10 weird and wonderful things which happened on 25 December:
- According to Christian belief, Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem on this date in the year 0. However, it's impossible to prove the date or the year. The earliest known year that Jesus' nativity was celebrated on December 25th was 336. In 440, the leaders of the Christian Church fixed this day as the date to observe the birth of Christ.
- The scientist Sir Isaac Newton was born on this date in 1643. His Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, published in 1687, is considered to be the most influential book in the history of science. In it, Newton described universal gravitation and the three laws of motion.
- Also born on Christmas Day, in 1899, was Humphrey Bogart, American actor whose films include Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The African Queen, Casablanca, The Big Sleep and The Maltese Falcon. He is credited with five of the US Film Institute’s top 100 film quotations – more than any other actor. These include: "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine," and "Here's looking at you, kid."
- In 1066 William the Conqueror was crowned King William I of England. In 1085 he ordered a complete survey of England, known as the Domesday Book, named after the Christian concept of a Book of Judgement at Doomsday in which all names are recorded.
- Hirohito succeeded his father Yoshihito as emperor of Japan on this date in 1926.
- In 1870, Richard Wagner hired an orchestra to play music for his wife Cosima's 33rd birthday. The music was the Siegfried Idyll. She was woken that morning by the orchestra performing on the lower stairs. Her reaction to this is not recorded.
- In 1959, one Richard Starkey, aged 18, received a Drum set for Christmas. He went on to become one of the most famous rock and roll drummers in the world: Ringo Starr of The Beatles.
- King George V made the first Royal Christmas broadcast to the Empire in 1932. Queen Elizabeth II made her first Christmas broadcast in 1952, and her first Christmas message on television was broadcast in 1957. In 2022, we presumably get the first Christmas speech by King Charles III.
- The first man-made comet was visible in the sky on Christmas Day 1984. The sphere of chemicals from a West German satellite appeared to be yellowish-green, and in the constellation Virgo. Many said it was Santa taking a short cut back to the North Pole.
- In 2010, Atlanta, Georgia had its first white Christmas in 128 years. 500 flights were affected. Meanwhile, South Carolina had Snow on Christmas Day for the first time ever.
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A Superhero love story.
Sent away to school to get her away from undesirable company, Agnes finds herself homesick and lonely. A brief connection with Jason Warner leads to the teenage crush to end all teenage crushes. Jason is barely aware Agnes exists, but she plans her whole future around him.
It is only when they meet again as adults that the connection becomes mutual; but before it can develop, Jason makes a discovery which rocks his entire world. He needs time alone, away from everyone, including Agnes. When Jason is finally ready to go back to his old life, Agnes has moved on and he cannot find her.
Agnes is now a single parent to the remarkable Seraphina. The Power League want to harness Seraphina's powers for evil before the Freedom League become aware of her. Agnes has no idea her new colleague and friend is a supervillain with his own agenda, and his willingness to babysit is not as innocent as she thinks. As Incendio starts teaching Seraphina to use her powers, the Freedom League intervene. Little do they know that they have found one of their own.
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