The Bumper Christmas Episode!

In Episode 3 of What The Factual? Gill and Pete look at Ghosts of Christmases very much past and find out why everyone seemed to want to set themselves on fire around the holiday season... 

Plus we find out that a sponsorship deal with Coca-Cola is just a phone call away.

References used in this episode:

https://thewidowsweeds.blogspot.com/2011/12/20-december-st-thomas-eve.html?m=1 

https://www.history.co.uk/articles/how-the-vikings-gave-us-christmas 

https://www.countryfile.com/go-outdoors/days-out/top-10-quirky-christmas-traditions 

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/christmas/victorian-christmas-traditions/ 

https://projectbritain.com/year/january.htm Ep4 

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/652043/victorian-christmas-traditions

https://www.visitnorway.com/typically-norwegian/christmas/the-trafalgar-square-christmas-tree/

https://santaclausandchristmas.com/did-santa-claus-used-to-be-green/#google_vignette

https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20161216-why-japan-celebrates-christmas-with-kfc

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Gill & Pete (well, mostly Gill) explain King Henry VIII's dating history and why he just didn't seem to have the best luck in his love life. How each marriage ended, why some of his relationships were "cut short" and how the rhyme "Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived" should have actually gone and why Catherine Parr was the only wife to make it to the 19th hole.

Also we answer our avid listener's question of where the phrase "Chew The Fat" comes from... or at least we try...

References from this episode:

https://www.livescience.com/53662-king-henry-viii-head-injuries-behavior.html

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0967586815006803

https://englishhistory.net/tudor/monarchs/henry-viii-wives/

Royal museums Greenwich

Book - The Six Wives of Henry VIII, Alison Weir

https://www.tudorhistory.org/wives/

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What The Factual? is presented by Gill Smith & Pete Moor.

Gill and Pete delve into funly misremembered stories from history and find the facts among the fictions.

In the first episode of What The Factual? We deal with The World War One Christmas Truce and how or if it really happened. Also we discuss the track Altogether Now by The Farm and the fact that Gill didn't know it was about today's topic.

Finally where does the phrase "to tip" someone come from?

Sources for this episode are:

Imperial War Museum https://www.forces.net/services/tri-service/christmas-spirit-was-alive-and-well-trenches https://www.footballandthefirstworldwar.org/the-christmas-truce-and-football/

staffordshiregreatwar.com https://www.staffordshiregreatwar.com › ...

General's Christmas Day letter tells how football match was talk of the ...

www.Thefa.com

https://www.britishlibrary.cn/en/articles/the-history-of-womens-football-in-the-uk/

Safe Communities Portugal (SCP)

historyextra.com

webmatters.net

The Farm Altogether Now - Written by Johann Pachelbel, Peter Hooton & Steve Grimes

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