Summary of Philomena Cunk, Christmas 2016 "Moments of Wonder".

00:00:00 - 00:25:00

In this video, computer engineer Philomena Cunk demonstrates how Christmas programming has evolved over the years. She talks about how commercials have become more emotional, and EastEnders has always been a reliable source of holiday cheer. Finally, Bailey's Merry Christmas advert is shown, depicting a man in a Santa hat and Christmas jumper, singing joyfully with angels in the background. Jesus Christ is also briefly mentioned.

• 00:00:00 Christmas is a holiday celebrated around the world, with a long history. One of the oldest traditions is the winter solstice, celebrated at the time of year when the Sun seems to stand still in the sky. This holiday is also celebrated by the pagans, who worshipped nature and celebrated two big annual events. Christianity arrived later, and one of the first things Jesus did was to make it a day of celebration. Today, most people celebrate Christmas by buying presents, going to church, and watching Christmas specials. However, for the pagans, Christmas was a time of celebration long before Christianity arrived. The pagans celebrated the Solstice by cutting down trees and plants, and dragging them into their homes. Christmas also has a spiritual meaning for some people, as it is the day Jesus was born.
• 00:05:00 Philomena Cunk describes meeting Jesus, who was a real human being with feelings and vulnerabilities similar to her own. She meets him more relatable when she comprehends that he was just like everyone else, starting out with nothing. Christ's popularity is celebrated through Christmas, which is a tradition that originated hundreds of years ago. People of different ages participated in the celebration by dressing up in costumes and going from house to house singing carols. Christmas was also a time to create community and celebrate together. In the modern world, many traditions have been lost, such as going from house to house singing carols. However, one tradition that has continued is getting drunk and behaving inappropriately at Christmas.
• 00:10:00 This video discusses the origins of Santa Claus, and how he gradually replaced Jesus as the primary figure associated with Christmas. While Jesus is still mentioned, Santa Claus gradually became the primary focus of Christmas over time.
• 00:15:00 Queen Victoria's husband Prince Albert added a tree to Buckingham Palace, and it remained the most heavily decorated piece of wood until the day Roger Moore was knighted. In Victorian times, life was hard for the average person, and the streets were full of people coughing and counting their surviving offspring. Christmas decorations in that era included saws covered in tinsel, and blue Peter Advent chrome.
• 00:20:00 In this video, Philomena Cunk portrays a Christmas Carol character, Ebenezer Scrooge, who is almost as fully realized as Disney's superior Scrooge McDuck, but unlike Scrooge McDuck, he's human. At Christmas 1914, there is a brief ceasefire between the warring sides, and soldiers get out of the hall and join together in a place called No Man's Land. The ghosts taking forward and backwards in time show different Christmases to Ebenezer, convincing him that Christmas is actually brilliant. After the war with Germany ends, Christmas returns with a bang, and a second period of food-based indulgence soon becomes an important cultural cornerstone of both society and gravy ads. However, critics say that Christmas is too commercialized, and the Bible has been replaced by the Argos catalogue. Just because it's got a better selection of hair straighteners recently, Christmas shopping has started to look less like a supermarket sweep and more like a civil war with carrier bags. Therefore, it's no wonder more people than ever stay indoors shopping on the computer. Christmas all just about buying stuff, according to these critics. Hundreds of millions of pounds are spent on Christmas each year, and the church gets nothing because it doesn
• 00:25:00 In this video, computer engineer Philomena Cunk demonstrates how Christmas programming has evolved over the years. She talks about how commercials have become more emotional, and EastEnders has always been a reliable source of holiday cheer. Finally, Bailey's Merry Christmas advert is shown, depicting a man in a Santa hat and Christmas jumper, singing joyfully with angels in the background. Jesus Christ is also briefly mentioned.