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Trainor in 2014
Trainor in 2014

A Very Trainor Christmas is a Christmas album by Meghan Trainor (pictured), released on October 30, 2020, by Honest OG Recording and Epic Records. Trainor co-wrote the album with her brothers, Ryan and Justin, among others. It features artists such as Earth, Wind & Fire, Seth MacFarlane, Trainor's cousins and her father. The album covers Christmas standards such as "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" (1951) and "Last Christmas" (1984), as well as six original recordings. Trainor promoted A Very Trainor Christmas with public appearances and televised performances, and by the release of Trainor and MacFarlane's cover of "White Christmas" (1942), which reached number one on the Adult Contemporary chart. Critical commentary for the album was generally positive; it reached number seven on the US Top Holiday Albums chart. A deluxe edition was released on October 29, 2021. (This article is part of a featured topic: Meghan Trainor albums.)

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Picture of the day for December 25, 2024
Wood carving of the birth of Christ from the Kefermarkt altarpiece

The Kefermarkt altarpiece is a richly decorated wooden altarpiece in the Late Gothic style in the parish church of Kefermarkt in Upper Austria. Commissioned by the knight Christoph von Zelking, it was completed around 1497. Saints Peter, Wolfgang and Christopher are depicted in the central section. The wing panels depict scenes from the life of Mary, and the altarpiece also has an intricate superstructure and two side figures of Saints George and Florian. The identity of its maker, known by the notname Master of the Kefermarkt Altarpiece, is unknown, but at least two skilled sculptors appear to have created the main statuary. Throughout the centuries, it has been altered and lost its original paint and gilding; a major restoration was undertaken in the 19th century under the direction of Adalbert Stifter. The altarpiece has been described as "one of the greatest achievements in late-medieval sculpture in the German-speaking area". This image shows the upper-left wing panel of the Kefermarkt altarpiece, depicting the birth of Christ. Mary is portrayed kneeling in devotion in front of the infant Christ, who is placed before her on a fold of her dress. On the other side, Joseph is also kneeling in front of the child. Above Mary, on the roof of the building behind them, are two angels playing a mandolin and a lute. The annunciation to the shepherds can be seen in the background.

Sculpture credit: Master of the Kefermarkt Altarpiece; photographed by Uoaei1


I think the birth of Jesus should be on here, I'm not really big on religion, but a lot more people are going to care about that than the Republic of Ezo. Coocooforcocopuffs 23:05, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

"Christmas" is there already. The birth of Jesus on the 25 of December is a tradition and most scholars agree it's not an accurate date, it's just a celebration. Besides, we don't even know the year that Jesus is born in. Aran|heru|nar 05:24, 25 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Probably the year 0 or 1 A.D., seeing as B.C. is before he was born. --Coocooforcocopuffs 01:22, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Again, no one knows but it's not generally believed to be 1 A.D. (there's no such thing as year 0). Check out Christmas and Nativity of Jesus for more details Nil Einne (talk) 13:40, 7 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"the West"

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"800 - Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne emperor, a title that had been out of use in the West since the abdication of Romulus Augustulus in 476. "

"the West", I believe, means "the Western Roman Empire" in this context. It should therefore link there. I have explained here. Aran|heru|nar 05:24, 25 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A title to be used in the "Western Roman Empire" in the year 800 ? That empire was done centuries earlier. I'm not sure if the current link is right, but I don't know how to fix it. --PFHLai 21:59, 25 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mistake

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Silent Night was first performed on 24th, not 25th, see [1] or [2]. --Japo (talk) 16:47, 20 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hessians

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Could someone please link to Hessian (soldiers) instead to the disambiguation page Hessian. Thanks a lot in advance. --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 05:06, 25 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Done. --BorgQueen (talk) 05:07, 25 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
That was fast ;-) Thanks a lot! --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 05:10, 25 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

2011 notes

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--howcheng {chat} 00:54, 24 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Formatting issue

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I'm using the selected anniversaries as part of Portal:History, and somebody put a spare into the page (bottom of notes), messing up the formatting. Do fix. ResMar 23:03, 25 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Does it always take this long to get back on these? ResMar 15:02, 26 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Done Sometimes, yes, especially when you don't specify clearly what the requested edit is. Anomie⚔ 16:22, 26 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Well I thought saying "spare div" is pretty clear. ResMar 19:14, 26 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
OTOH, since you didn't use <nowiki>...</nowiki> or {{tag}} or the like to escape your "</div>", it renders in the page as "somebody put a spare into the page (bottom of notes)". And since the page does have a section called 'Notes' inside the 'Staging area', that just added to the confusion.
FYI, the ideal request would copy the page text into a sandbox somewhere, make the fix, and then link to the resulting diff showing exactly what needs to be changed. Anomie⚔ 21:11, 26 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
All for an extra </div> tag? That seems wildly excessive. ResMar 21:24, 26 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
If you want the fastest response, you have to make it as easy as possible for any passing admin. Anomie⚔ 01:09, 27 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, just noticed that. ResMar 21:24, 26 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 08:08, 24 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 07:21, 24 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

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Thinking we should put Christmas Truce of for this year. Currently a Good Article and it is the 100th anniversary — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.203.88.210 (talk) 16:58, 6 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The article normally appears on December 24, but it's featured as POTD for today, so that makes it ineligible for inclusion. —howcheng {chat} 06:36, 23 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 19:22, 23 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 11:21, 23 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 01:09, 25 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 01:26, 25 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 21:32, 25 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 request

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@Howcheng: - On 25 December 1819, Thelnetham Windmill was first set to work. Can it be featured on OTD, with photograph please? Mjroots (talk) 13:04, 15 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 21:14, 26 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 19:24, 26 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 05:48, 26 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2024 notes

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I hope that we can feature this year Bach's cantata Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 91, because not only was it first performed 300 years ago, but the hymn on which it is based is 500 years old. I would of course like to see it pictured, for prominence of the anniversary, but not with the standard Bach portrait please, on which he his c. 25 years too old, - perhaps Luther? - I am not bold enough do change myself. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:31, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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