Happy Birthday to Hazel Levesque (17 Dec 1928)

Hazel was born to her fortune-telling mother Queen Marie and Pluto.  Yup, that Pluto, god of the underworld and all wealth.  As a demigod child of Pluto, Hazel was able to call for precious gems and metals out of the ground, but unfortunately they were always cursed and caused harm to anyone who owned them. Queen Marie eventually moved them both from New Orleans to Alaska for… well, a plan that didn’t quite work out.  Okay, it killed them both horribly.  But Hazel was brought back to life in the 21^st Century and trained at Camp.  So that worked out, right?

 

Her last happy memory before entering the underworld was on her birthday in New Orleans when her friend Sammy took her riding on a horse and then to a picnic.

How to Commemorate

• Ride a horse.
• Have a picnic.
• Draw with colored pencils.

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Works Cited    

Son of Neptune

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It’s not Christmas until the Vicar of Dibley has four Christmas lunches.

If you’re a fan of British productions like Black Adder, Mr. Bean, Love Actually, Notting Hill, Bridget Jones, and loads more, you’re totally missing out by not watching The Vicar of Dibley.  The same writer (Richard Curtis) made them all.  The Vicar of Dibley was a long-running show about a free-wheeling female vicar in a quiet English village.  The priest (Geraldine Granger) is played by Dawn French--one of the founders of Absolutely Fabulous--and she is a riot.  If you’re worried this show might be preachy (being about a priest and all), fear not.  Just trust me on this. 

Anyway, one Christmas (season 1 episode 8) Geraldine accidentally agrees to go to way too many lunches on the same day, and the result is …well, you should see for yourself.  (Ahem! Netflix!)

How to Commemorate

• Plan a progressive lunch or dinner where you go to friends’ homes in sequence.
• Compete to see who can eat the most Brussels sprouts. Or pudding. Or turkey.  Really, just eat a ton.
• Buy Christmas poppers, and be sure to wear the crowns and tell the jokes inside.

Works Cited    

Vicar of Dibley

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It's not Christmas until Adam Sandler sings the Hanukkah Song.

Yeah, maybe it’s not “Christmas-y” in the “technical” sense, but I get really reassured when this song comes up on my playlist as I’m driving past shops decorated with Santas and candy canes.

How to Commemorate:

• Listen to the Hanukkah Song.
• Watch Star Trek TOS (Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock--both Jewish!)
• Drink a gin and tonic-ah.