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

[iamshadow21]

My partner has a longer than 24hours sleep cycle, so we tend to 'spin around'. Also, neither of us deal well with the heat, so we both end up semi nocturnal during summer. I actually take vitamin D despite living in Australia because I go outside at this time of year so little.

So, never try and figure out what Australian daytime is from my posts, because my sleep wake pattern is a moving target.

 

[tricia]

GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY THREAD
MONDAY DECEMBER 22ND 2025
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Good Monday morning my darlings. I hope you have a fantastic day today. Love all your posts. Keep them coming please.

On This Day in History – December 22

A little history, a little chaos, and a reminder that the world has always been weird…


1989 – A dictator’s rule collapses (on live TV!)
On this day, Romania’s longtime communist leader Nicolae Ceaușescu fled the capital after massive protests. Within days, his regime was over. It was one of the most dramatic endings to a dictatorship in modern history—and much of it unfolded on television. History with popcorn-level drama.


1968 – Humans head for the Moon
The astronauts of Apollo 8 were already on their way to the Moon today, preparing to become the first humans to orbit it just days later. Imagine casually floating through space right before Christmas. No big deal.


1894 – France convicts the wrong man
French army officer Alfred Dreyfus was wrongly convicted of treason on this date, launching one of the most infamous miscarriages of justice in history. It took years for the truth to come out—proof that bad investigations and tunnel vision are nothing new.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

I was a moon lander watcher.
It was so exciting

 

[Dotta]

22 December

is the first day of Calendar Winter.

Astronomical winter,
i.e. the winter solstice, falls on different days, most often on December 21.

Also...
Beata celebrates her Name Day

This name is very popular female name in Poland.
It comes from the Latin beatus
meaning blessed, bringing happiness

Waiting and singing...

"Shepherds came running to Bethlehem
Playing the lire for the Infant
Glory in the Highest!!!
Glory in the Highest!!!
And Peace on Earth!"

 

[Mo Thuairim]

I love the Apollo 8 Christmas message. I'm not a bible reader but it's so moving in the context of where they were and what they were looking at. A truly unique moment.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Someone just walked past singing very loudly what I think was an out of tune and wobbly Christmas carol.

Made me smile.

If it was "perfectly" sung it wouldn't have filled me with happiness the way it did.


I live not far from a club and a pub so maybe someone going home the safe way, ie not driving.

 

[Megnut]

I was a moon lander watcher.
It was so exciting

I
Had
Moon
Boots.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

I had UG boots, but a lot later, when they became popular here in the early 90s.
I still have two new pairs of them that I never wore.

I got tired of trudging around like a Yeti

 

[Onlyguessing23]

I
Had
Moon
Boots.

Oh Yeah!!

 

[Megnut]

1976 called and wants us all to come back.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Oh I see they are different to our UG boots that are made of sheepskin.

 

[303gmf]

Oh I see they are different to our UG boots that are made of sheepskin.

Wildly different!
Many split seams, plastic type cheap materials
The creative duct tape fixes always amusing

Uggs are very popular especially among younger women & teens paying $150 a pair for the slippers

 

[nhmemorymaker]

You know what.
Once upon a time I didn't think this way, but I have come to love my insomnia

It feels nice to be awake when others are sleeping.
It's like being a bit of a rebel.

It's like it's the one time I feel truly free and can be myself.

ha ha. I DO get the good feelings of being up when others aren't. That is why I tend to get up around 4:45-5:00 in the am. I just love to get up when still dark... and others are still asleep.

 

[nhmemorymaker]

My partner has a longer than 24hours sleep cycle, so we tend to 'spin around'. Also, neither of us deal well with the heat, so we both end up semi nocturnal during summer. I actually take vitamin D despite living in Australia because I go outside at this time of year so little.

So, never try and figure out what Australian daytime is from my posts, because my sleep wake pattern is a moving target.

Yep, Shadow.... I know you can pop in here at any time in a 24 hour cycle!!

 

[LadyDragonBorn]

GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY THREAD DECEMBER 1st THROUGH DECEMBER 31st 2025
Here we go! Our very first post in our very first Daily Thread!
However, CLICK HERE and read the practice Daily Thread. ​

Each day, I’ll drop in with a fresh post marked with the date so everyone knows exactly where to jump in. Then, when we wrap up the month, we’ll kick off a brand-new thread for January 2026. Let the daily fun begin!
Below is a list of things that happened on December 1st.
Of course, I knew all of these historical events, and I did not have to use Google to find them.
Did you know that on December 1st, 2025, I told a big fat lie? Can you find it?

1. 1955: Rosa Parks' arrest for refusing to give up her bus seat sparked the 381-day Montgomery Bus Boycott.
2. 1865: Shaw University, the first historically black university in the Southern United States, was founded in Raleigh, North Carolina.
3. 1862: President Abraham Lincoln reaffirmed the necessity of ending slavery in his second State of the Union Address, ten weeks after issuing the Emancipation Proclamation.
4. 1878: President Rutherford B. Hayes got the first telephone installed in the White House

Me at 3 years old with the same haircut I had when I was six. It looks like a melted, deformed Tupperware bowl was put on my head, and whatever hair was showing was cut. This is my dog. His name is embarrassing, but he was innocently named back then.
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I have a similar photo of my mum, sat beside her little black dog, who also had an then innocently used now embarrassing name.

 

[tricia]

I have a similar photo of my mum, sat beside her little black dog, who also had an then innocently used now embarrassing name.

LOL Oh I understand. There is no way I am revealing the name of my dog.

 

[tricia]

GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY THREAD DECEMBER 23rd 2025​

1997: Humanity officially crossed the 6-billion population mark. That’s a lot of people.
Let's try to imagine this, shall we?
Six billion people, and yet all of us ended up on Websleuths "talking" with each other. Thinking about things like that freaks me out. Then again, maybe I need a nap. Ok. Coming live to you straight from Chat GPT, how to visualize 6 BILLION PEOPLE

Imagine the Whole Planet… Covered in People​

If all 6+ billion people stood shoulder-to-shoulder (about 2 square feet per person):

• They could all fit into an area about the size of Texas
• With room left over

So when people say “the world is crowded,” what they really mean is people are crowded into certain places, not that Earth is full.

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One Person Per Second… for Almost 200 Years​

If you counted one person every second:

• 60 people = 1 minute
• 3,600 people = 1 hour
• 86,400 people = 1 day

To reach 6 billion, you would have to count non-stop for about 190 years.

No sleep.
No bathroom breaks.
Just: “one… two… three…”

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Cities, Cities, Cities​

Think of New York City (~8.5 million people).

To reach 6 billion, you’d need:

• About 700 New York Cities
• Or 300 Tokyos
• Or every human who has ever lived in the United States… multiplied by 18

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Grain of Rice Test (This One Hits Hard)​

• 1 grain of rice = 1 person

Now imagine:

• A pile of rice so large it fills multiple football stadiums
• And you’re told: “That’s the world’s population.”

Suddenly, 6 billion stops being a number and starts being a physical object.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

We called our now long departed Russian Blue cat Thomasina after the book by Paul Gallico.

The name did not stick so we called her a name which I won't disclose.

It wasn't until she needed the vet and the vet called her by that name and our family name that I thought hmmm.

I could see everyone in the waiting room chuckling to themselves and raising their eyebrows.

 

[Dotta]

23 December

I'm just dropping in to say hi
and then I'm off back to kitchen to prepare food for tomorrow.

What is tomorrow?

Christmas Eve!

In Polish tradition
this day is the most important of all days - huge family gathering.
(I guess I can only compare it to American Thanksgiving Day with all relatives meeting)

Christmas Eve is called Wigilia
(from Latin vigilia - meaning vigil)
It is public holiday - no work.
So we celebrate 3 days of Christmas!

Anyway,
Traditional Wigilia Supper must have 12 dishes!!!
Lenten Dishes - no meat, only fish.

My favourites are:

Christmas Eve Borscht
(clear beetroot soup) served with uszka (little ravioli with forest mushrooms).

And Poppyseed cake! Delicious

Also
Kompot - drink made of dried fruits. Heavenly!!!

Oh,
I also like Carp - the symbol of Christmas!

Sounds nice, eh???

OK guys,
I must hurry back to kitchen.
These dishes won't prepare themselves by themselves haha

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Looks very yummy @Dotta