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  2. Baily's beads - Wikipedia

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    By using precise elevation models of the Moon's irregular surface, it is now possible to predict where Baily’s Beads will converge to create the double diamond ring effect instead of just one bead. A map of the path taken by this effect was created and used to determine the cities along the path of totality during the April 8th, 2024, total ...

  3. Christmas Is Coming - Wikipedia

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    The Kingston Trio recorded the song as "A Round About Christmas", on their album The Last Month of the Year released in 1960. [6] [16] [17] A calypso sounding version was featured on the 1979 album John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together [18] and a loose, jazzy piano-based arrangement was featured in the musical score of A Charlie Brown Christmas.

  4. Stonesetting - Wikipedia

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    Example of bead set diamonds Example of pavé set diamonds "Bead setting" is a generic term for setting a stone directly into metal using gravers, also called burins, which are essentially tiny chisels. A hole is drilled directly into the surface of the metal, before a ball burr is used to make a concave depression the size of the stone.

  5. The Twelve Days of Christmas (song) - Wikipedia

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    "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is an English Christmas carol. A classic example of a cumulative song, the lyrics detail a series of increasingly numerous gifts given to the speaker by their "true love" on each of the twelve days of Christmas (the twelve days that make up the Christmas season, starting with Christmas Day).

  6. Captive bead ring - Wikipedia

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    The bead or ball itself may additionally be made from coloured glass, acrylic or ceramic, or a gemstone. This is a popular piece of body jewelry because it conveniently allows the wearer to remove the ring by simply removing the captive bead; the bead is held firmly in place so that it will not easily fall out. Additionally, because of their ...

  7. Here We Come A-wassailing - Wikipedia

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    here we come a-wand'ring so fair to be seen. — Refrain: — Love and joy come to you, — and to you your wassail too; — and God bless you and send you a happy New Year, — and God send you a happy New Year. 2. Our wassail cup is made of the rosemary tree, and so is your beer of the best barley. — Refrain 3. We are not daily beggars that ...

  8. Christmas decoration - Wikipedia

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    A Christmas tree inside a home, with the top of the tree containing a decoration symbolizing the Star of Bethlehem. [18]The Christmas tree was first used by German Lutherans in the 16th century, with records indicating that a Christmas tree was placed in the Cathedral of Strassburg in 1539, under the leadership of the Protestant Reformer, Martin Bucer.

  9. Christmastide - Wikipedia

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    The greetings of "Happy Christmas" which remind us of the artless mirth of the shepherds on that holy night; the Christmas tree, often with a source of joy to the poor, representatives of Christ in the property of His manger bed; Christmas gifts recalling God's great gift of His Son to us on the first Christmas night; the Twelfth-Night cake ...