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Research Rabbit Holes!

30/11/2017

 
Christmas at the Little Clock House on the Green comes out in PAPERBACK today – Hooray!

AND…it’s snowing! #AuthorLife doesn’t get much better!

Readers are saying such lovely things about the second in the Whispers Wood Little Clock House series and having always wanted to write a book set at Christmas I admit to having a lot of fun writing it. I even had fun researching, because, come on, Christmas! Okay, yes, I may have fallen down a few research rabbit holes and not all of the fun factoids made it into the book but to celebrate the paperback coming out today, I thought I’d share some of them for your Christmas Quiz vaults!

Oh, and have a look out for details of some fun GIVEAWAYS I’ll be doing on Facebook and Twitter at the end of this post!

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Here are some of the snippets of Christmassy magic I unearthed:
  • Snow is not white – it’s actually translucent. It’s the light reflecting off it that makes it look white.
  • Chionophobia is the fear of snow.
  • The average snowflake has a top speed of 1.7 metres per second.
  • Snow globes are also known as ‘snow domes’, ‘snowstorms’, ‘snow scenes’ and ‘snow shakers’ and even ‘water globes’.
  • Carols used to be sung all through the year and began as an English custom called wassailing, toasting neighbours to a long life.
  • James Pierpont's 1857 song “Jingle Bells” was originally called “One Horse Open Sleigh” and was written for Thanksgiving.
  • The bestselling Christmas single is Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas”, selling over 50 million copies worldwide since 1942.
  • Robins on Christmas cards started as a joke over 150 years ago when postmen used to wear read tunics and were named after them.
  • The original reindeers to pull Santa’s sleigh were: Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen. Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer was invented by a US firm’s Christmas promotion in 1938.
  • Kissing under the mistletoe is thought to come from Frigga, the Norse goddess of love, who was associated with the plant.
  • Jane Austen’s book “Emma” was first published on the 23rd December 1915. How romantic!
So, whether it’s SNOW/SNOWGLOBES, MUSIC, ROBINS, REINDEER, MISTLETOE or JANE AUSTEN, pop Christmas at the Little Clock House on the Green under your tree this Christmas and you’ll discover lots more Christmassy magic.

The paperback is available from Sainsbury’s, Amazon,HarperCollins: http://bit.ly/2ftMkPI
Or you can buy your eBook from:
Amazon: http://smarturl.it/xmasClockHouse
KOBO: http://bit.ly/2wg3NOR
iBooks: http://apple.co/2wNkIfN
Google: http://bit.ly/2xEFNbw

Connect with me on TWITTER and FACEBOOK to be in with a chance of winning the perfect reading accessories for Christmas at the Little Clock House on the Green.

Love and Little Clock House Kisses,

Eve xx


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