Christmas And Birthday
Posted in History, Weather at 4:38 pm on 3 January 2010
Those of you who know me know my birthday lies about as close to Christmas as you can get.
This means I get presents two days in a row. A downside is that I then have to wait a whole year before getting any more.
It also makes things difficult for my family in getting me cards and such for my birthday. In particular, the shops seem not to stock birthday cards in December.
I mentioned last year I have a collection of tins. I got two new ones this year; both nice examples – with biscuits in them!
My eldest son was stuck for a birthday present. The good lady suggested The American Civil War documentary series from a few years back on DVD. He thought it wouldn’t be very festive but the good lady assured him I’d be delighted. I was. (I did videotape it when it was first on; but the DVD is more durable.)
Since it hasn’t been the weather for gallivanting – unusually heavy snowfall and unusually persistent frost and ice for Kirkcaldy – a lot of my holiday has been spent (re)watching the series. Review will follow.
Back to work tomorrow. Ridiculously early in the year. I’ve never before been back on a January banks’ holiday.
Tags: Bank Holiday, Birthday, Christmas, History, The American Civil War
bigrab
January 10, 2010 at 7:19 am
Jack, I don’t know if you know this but Arlington Cemetery just across the river from Washington DC was the country estate of General Robert E Lee. He forfeited it at the end of hostilities and the US government made it their military cemetery as a deliberate snub.
I spent a fascinating few days in WDC about 15 years ago and that was just one of the fascinating things I learned.
jackdeighton
January 10, 2010 at 6:57 pm
Yes I did know that. It was mentioned in The American Civil War series but I knew it before then. I’ve got books on that war from way back.
It was a spiteful decision I always thought, even if the guy who made it had lost his son in the war and blamed Lee for it.