vespertide \ VES-per-tahyd \ , noun;
- the period of vespers; evening.
Origin: Vespertide comes from the Latin word for "evening star" or "evening," vesper . The second element, tide , refers to a season or period in the course of the year, day, etc., and is used chiefly in combination. Vespertide entered English in the early 1800s.
christmastoe
- see also mooseltoe. Camel toe at Christmas time.
Mrs. Claus is always worried about christmastoe during her holiday picture opportunities at the mall.
Holiday
Holiday
- Christmas Eve
History
- Treaty of Ghent: ended the War of 1812 between the US and Great Britain (1814)
- Library of Congress: majority of collection was destroyed by fire (1851)
- Ku Klux Klan: violent racist organization was founded in Pulaski, Tennessee, by a group of Confederate veterans (1865)
- Aida: Giuseppe Verdi's opera had its world premiere in Cairo to celebrate the opening of the Suez Canal (1871)
Birthdays
- Ingatius (Loyola) 1491
- Benjamin Rush 1745
- Kit Carson 1809
- James Joule 1818
- Matthew Arnold 1822
- Harry Warren (Salvatore Guaragna) 1893
- Howard Hughes 1905
- I.F. Stone 1907
- Ralph Marterie 1914
- Dave Bartholomew 1920
- Ava Gardner 1922
- Lee Dorsey 1924
- Carol Haney 1924
- Robert Joffrey 1930
- Ray Bryant 1931
- Jill Bennett 1931
- Mike Curb 1944
- Nicholas Meyer 1945
- Lemmy Kilmister (Motorhead) 1945
- Jan Akkerman 1946
- Sharon Farrell 1946
- Clarence Gilyard 1955
- Stephanie Hodge 1956
- Ian Burden (Human League) 1957
- Mary Ramsey (10,000 Maniacs) 1963
- Diedrich Bader 1966
- Ricky Martin 1971
- Stephanie Meyer 1973 author those awful TWILIGHT books
- Ryan Seacrest 1974
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