#Christmas 1933

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In the Cold Light of Day

In the Cold Light of Day

When Rockefeller Center’s design was unveiled in 1931, New Yorker architecture critic Lewis Mumford wrote that it followed ”the canons of Cloudcuckooland.” Dec. 23, 1933 cover by Helen Hokinson. Today we know 30 Rock as one of the most iconic and beloved places in Manhattan, but after Mumford saw the plans for this future “Radio City” he went into exile in upstate New York, upset over the “weakly…

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С рождественской облаткой

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I just read an excerpt from a book discussing the different adaptations of Little Women. One of the details it pointed out about the 1933 version with Katharine Hepburn is how excited the March sisters get over simple material pleasures. For example, their excitement over the sausages and popovers at breakfast on Christmas morning (before they give them away to the Hummels), and the way they all squeal ecstatically over Mr. Laurence's gift of his granddaughter's piano to Beth. The later filmed versions of these scenes tend to be more subdued, and this book suggested that the reason for the difference is because the 1933 version was filmed during the Great Depression. To the audiences of the time, the March family's poverty was more real and relatable, and the sheer excitement of special holiday foods or a gift that they could never have afforded was more strongly felt.

Reading that analysis made me better appreciate similar acting choices in the 1938 version of A Christmas Carol. More than in any other version I know, the Cratchit children's happy clamoring and cheering over their Christmas goose and pudding is positively wild. I always thought it was a little over-the-top. But maybe not. Even though the Depression was nearing its end by 1938, it probably still made the Cratchits' poverty feel closer to home. The excitement of a poor family feasting on such rarely-afforded treats as roast goose and plum pudding was probably all the more vivid for the cast, crew, and audiences.

When we're comparing adaptations, the historical context of each version is always good to remember.

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Cover photo by Edward Steichen, Vogue, December 1, 1933

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Commonplace Book: Merry Christmas from Louis MacNiece

Merry Christmas from Louis MacNiece.

Compelling passages, notable quotables, bon mots, disjecta, ephemera, and miscellany. A. I meet you in an evil time. B. The evil bells Put out of our heads, I think, the thought of everything else. A. The jaded calendar revolves, Its nuts need oil, carbon chokes the valves, The excess sugar of a diabetic culture Rotting the nerve of life and literature; Therefore when we bring out the old…

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Clarence Gagnon (French Canadian 1881-1942) , Christmas Mass, ca. 1928-1933, Pastel and/or coloured pencil on Paper

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Лес из елок на рыночной площади в Кракове. На заднем плане - башня Мариацкого костела

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Source: https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/inside-apollo-8-spacecraft-december-1968/ Credit: NASA

"The most impressive aspect of the flight was [when] we were in lunar orbit. We’d been going backwards and upside down, didn’t really see the Earth or the Sun, and when we rolled around and came around and saw the first Earth rise. [T]hat certainly was, by far, the most impressive thing. To see this very delicate, colorful orb which to me looked like a Christmas tree ornament coming up over this very stark, ugly lunar landscape..." Bill Anders, Apollo 8 LMP, on his thoughts about taking the iconic Earthrise photograph.

[NASA Johnson Space Center Oral History Project. Edited Oral History Transcript: William A. Anders, Interviewed by Paul Rollins Houston, Texas – 8 October 1997]

RIP to another Apollo legend, 1933-2024.

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Agatha Christie Books in Order.

Hercule Poirot Books

Hercule Poirot Collections

Miss Marple Books

Miss Marple Collections

Tommy and Tuppence Books

Tommy and Tuppence Collections

Superintendent Battle Books

Standalone Novels

Short Story Collections

Non-Fiction Books

Agatha Christie Hercule Poirot books in order

Here are the names of Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot books in order. It will help you start with your reading while ensuring the best experience.

The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920)    

The Murder on the Links (1923)     

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926)      

The Big Four (1927)    

The Mystery of the Blue Train (1928)     

Peril at End House (1932)     

Lord Edgware Dies (1933)    

Murder on the Orient Express (1934)      

Three Act Tragedy (1935)    

Death in the Clouds (1935)   

The A.B.C. Murders (1936)   

Murder in Mesopotamia (1936)      

Cards on the Table (1936)    

Dumb Witness (1937)  

Death on the Nile (1937)      

Appointment with Death (1938)    

Hercule Poirot’s Christmas (1938)  

One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (1940)

Sad Cypress (1940)     

Evil Under the Sun (1941)    

Five Little Pigs (1942)  

The Hollow (1946)      

Taken at the Flood (1948)    

Mrs. McGinty’s Dead (1952)  

After the Funeral (1953)      

Hickory Dickory Dock (1955)

Dead Man’s Folly (1956)       

Cat Among the Pigeons (1959)      

The Clocks (1963)       

Third Girl (1966)

Hallowe’en Party (1969)       

Elephants Can Remember (1972)  

Curtain (1975)      

The Monogram Murders (2014)

Agatha Christie Hercule Poirot Collections in Order

Poirot Investigates (1924)    

Murder in the Mews (1937)

The Labours of Hercules (1947)

Poirot’s Early Cases (1974)

Agatha Christie Miss Marple Books in Order

Here is the list of Agatha Christie’s books in order based on their publication date.

The Murder at the Vicarage (1930)

The Body in the Library (1942)      

The Moving Finger (1942)    

A Murder is Announced (1950)      

They Do It with Mirrors (1952)      

A Pocket Full of Rye (1953)  

4:50 From Paddington (1957)       

The Mirror Crack’d (1962)    

A Caribbean Mystery (1964)

At Bertram’s Hotel (1965)    

Nemesis (1971) 

Sleeping Murder (1976)

Agatha Christie Miss Marple Collection in Order

The Thirteen Problems (1932)       

Miss Marple’s Final Cases (1979)

Agatha Christie’s Tommy and Tuppence Books in Order

Here’s the list of Agatha Christie Tommy and Tuppence Books in Order

The Secret Adversary (1922)

N or M? (1941)  

By the Pricking of My Thumbs (1968)     

Postern of Fate (1973)

Agatha Christie’s Tommy and Tuppence Collections in Order

Partners in Crime (1929)

Agatha Christie’s Superintendent Battle Books in Order

Here’s the list of Agatha Christie Superintendent Battle Books in Order

The Secret of Chimneys (1925)      

The Seven Dials Mystery (1929)   

Cards on the Table (1936)    

Murder is Easy (1939)

Towards Zero (1944)

Agatha Christie’s Standalone Novels in Order

Here’s the list of Agatha Christie Standalone Novels in Order

The Man in the Brown Suit (1924)  

Giant’s Bread (1930)   

The Sittaford Mystery (1931)

Unfinished Portrait (1934)    

Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? (1934)       

And Then There Were None (1939)

Absent in the Spring (1944)  

Death Comes as the End (1944)    

Sparkling Cyanide (1945)     

The Rose and the Yew Tree (1948)

Crooked House (1949)

They Came to Baghdad (1951)      

A Daughter’s a Daughter (1952)    

Destination Unknown (1954)

The Burden (1956)      

Ordeal by Innocence (1958)

The Pale Horse (1961)

Endless Night (1967)   

13 at Dinner (1969)    

Passenger to Frankfurt (1970)       

The Murder at Hazelmoor (1984)

Agatha Christie’s Short Story Collections in Order

Here’s the list of Agatha Christie Short Story Collections in Order

The Mysterious Mr. Quin (1930)    

The Hound of Death (1933)  

The Listerdale Mystery (1934)       

Parker Pyne Investigates (1934)    

The Regetta Mystery and Other Stories (1939)

The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories (1948)  

Three Blind Mice and Other Stories (1950)      

The Under Dog and Other Stories (1951)

The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (1960)       

Double Sin and Other Stories (1961)      

Star Over Bethlehem and Other Stories (1965)

The Golden Ball and Other Stories (1974)

The problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories (1991)    

The Harlequin Tea Set (1997)       

While the Light Lasts and Other Stories (1997)

Agatha Christie’s Non-Fiction Books in Order

Here’s the list of Agatha Christie Non-Fiction Books in Order

Come, Tell Me How You Live (1946)       

Agatha Christie: An Autobiography (1977)

Top 10 Agatha Christie Books to Read

Given the number of books in the Agatha Christie series, readers generally hesitate to begin. Further, to understand the series well, one needs to read Agatha Christie’s novels in order. To ease things, the readers generally look for the best novels or books to read them directly and avoid all the hassle. So here are the top 10 Agatha Christie novels that will offer you the best mystery story reading experience.

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More Conrad propaganda: He fled Germany with his Jewish wife Lili in 1933 but helped get her parents into Switzerland and in 1935 got his ex-wife (also Jewish) and their daughter Viola out of Germany. He also tried to get his ex-MIL out but she refused to leave.

During the war he bought candy for the children of London for Christmas 1940. He was apparently the only actor to donate to the children directly that Christmas.

He was a nice guy! And very pretty and very good at his job!

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Himmler's ring of honor or also called SS-Ehrenring/Totenkopfring :

The ring was born as Himmler's idea of ​​a Christmas gift for a handful circle of his collaborators in 1933, the ring was designed by Karl Maria Wiligut .

Karl Maria Wiligut, was an esoteric writer and an Austrian soldier Who was nicknamed "Himmler's Rasputin" .

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Hello, I’ve asked for the London fics and if you have time it would be great if you could recommend me some shorter (perfect would be 20k - 50k) fics that take place in London

thank you so much!

Hi, anon! You're so very welcome! I'm glad you came back to clarify because I wasn't sure if you were the first anon and just hadn't seen the rec I'd made. Here are some fics that fit what you're looking for...

Until the Pearls Get Lost by LadyLondonderry / @londonfoginacup

London, 1933. Harry Styles, alpha, elusive bachelor and happy third wheel to his coupled friends, receives a visit from one Liam Payne, begging for his help.

Liam’s childhood friend Louis is about to become the talk of the city; left at the altar because the mating bond was rejected, Louis will spend the rest of his life in an institution unless Liam can find someone to take him in and care for him as he recovers. Most omegas with failed bonds are never the same again.

With rumours swirling around about the reason for the rejected bond, Harry gives in to Liam’s pleas. He hasn’t the slightest idea how that decision will shape the rest of his life.

On This Winter's Night by @reminiscingintherain

When a random bloke offers his lap for a seat on a busy bus in December, Louis' Christmas ends up being much different, and far less lonely than he was expecting.

We'll Be Seamless by @dinosaursmate

Green reblogged an old photo of himself. It was from back in October, a Halloween special. A pulse shot all the way through Louis because this photo was his absolute favourite, and it had taken the rest of the year for him to wean himself off of it.

Green was on his knees, arms stretched out in front of him with his fingertips digging into the surface of his bed. He was wearing a pair of cat ears on his head, his curls falling forward. His back was arched, and in the foreground of the picture, Green’s bum was high in the air, a long, black cat tail sitting neatly between his cheeks. --- Louis spends all his spare time scrolling arty nude blogs on Tumblr but amongst them all, Green is his favourite.