Christmas Occasion

A contemporary Scrooge adaptation of a Japanese woodblock print by Koson (1877-1945). Japanese folklore portrays the fox with intelligence and para...

Hedgehogs are one of the few mammals to enter true hibernation in the winter months. They prepare for their big slumber around October or November ...

Illustration by John Leech from the novel 'A Christmas Carol.' The term “bah humbug!”, used by the character Ebenezer Scrooge, expresses grumpiness...

Text on the reverse side:'A Christmas Carol' written by Charles Dickens, popularised the phrase 'Merry Christmas'. This novella was Dickens' most p...

'A Christmas Carol' written by Charles Dickens, popularised the phrase 'Merry Christmas'. This novella was Dickens' most popular publication in the...

A contemporary Christmas adaptation of a Japanese woodblock print by Koson (1877-1945). Japanese folklore portrays the fox with intelligence and pa...

Hochu Nakamura (active 1790- 1819), a Rinpa school Japanese painter from the middle to late Edo period, was mainly active in the Osaka region of Ja...

The artwork captures a moment in Japan's history when global influences began to merge with local traditions, resulting in a unique hybrid cultural...

The introduction of the Christmas tree to the Royal Family is said to have been carried out by Queen Charlotte, the consort of George III. This was...

Jingle Bells, the iconic song in the festive period, was written in 1857 by James Lord Pierpont. It was recorded on an Edison cylinder in 1889, mak...

Based on an illustration by Jessie Wilcox Smith (1863 - 1935), an American Illustrator who was active during the Golden Age of Illustration and bec...

Published under the title "One Horse Open Sleigh" in 1857, this iconic Christmas song was written by James Lord Pierpont (1822–1893). 16th December...

An estimate of the number of books ever published, was announced by google back in 2010. It reached the impressive number of 129,864,880 million bo...

Published under the title "One Horse Open Sleigh" in 1857, this iconic Christmas song was written by James Lord Pierpont (1822–1893). 16th December...

The Imperial Russian Ballet choreographer Marius Petipa commissioned Peter Tchaikovsky to compose the music for this fairy tale in 1891. The classi...

The 1892 two-act ballet, with a score by Tchaikovsky, is popular world over especially in the Christmas season. Nutcracker wood-carvings in the for...

As an increasing number of people take on desk jobs, an increasingly common thing in modern society is the “dead butt syndrome” (also known as glut...

“Art Deco” comes from the French phrase “Art Decoratif” - a style first showcased in 1900 at the Universal Exposition in Paris. From the 1920s, the...

The famous song “Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow” was first recorded back in 1945 by the artist Vaughn Monroe, reaching number one the follow...

Celebrating Christmas with champagne - the ultimate drink of celebrations. It holds in a standard bottle 49 million bubbles. With this card, during...

Meow, the representation of cat sound, dates as far back as the 1630s in the forms of miaow, miau, meaw. Exploring different countries: French “mia...

Christmas candy canes began as straight white sticks of sugar candy for decorating the trees. A choirmaster at Cologne Cathedral decided have the e...

Tom Smith invented Christmas crackers in 1847. The original early Victorian mottoes included in the package were mainly love verses. Eventually in ...

The first Christmas card was created and sent in 1843 by British businessman Sir Cole. A thousand copies of the card were then printed and sold for...

Did you know that in the movie adaptations, James Bond drinks Champagne more than any other beverage? Nearly 40 glasses and counting. A bubbly, Mer...

A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, was written in just six weeks and selling 6,000 copies by Christmas Eve only five days after it’s publicatio...

Snow globes are said to have originated in France. The first record of a snow globe dates back to one that was exhibited at the Paris Universal Exp...

In the UK, it is only when a single snow flake is observed falling within the 24 hours of 25th December on the rooftop of the Met Office HQ in Lond...

Text on the reverse side:Celebrating Christmas with champagne - the ultimate drink of celebrations. It holds in a standard bottle 49 million bubble...

Most likely to help with the insulating properties of their fur, polar bears love to stay clean by taking a swim and rolling in the snow. With thei...

According to a study, 7 out of 10 British dogs get Christmas gifts from their doting owners.

The origins of Christmas stockings began with three girls who couldn't marry as they had no dowry. Their laundry stockings hanging on the chimney t...

Facebook has more than one billion active users, and approximately 250 million photos are uploaded daily to the Facebook site. A study shows that t...

The text message was born in the U.K. on December 3rd, 1992. A software programmer sent “Merry Christmas” to his phone's mobile device. Times have ...

Meow, the representation of cat sound, dates as far back as the 1630s in the forms of miaow, miau, and meaw. Exploring different countries: French ...

Text on the reverse side:The origins of Christmas stockings began with three girls who couldn't marry as they had no dowry. Their laundry stockings...