Showing posts with label Christmas Eve National Speech. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas Eve National Speech. Show all posts

Friday, December 24

Christmas Eve Quotes: Christmas Sayings From Christmas Songs

Looking for some great Christmas Eve quotes to share with your family tonight? Some of the best Christmas sayings and Christmas quotes come from Christmas songs.
From people giving each other Christmas greetings, to Christmas messages and phrases that are used in Christmas cards, sharing Christmas quotes from beloved Christmas carols seems to be a time-honored tradition.
Here are some of our favorite Christmas Eve quotes from Christmas songs:
“I’ll be home for Christmas, you can plan on me. Please have snow, and mistletoe, and presents on the tree.” – I’ll Be Home For Christmas
“Fall on your knees. Oh hear the angel voices. Oh night divine, oh night, when Christ was born.” – O Holy Night
“Oh the weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful, but as long as you love me so, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.” – Let It Snow
“O come all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant. O come ye o come ye in Bethlehem. Come and behold him, born the king of angels. O come let us adore him!” – O Come All Ye Faithful
“Chestnuts roasing on an open fire. Jack Frost nipping at your nose. Yuletide carols being sung by a choir, and folks dressed up like Eskimos.” – The Christmas Song
“Angels we have heard on high. Sweetly singing o’er the plains. And the mountains in reply, echoing their joyous strains.” – Angels We Have Heard On High
“Hark the Herald Angels sing, glory to the new born King! Peace on Earth and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled!” – Hark the Herald Angels Sing
“I’m dreaming of a white Christmas, just like the ones I used to know. Where the tree tops glisten, and children listen, to hear sleigh bells in the snow.” – White Christmas
“It came upon a midnight clear, that glorious song of old. With angels bending near the earth to touch their harps of gold.” - It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
“Silent night, holy night. All is calm, all is bright. Radiant beams from thy holy face. With the dawn of redeeming grace. Jesus, Lord at thy birth.” – Silent Night

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Thursday, December 23

Christmas Eve National Speech

The tradition of the National Christmas 
The Christmas Eve National Speech or Discurso Nacional de S.M el Rey is broadcast by King Juan Carlos I to Spain every Christmas since 1975. The speech is aired by all the Spanish TV channels.

Recurrent topics

King Juan Carlos I usually refers to the main problems of the nation, such as ETA. In 2004, the speech was highly related to 11 March 2004 Madrid train bombings; in 2006 he talked about the need to become a united nation against terrorism (in implicit support of Zapatero's anti-terrorist policies), and he mentioned the increasing force of immigrants in Spain and appreciated their contribution to the economy.

In popular culture

The speech starts every year with the phrase "La reina y yo" (The Queen and I). This is commonly considered the King's main catchphrase and as such it has been parodied by media. A comic strip in the El Jueves magazine about Monarchy takes his title from this.
The King's speech has been parodied in many TV shows such as Buenafuente.
Mariano Rajoy's speech on the occasion of Fiesta Nacional de España was criticized by the left because it seemed too similar to the King's Christmas speech. Rajoy's message was delivered from a chair, near the flag of Spain, and in a medium shot, just like the royal speeches usually are.