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"The Gift of Christmas" is a 1995 charity single by supergroup Childliners, with the proceeds of the single going to Childline. The song was written by Tony Mortimer [2] of East 17 . In a similar ilk to " Do They Know It's Christmas? " by Band Aid , the song features popular chart acts such as MN8 , Boyzone , East 17 , Backstreet Boys , Dannii ...
A Christmas gift or Christmas present is a gift given in celebration of Christmas. Christmas gifts are often exchanged on Christmas Eve (December 24), [ 1] Christmas Day itself (December 25) or on the last day of the twelve-day Christmas season, Twelfth Night ( January 5 ). [ 2] The practice of giving gifts during Christmastide, according to ...
An uptight woman meets her fiancé's free-spirited family for the first time over the Christmas holidays and chaos ensues. Get Santa: 2014: After Santa Claus is arrested and jailed, a recently paroled prisoner and his young son attempt to save Christmas before it's too late. A Gift from Bob: 2020: Sequel to the 2016 film A Street Cat Named Bob.
It wasn't until 1957 that the event was televised. Songs of Praise (1961 – present) – Every year songs of Praise celebrates advent Sunday's leading up to Christmas. Text Santa (2011-2015) Star Over Bethlehem (1977, 1979, 1981) - A live satellite transmission that featured Christmas music from around the world.
The charity received a further boost during Band Aid's five week tenure at the top of the UK charts with Wham! at number two with their double A-side "Last Christmas"/"Everything She Wants". Wham! singer George Michael had appeared on the Band Aid single and he and fellow band member Andrew Ridgeley donated all the royalties from their single ...
Fred Claus is a 2007 American Christmas comedy film directed by David Dobkin, screenplay and a story by Dan Fogelman and Jessie Nelson, and starring Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, Miranda Richardson, John Michael Higgins, Elizabeth Banks, Rachel Weisz, Kathy Bates, Trevor Peacock, Ludacris, and Kevin Spacey.
Sixty-one artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 1995. Coolio, Foo Fighters, Mary J. Blige, N-Trance and Supergrass were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 single in 1995. The 1994 Christmas number-one, "Stay Another Day" by East 17, remained at number-one for the first week of 1995.
A Ghost Story for Christmas is a British supernatural anthology television series created by Lawrence Gordon Clark. Episodes take the form of short television films which air around Christmas, initially running annually on BBC1 from 1971–1978, with revivals airing sporadically between 2005–2013 and regularly since 2018. [ 1][ 2][ 3] The ...