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Provided by the compucert amity \AM-uh-tee\, noun:
- Friendship; friendly relations, especially between nations.
Urban Word of the Day
December 24, 2007: replymas cards
- Christmas cards that you send out in response to Christmas cards you get unexpectedly from others. Usually the recepient of your Replymas Card is someone that you wouldn't have sent a Christmas card to otherwise.
Damn it! I have had to send out a record number of Replymas Cards this year! I don't know why I bother...
Trivia
In a controversial recreation of the Nativity scene at Madame Tussaud’s London wax museum in 2004, wax doubles of what British celebrity couple were used to portray Mary and Joseph?
- The Beckhams—pop star Victoria (Posh of the Spice Girls) and her soccer-star husband David. Also in the tasteless tableau were wise men George W. Bush, Tony Blair, and the Duke of Edinburgh; shepherds Hugh Grant, Samuel L. Jackson, and Graham Norton; and angel Kylie Minogue.
Today's Holiday
- Treaty of Ghent: ended the War of 1812 between the US and Great Britain, enabling American expansion (1814)
- Library of Congress: two thirds of the collection was destroyed by fire, including 35,000 books and several presidential portraits (1851)
- Reginald Fessenden: Canadian physicist transmitted the first public broadcast of music, playing "O Holy Night" on the violin and reading a Bible passage to a very small audience (1906)
Today's Birthdays
Howard Hughes (1905-1976): aviator, movie producer and billionaire who was also known for his eccentricity and reclusiveness - Ava Gardner (1922-1990): Hollywood leading lady
- Kate Spade (45): luxury designer of everything from handbags to pajamas
- Ryan Seacrest (33): host of American Idol
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Merry Christmas Bax.
(Whether you celebrate the holiday or not!)
;-)
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