schmistory: December 10. It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s… a mouse?
Monday, December 10, 2018
1955: One of history’s greatest cartoon superheroes comes to television to save the day…Mighty Mouse!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/Superraton.jpg
Today’s MarcoWord (Danish): Glædelig Jul (Merry Christmas)
Sunday, December 9, 2018
Today’s MarcoWord (Danish): Glædelig Jul. Merry Christmas. “Glædelig Jul! Let’s have a sweet flat pastry thingy for Christmas breakfast.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Johansen_Viggo_-_Radosne_Bo%C5%BCe_Narodzenie.jpg
