K.A.C. 2024 - T - 14 Days ...

     1986 - two weeks to go! Nothing says, nay, SCREAMS mid-'80s better than Max Headroom. For those of you who need a primer on the show, here you go (read them in order):

     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Headroom:_20_Minutes_into_the_Future  

     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Max_Headroom_Show 

     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Headroom_(TV_series) 

     Got it? OK, NOW go watch Max's decidedly weird (and rarely viewed today) carol, 'Merry Christmas, Santa Claus' - it's a total earwig, so consider yourself duly warned:

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uqBb1IjBUc 

     And if you are still wondering what the Hell you just watched, read below!

     https://recommendedstations.com/2023/12/11/have-a-strange-christmas-merry-christmas-santa-claus/ 

     There's not much to write about, Christmas-wise this year, as it was harsher than most, with both the Challenger explosion and the Chernobyl meltdown happening (and if you want to get truly Nostradamus about it, the return of Halley's comet), so this may be a good time to open the doors to some miscellaneous Peppermint Potpourri instead and see what shakes out.

     ITEM: Who was 'A Meal Man' and why is he so popular they made a teapot out of him? Learn the answer to this and other facts about one of our oft-talked about Christmas stories below:

     https://www.learn4yourlife.com/christmas-carol-facts.html 

     

 

 

 

 

     ITEM: From The Sun (UK) - see the REAL face of Santa Claus, through scientific skull reconstruction! If THAT sentence didn't wake you up, nothing's going to ... NO, no the one in the picture, the one in the link here:

     https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/32097015/real-face-father-christmas-saint-nicholas/ 

     Back tomorrow with more!