Give Us This Day Our Daily Thread December 1st through December 31st 2025

[tricia]

GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY THREAD
SATURDAY DECEMBER 20TH 2025​

Good morning..I woke up and realized I forgot to post the date. I will be back with more but it is 4:50 A.M. so I am going back to bed. See you in a few hours.

 

[Dotta]

Another day, another song

A famous Christmas Carol of Slavic origin

Ukrainian to be precise.

 

[Dotta]

To add to my post above...

Shchedryk (Ukrainian: Щедрик)

is a famous Ukrainian New Year's song (shchedrivka)
created by Mykola Leontovych,
based on a folk melody
about a swallow bringing wealth in New Year
which in the English version by Peter J. Wilhousky
became the worldwide Christmas carol
"Carol of the Bells".

This song
is an example of the Ukrainian tradition
of singing good luck wishes,
which,
thanks to its brilliant arrangement,
turned into an international hit.

Our World is a Global Village

 

[tricia]

GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY THREAD
SUNDAY DECEMBER 21ST 2025​

1937 – The world met Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Disney’s first full-length animated feature.​

People thought audiences would never sit through a cartoon that long.​

Narrator voice: They absolutely did. ​

1891 – The first basketball game was played after James Naismith nailed peach baskets to a gym wall.
No slam dunks. No three-pointers. Just vibes… and probably a lot of arguing about rules.


1968 – Apollo 8 launched, becoming the first mission to carry humans to the Moon.
A few days later, they sent back the famous Earthrise photo



And of course… it’s the Winter Solstice — the shortest day of the year.
From here on out, the days get longer, the sun sticks around more, and hope quietly creeps back in.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

And here in Australia it's our Summer Solstice today, Sunday 21st December.

Australia’s longest day of the year is happening this weekend

The summer solstice arrives in the Southern Hemisphere on Sunday, December 21

www.timeout.com

Australia’s longest day of the year is happening this weekend

The summer solstice arrives in the Southern Hemisphere on Sunday, December 21

 

[Mo Thuairim]

Winter Solstice in Ireland today with the usual beautiful annual light display at Newgrange. Happy shortest day to all in the northern hemisphere! It gets brighter from here

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Our summer weather is bringing out the crickets.
I thought oh no last night, one was chirping so loudly I thought it was in the house.

I had one in my bedroom a couple of years ago and I could not find it.
I had no sleep for a couple of days.

Anyway lasts nights one I figured was in the front garden.
I hope it hurries up and finds a mate

 

[Dotta]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2002661435977953373

The dark days are over! Winter Solstice is shortest day of the YEAR

If you're beginning to grow weary of the dark days, there's good news - it's all up from here. Today is the Winter Solstice, marking the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.

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