{"id":2251,"date":"2010-12-24T12:27:48","date_gmt":"2010-12-24T12:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2251"},"modified":"2010-12-30T10:10:39","modified_gmt":"2010-12-30T10:10:39","slug":"seasonal-greetings-and-festive-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/12\/seasonal-greetings-and-festive-fun.htm","title":{"rendered":"Seasonal greetings and festive fun!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, it&#8217;s Christmas Eve, and my backlog of technical blog posts is no shorter than ever&#8230; even so, I thought I&#8217;d share some of the more humorous items I&#8217;ve seen recently.  You&#8217;ve probably seen them before (both of the videos have gone viral) but the first is an idea of how the Nativity may have been, had we been using social media at that time:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"640\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/GkHNNPM7pJA?fs=1&amp;hl=en_GB\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p>The second is a clip from The One Ronnie show &#8211; due to be aired over Christmas on the BBC.  Those of you in the UK will almost certainly remember The Two Ronnies as part of the Christmas TV schedule and, although Ronnie Barker passed away, Ronnie Corbett teams up with Harry Enfield in this IT-related sketch:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"640\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/kAG39jKi0lI?fs=1&amp;hl=en_GB\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p>It might not quite be up to the standard of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Four_Candles\">Four Candles<\/a> but I still think it&#8217;s funny, in a very British kind of way (judging my the number of times I&#8217;ve seen it tweeted this week, I&#8217;m not alone!).<\/p>\n<p>My last festive offerings come from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lizmale.co.uk\/\">Liz Male Consulting<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/lizmale\">@LizMale<\/a>), whose Christmas cards always provide much amusement in my house. Two years ago we had <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lizmale.co.uk\/uploadFiles\/files\/LMC_Christmas_card_2008.pdf\">new building regulations for Christmas<\/a> (Liz&#8217;s work is largely in the construction sector) and last year she was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lizmale.co.uk\/uploadFiles\/files\/LMC_Christmas_card_2009.pdf\">tweeting the Christmas story<\/a> (a whole year ahead of the video above). For 2010 Liz has produced the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lizmale.co.uk\/uploadFiles\/files\/Ration-Book2010.pdf\">Ministry of Austerity Ration Card<\/a> which features such delights as the ConDem Christmas Cake and a special Seasonal Carol reflecting the times in which we live.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to everyone who&#8217;s supported my blogging\/tweeting\/other online ramblings this year.  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