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    An excuse to use up our licence fees.

    Why is snow considered Christmasy?

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    ophelia
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    it's probably because santa is from the northpole, the northpole is cold (and probably has a lot of snow), and all the children are told that he uses a sleigh, so they just pass it on from geniration to geniration that santa uses snow to get around

    that, or frosty the snowman said so. lol

    why do harry potter and friends use the hogwarts express. they are magic. why can't they just get their through the fireplace

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    Sorry, going back to the snow. It’s because it was the victorians who really started the whole ‘Christmas holiday’ thing, including introducing Christmas trees, cards etc. During the 19th century we had a mini ‘ice age’ and England had much harsher winters (people used to skate on the Thames). With the likes of Dickens et al, these harsher winters became embedded in Christmas lore

    Movies have a more limited time period to get the plot through to the audience

    Why did my postman leave a paper parcel on my doorstep in the pouring rain?
    The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

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