I remember Diana Rigg saying once in an interview that she and MacNee always played their "bantering" scenes together as if they had just finished making love.
There are all sorts of "as the Brits say" and British Christmas traditions I've had to either get used to or put my foot down and say, "Not in MY house."
I've gotten used to the Christmas Eve "festivities" which, these days, is basically going out and drinking until you can't stand up anymore. (You know, the Brits don't understand how we can do turkey twice within a month or so with Thanksgiving and Christmas, but I'm still trying to grasp how they can do the massive drinking things within a WEEK of each other with Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve.)
Things I will NOT do:
• Call Santa Claus "Father Christmas."
• Say "Happy Christmas." Damn it, it's either Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays. Maybe I should just go around wishing everyone Merry Holidays.
• I will not allow a flaming Christmas pudding on my dining table.
• I will not eat mince pies. I tried one once and not only did all of my teeth spontaneously rot out of my head (not really), I fell into a sugar coma from which I did not awake until the following year (a bit of exaggeration but...yuck, they may as well make them out of pecan pie filling, Peeps, and cotton candy—or 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑦 𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑠, as the Brits call it).
And while not everyone does it, there is a significant number of people here (in the SE of England, at least) who call Christmas "Chrimbo," a time when they open their "pressies" after eating "brekkie." It's like living in a massive kindergarten.
But hey—free healthcare, so I'd say it's an okay trade.
I love these little peeks into other productions. A Dickens themed party sounds like (it could be) all kinds of wrong, like a Great Gatsby level of misappropriation. Poverty as party theme? Gross. Karmic consequences? Oo. I will have to check it out.
"Mrs. Peel asking, “How’d you like to come away with me for Christmas?” was the subject of many of my own teenage dreams."
Not just yours my friend! LMAO
Merry Christmas to you too.
I remember Diana Rigg saying once in an interview that she and MacNee always played their "bantering" scenes together as if they had just finished making love.
Thanks for a great, if different holiday post.
Happy Holidays everyone!
Wishing everyone a happy holiday whether it’s Christmas or Festivus.
Confess that I have never seen The Avengers. This one looks really good.
I've never seen The Avengers either, which is odd, because I think that I'd like it. And I agree - this episode looks really good.
Tis true, the Brits can be that bit too precious.
I hope you'll have a great Christmas. Thanks for the cool articles.
There are all sorts of "as the Brits say" and British Christmas traditions I've had to either get used to or put my foot down and say, "Not in MY house."
I've gotten used to the Christmas Eve "festivities" which, these days, is basically going out and drinking until you can't stand up anymore. (You know, the Brits don't understand how we can do turkey twice within a month or so with Thanksgiving and Christmas, but I'm still trying to grasp how they can do the massive drinking things within a WEEK of each other with Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve.)
Things I will NOT do:
• Call Santa Claus "Father Christmas."
• Say "Happy Christmas." Damn it, it's either Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays. Maybe I should just go around wishing everyone Merry Holidays.
• I will not allow a flaming Christmas pudding on my dining table.
• I will not eat mince pies. I tried one once and not only did all of my teeth spontaneously rot out of my head (not really), I fell into a sugar coma from which I did not awake until the following year (a bit of exaggeration but...yuck, they may as well make them out of pecan pie filling, Peeps, and cotton candy—or 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑦 𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑠, as the Brits call it).
And while not everyone does it, there is a significant number of people here (in the SE of England, at least) who call Christmas "Chrimbo," a time when they open their "pressies" after eating "brekkie." It's like living in a massive kindergarten.
But hey—free healthcare, so I'd say it's an okay trade.
I say brekkies too. Just picked it up from a friend.
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That's one of them that I pull out when I hear anyone say Americans have "corrupted" the language.
I love these little peeks into other productions. A Dickens themed party sounds like (it could be) all kinds of wrong, like a Great Gatsby level of misappropriation. Poverty as party theme? Gross. Karmic consequences? Oo. I will have to check it out.