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  2. Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats - Wikipedia

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    The contents of Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, along with the names of the featured cats where appropriate, are: "The Naming of Cats" "The Old Gumbie Cat" (Jennyanydots) "Growltiger's Last Stand" "The Rum Tum Tugger" "The Song of the Jellicles" "Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer" "Old Deuteronomy"

  3. 10 old-school Christmas traditions that are no longer practiced

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    Homemade candy. Before sweets were mass-marketed, homemade treats of all kinds around the holidays were a common indulgence. Famous homemade Christmas goodies include fudge, gingerbread, peanut ...

  4. Yule cat - Wikipedia

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    The Yule cat (Icelandic: Jólakötturinn, IPA: [ˈjouːlaˌkʰœhtʏrɪn], also called Jólaköttur and the Christmas cat [1]) is a huge and vicious cat from Icelandic Christmas folklore that is said to lurk in the snowy countryside during the Christmas season and eat people who do not receive new clothing before Christmas Eve. In other ...

  5. Demeter (cat) - Wikipedia

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    Demeter is a main character in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats. The musical is an adaptation of T. S. Eliot's 1939 poetry book Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, and the character's name is given in the poem "The Naming of Cats". [1] Demeter is a very troubled and skittish female Jellicle cat.

  6. How old is Santa? History on the saint, how he became ...

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    The 1822 poem "An Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas," commonly called "'Twas The Night Before Christmas," furthered the narrative that Santa was a "right jolly old elf" who rode a sleigh to ...

  7. Jellicle cats - Wikipedia

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    The name "Jellicle" comes from Eliot's unpublished poem "Pollicle Dogs and Jellicle Cats", where "Pollicle dogs" is a corruption of "poor little dogs" and "Jellicle cats" of "dear little cats". [ 3 ] In contrast with their source material, the Jellicles in Cats possess many kinds of coat-patterns, diverse personalities, and individual talents.

  8. Candy Canes Are Everywhere on Christmas—But Why Is That? - AOL

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    Candy canes have a long history that some people say started in Germany back in 1670 when a choirmaster at the Cologne Cathedral handed out sugar sticks to a group of youthful choirboys who had a ...

  9. The Minister's Cat - Wikipedia

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    Once everyone has done so, the first player describes the cat with an adjective beginning with the letter 'B'. This continues for each letter of the alphabet. In an alternative variation, the first player describes the minister's cat with an adjective beginning with the letter 'A', the second with the letter 'B' and so forth, going around the ...