History Schmistory: December 22nd – A lot at steak…
Sunday, December 22, 2019
1731 – Holland
The Dutch revolt against a meat tax…hey it is nearly christmas!
![By Jeremy Keith (adactio@Flickr) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/adactio/80750098/) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons](http://www.teammarcopolo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/London_broil.jpg)
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History Schmistory, December 19th: Like Clockwork
Thursday, December 19, 2019
1971 – Hollywood, California
Stanley Kubrick’s highly controversial ‘A Clockwork Orange’ premieres.
Krampus Edition is Here!
Sunday, December 15, 2019
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]
The Christmas Elves of Scotland
Saturday, December 7, 2019
In Scotland, during Christmas, roving bands of elves are warded off by defensive walls of fire. AWESOME!
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Friday, December 6, 2019
Happy St. Nicholas Day!
Friday, December 6, 2019
Did you put your shoes out? Now that’s change you can believe in!
History Schmistory: December 5. Opera Invented. Also, boredom.
Thursday, December 5, 2019
History Schmistory: December 4th – Ghost ship
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
1872 – The Atlantic Ocean
The Mary Celeste is discovered mysteriously abandoned. All her crew and the lifeboat are missing, never to be found….creepy
![By Unconfirmed, possibly Honore Pellegrin (1800–c.1870). This speculative attribution is suggested in Paul Begg: Mary Celeste: The Greatest Mystery of the Sea. Longmans Education Ltd, Harlow (UK) 2007. Plate 2 (Scanned from Slate magazine, December 6 2011) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](http://www.teammarcopolo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Mary_Celeste_as_Amazon_in_1861.jpg)
By Unconfirmed, possibly Honore Pellegrin (1800–c.1870). This speculative attribution is suggested in Paul Begg: Mary Celeste: The Greatest Mystery of the Sea. Longmans Education Ltd, Harlow (UK) 2007. Plate 2 (Scanned from Slate magazine, December 6 2011) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
