ALTERNATIVE SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN' TO TOWN |
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ON A FIRST NAME BASIS WITH THAT SHOW |
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Sinterklaas arrives via boat from Spain (where he lives the rest of the year, why not?) & parades through this Dutch capital |
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When used by hand, it'll kill a vampire |
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A 2018 Swiss stamp has a pot of melted cheese to honor this national dish |
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British composer James Sanderson used a folk tune as the basis for this, now the U.S. president's entrance music |
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This Shakespeare play is set in 44 B.C. |
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About Mr. Tribbiani, who spins off to Los Angeles to continue his acting dreams |
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In 1810 the N.Y. Historical Society drew up a picture of this saint giving gifts but he wears a robe &--whoa whoa whoa!--is bald |
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The yamakagashi of Asia is a venomous one |
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Drawings of the head of a bearded man & of the skeleton are 2019 U.K. stamps commemorating the 500th anniv. of this artist's death |
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An iron anvil will float in mercury because this quality in mercury is about twice that of iron |
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This Victor Hugo novel begins in 1482 |
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About Miss Russo, who gets through adolescence with her single father & her best friend Six |
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Not sparing it to spoil the child in "The Children's Friend" in 1821, Santa left parents "a long, black birchen" this to use |
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It follows a schooner as it moves forward |
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This fictional mountain creature is featured on a stamp from Bhutan |
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This singer wanted a tattoo written in Japanese that said "7 Rings", her song; she ended up with one translating to "BBQ grill" |
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This British dame sets the mystery in "Death Comes as the End" in Egypt way back in 2000 B.C. |
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About Ms. Morgenstern, who leaves Minneapolis to give New York one last chance |
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In an old print ad, Santa says a gift bringing "pleasure to every home...is rare indeed. Such a gift, my friends, is Lucky Strike"--these |
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To leave someone when they still need you; oh, my darling, do not |
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Hallelujah! In 2019 Canada issued stamps honoring this Canadian singer-songwriter who passed in 2016 |
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The powder for these, worn by 18th c. men, was made of ground starch & scented with lavender; a 1795 tax ended the style |
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Michael Crichton put a 10th c. Muslim traveler into the events of this Old English epic to prove he could make it entertaining |
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About Mr. Bartowski, a computer repairman dragged into the spy life in the CIA |
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Flossie & Glossie were 2 "deer of much intelligence", casually chatting about "sledge" work with Santa in a tale by this "Oz" author |
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In 2019 this small Central European country honored its 300th birthday with a souvenir embroidered stamp of the Princely Hat |
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With nearly 7 million rivets, the Scottish bridge over this firth was the first built primarily of steel |
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This 1880 Lew Wallace novel takes place during the life of Christ |
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About Ms. Porter, who impulsively goes to college in New York City to be with high school crush Ben |
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