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Provided by the compucert clinquant \KLING-kunt\, adjective:
- Glittering with gold or silver; tinseled.
- Tinsel; imitation gold leaf.
Clinquant is from French, glistening, tinkling, present participle of obsolete clinquer, to clink, perhaps from Middle Dutch klinken.
Christmas Eve Eve- The day before Christmas Eve, 2 days before Christmas.
Trivia
What was the first song sung by American astronauts in outer space?
- “Happy Birthday.” It was performed in March 1969 by the astronauts aboard Apollo IX. They were serenading Christopher Kraft, director of NASA space operations, who was at work at the Johnson Space Center.
Today in History
- Federal Reserve Act: law signed by President Woodrow Wilson created the Federal Reserve System, a central banking system for the US (1913)
- Immaculate Reception: the Pittsburgh Steelers won an NFL playoff game over the Oakland Raiders with a "miraculous" touchdown (1972)
- Voyager: experimental plane designed by Burt Rutan completed a 9-day flight around the world without refueling (1986)
- Lenny Bruce: comedian who satirized politics, religion and sex was granted by the governor of New York a posthumous pardon for obscenity, for which he had been convicted 40 years earlier (2003)
- Yousuf Karsh (1908-2002): portrait photographer
- Harry Shearer (66): writer/director/actor, The Simpsons, This is Spinal Tap; other actors born on this date include Gerald S. O'Loughlin (88), Ronnie Schell (78), Frederic Forrest (73), Susan Lucci(63), Corey Haim (38) and Estella Warren (30)
- Eddie Vedder (45): singer/songwriter, frontman for Pearl Jam; plus, musicians Jorma Kaukonen (69), Ron Bushy (68), Dave Murray (53), Jamie Murphy (34) and Irvin Mayfield (32)
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