{"id":25026,"date":"2020-12-25T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-12-25T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=25026"},"modified":"2020-12-18T08:19:27","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T16:19:27","slug":"on-this-day-dec-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/12\/25\/on-this-day-dec-25\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Dec 25"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[]'><\/div>\n<p>Since I hit 20 years of blogging this November, this year I&#8217;m posting a daily list of anything I published on this day in the past.<\/p>\n<p>There are <strong>39<\/strong> posts previously published on December 25th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/12\/25\/year-50-day-237\/\">Year 50 Day 237<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The Christmas Day pile o' presents! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/12\/25\/year-50-day-237\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2021<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/12\/25\/25628\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">_The Matrix_ has a complicated legacy. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/12\/25\/25628\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/12\/25\/on-this-day-dec-25\/\">On This Day: Dec 25<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from December 25 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/12\/25\/on-this-day-dec-25\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/12\/25\/25060\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Good morning and merry Christmas, all, however you celebrate (or tolerate) the day! I hope it\u2019s a good and safe day for you and all those you care about. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/12\/25\/25060\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2019<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/12\/25\/23140\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da; sixty-one of 2019: Dead Endless, by Dave Galanter. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; Focuses on the Stamets\/Culber relationship, in a creative manner that\u2019s a little confusing for the first few chapters until it suddenly snaps into focus. Some great Tilly and Airiam moments as well. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/12\/25\/23140\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/12\/25\/23137\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">My Christmas book stack. On the left, Star Trek. On the right, not Star Trek. &#x1f596;&#x1f4da; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/12\/25\/23137\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/12\/25\/23134\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, and general good wishes to you all, however you celebrate the day and season! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/12\/25\/23134\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2018<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/12\/25\/22022\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book fifty-eight of 2018: Star Trek The Classic Episodes Vol. 3, by James Blish with J. A. Lawrence. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/12\/25\/22022\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2017<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/12\/25\/21480\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Well, while #kubros aren\u2019t really Legos, they\u2019re close, and this lil\u2019 Worf is really cute. #startrek #tng #worf #klingon <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/12\/25\/21480\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/12\/25\/21483\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Christmas present from my brother: a full set of #TOS #StarTrek collectible glasses by #DrPepper from 1976. Nice find! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/12\/25\/21483\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/12\/25\/21486\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I have questions about the trivia in our holiday crackers\u2026. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/12\/25\/21486\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/12\/25\/21457\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Nice goodies from Prairie. Looking forward to digging into these when we get home! #alfredhitchcock #hitchcock #smithsonian #smithsonianfolkways #folkways <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/12\/25\/21457\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/12\/25\/21460\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Got cute little coloring books in our stockings, so we\u2019re stretched out in bed coloring. Nice way to spend a holiday morning! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/12\/25\/21460\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/12\/25\/20757\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Oh no! #Venom is attacking the toy store! Can #SpiderMan save the day? #Lego <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/12\/25\/20757\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/12\/25\/20760\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Working on one of the Lego sets I got today (the Winter Toy Shop). (360\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/12\/25\/20760\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2015<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/12\/25\/19088\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Would you like to build a snowman? #Lego snowman, that is. ;) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/12\/25\/19088\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/12\/25\/19091\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Why, look &#8211; someone filled the stockings we hung by the (electronic) fire with care! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/12\/25\/19091\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/12\/25\/18595\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Got my copy of These Are the Voyages: TOS Season Three (arrived a few days ago, but didn&#8217;t open it until today), and with it came my Kickstarter reward of a 35mm film trim from the Star Trek editing room. I got Spock! Sadly, it&#8217;s been long enough since I watched all the original episodes ... <a title=\"\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/12\/25\/18595\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about \">Read more<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/12\/25\/18595\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/12\/25\/18598\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Potatohead Wolverine and the Hulk! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/12\/25\/18598\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/12\/25\/18571\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Potatohead Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/12\/25\/18571\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/12\/25\/18574\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Lego Space Needle! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/12\/25\/18574\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/12\/25\/18577\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">One of my stocking stuffers: a cute Lego Christmas tree! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/12\/25\/18577\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2013<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2013\/12\/25\/17172\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">These Christmas crackers looked cute in the store, but now that it&#8217;s time to open them, I&#8217;m a bit disturbed at what I&#8217;m about to do. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2013\/12\/25\/17172\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2013\/12\/25\/17175\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The traditional Christmas lasagne! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2013\/12\/25\/17175\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2013\/12\/25\/17178\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Lego Gollum! Including Frodo with Sting and the One Ring. Gollum&#8217;s actually pretty creepy-cute. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2013\/12\/25\/17178\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2013\/12\/25\/17181\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">My loot! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2013\/12\/25\/17181\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2013\/12\/25\/17184\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Prairie&#8217;s loot! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2013\/12\/25\/17184\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2013\/12\/25\/17157\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">My stocking stuffers. (That handkerchief at the lower right was embroidered by Prairie.) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2013\/12\/25\/17157\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2013\/12\/25\/17160\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Prairie&#8217;s stocking stuffers. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2013\/12\/25\/17160\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2013\/12\/25\/17163\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Stockings, once hung by the (electronic) fireplace with care, now stuffed to the brim with goodies. Santa came to our house! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2013\/12\/25\/17163\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2013\/12\/25\/17166\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Our Christmas tree with piles of presents soon to be opened. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2013\/12\/25\/17166\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2006<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/12\/25\/merry-xmas-were-off-to-alaska\/\">Merry Xmas, We&#8217;re Off to Alaska<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">And now, Prairie and I are waking up and taking care of the last few details before we head out to the airport to fly up to Anchorage for the next few days to visit my folks. Enjoy your Christmas (or Hannukkah, or Yule, or _whatever_) season! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/12\/25\/merry-xmas-were-off-to-alaska\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/12\/25\/merry-christmas\/\">Merry Christmas!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Merry Christmas, everyone! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/12\/25\/merry-christmas\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/25\/talk-about-geek-heaven\/\">Talk about geek heaven!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A stainless-steel grave marker complete with an LCD display that can be hooked into a PC interface to change the epitaph whenever you want! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/25\/talk-about-geek-heaven\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/25\/the-miracles-of-christmas\/\">The miracles of Christmas<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The real miracles of Christmas, according to me. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/25\/the-miracles-of-christmas\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/25\/a-quiet-christmas\/\">A quiet Christmas<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It's been a nice Christmas holiday this year. Due to financial difficulties, I wasn't able to head up to Anchorage to be with my family for Christmas, so I ended up spending Christmas on my own for the first time in my life. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/25\/a-quiet-christmas\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/25\/return-of-the-king-nitpicks\/\">Return of the King nitpicks<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">After watching RotK for the second time today, I'm still quite solidly convinced that Jackson's trilogy is, quite simply, one of the greatest achievements in filmmaking in recent years. However, that doesn't stop me from finding the occasional odd thing to mention&hellip;such as two goofs, and a few editing choices that I'm not entirely happy with. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/25\/return-of-the-king-nitpicks\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/25\/merry-christmas-everyone\/\">Merry Christmas, everyone!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">That's really about it &mdash; short and sweet. Merry Christmas (or Hanukkah, or Yuletide, or whatever celebration you might be partaking in these days) everyone! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/25\/merry-christmas-everyone\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2000<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2000\/12\/25\/merry-christmas-2\/\">Merry Christmas!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Merry Christmas to everyone out there...hope you're having a good one! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2000\/12\/25\/merry-christmas-2\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from December 25<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2040],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25026\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}