Why are the sheep wearing cashmere sweaters and scarves?
December 7, 1958 -
Tim Butler, bass player and co-founder of the Psychedelic Furs was born on this date.
We'll let him serenade Joan, the birthday girl. (It would be very rude to ask how old she is?)
OK kids, PNC bank has reported that there is a 3.5% increase in the price of the items needed for the 12 days of Christmas. In the 28th year of the survey PNC has found that the 12 items come out to a grand total of $24,263 which is a $824 increase from last year.
These prices are, of course, just for one verse of the song. If you add up the total cost of all the items from the entire song (what PNC Wealth Management calls “The True Cost of Christmas”) it would surmount $100,000!
Today in History:
December 7, 43 BC -
Marcus Tullius Cicero, famous Roman writer and orator, literally gets his head handed to him on this date, when soldier in Marc Antony's army chops off his head & right hand then display them in the Roman Forum.
Now there's a holiday display you don't see that often.
December 7, 185 -
Emperor Lo-Yang of China took a stroll on in his imperial garden on this evening and saw a Supernova.
What he was doing listening to Liz Phair is anybody's guess?
December 7, 1907 -
Christmas seals first went on sale in the United States went to raise funds to treat tuberculosis, after Emily Bissell, a social worker and activist, read about the program in an article by Jacob Riis.
In 1903, Einar Holbøll, a Danish postal clerk developed the idea of adding an extra charitable stamp on mailed holiday greetings during Christmas. The money raised could be used to help children sick with tuberculosis.It was on this day in 1941 that Japanese bombers attacked Pearl Harbor. The attack came after the United States had frozen Japanese assets and declared an embargo on shipments of petroleum to Japan.
On the morning of December 7, soldiers at Pearl Harbor were learning how to use a new device called radar, and they detected a large number of planes heading toward them. They telephoned an officer to ask him what to do. The officer said they must be American B-17s on their way to the base, and he told the soldiers not to worry about it.A sailor named James Jones, who would go on to write the novel From Here to Eternity, was in the mess hall that morning.
There were ultimately 2,390 Americans killed at Pearl Harbor and 1,178 wounded. Two days after the attack, the Navy passed out postcards to the survivors and told them to write to their families, but not to describe what had happened. Some families did not get their postcards until February.
December 7, 1949 -
It's Tom Waits' birthday.
Satisfied
Innocent When You Dream
November
And that Christmas Classic, Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis
Let's all get drunk and sing really sad songs in a raspy voice in his honor.
December 7, 1968 -
The Rolling Stones released their album Beggar’s Banquet in the US, one day after it was released in the UK on this date.
They soon filmed a television extravaganza entitled The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus. After reviewing the program, the Stones felt that they were upstaged by the Who’s performance and the film was shelved until 1996, when it was finally released officially.
13 more shopping days until Hanukkah, 18 more shopping days until Christmas.
And so it goes.
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