Hopping on a #bus to return to your #hometown during #festive#holidays may soon become a thing of the past if nothing is done to halt the declining number of bus drivers
With at least 5,000 #vacancies to fill, it has been suggested that the government offer free #training to those interested in becoming #busdrivers
The #shortage was expected to become more severe with each passing year
Your standard-issue blasters have been temporarily upgraded with festive jingle bells.
Every shot shall reverberate through the corridors of Alpha Complex with the joyous sound of holiday spirit.
On Christmas Eve in some parts of Norfolk, hot spiced ale was made and then sprinkled on orchards and meadows. This was to remind the earth of warmth and ensure a good crop in the following year. No-one mentions what happens to any leftovers.
My newest letter is now roaming the wild: From The Winter Solstice to Dipping Sauces via The Magic of Trees, Dumplings, Lucrezia Borgia’s Belly Button, Fertility & Fortune-Telling.
The house that was used in A Christmas Story (1983) which is located in the Tremont neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. You can visit the museum and go on a tour any time of the year! The Bumpass House doesn’t appear in the film, but you can apparently stay at it overnight. Shot in May 2023.
On St Thomas’s Eve in Austria, unmarried ladies would slice an apple in two to foresee their wedding. If there was an even number of pips, she would marry soon, an odd number meant a wait, if she’d cut through one of the pips she would have a more troubled life and end up a widow.
Also, time for one final call for the #xmasHatting project for the season. If you have a pet you'd like to see in a Santa hat post a photo in the replies and I'll festive them up as best I can over the next couple of days 🐱 🐶 🎅