Category: Calendar Events – Misc

Christmas Trees and Fairy Lights can be fatal.

December 1, 2013

Of the 350 reported fairy light injuries, most occurred whilst decorating.  Injuries include people falling while putting up the lights, children swallowing the bulbs, and people getting electric shocks and burns from faulty lights.  Lights can also have fatal consequences with an alarming number of deaths caused by people watering the tree with the lights … More Christmas Trees and Fairy Lights can be fatal.

Happy Father’s Day

June 16, 2013

Michelle Obama once told her husband that Mother’s Day should be a bigger celebration than Father’s day because “every day is Father’s Day” adding he is “always getting a treat.”   President Barack Obama walks down the Colonnade with his arms around daughters Malia and Sasha, right 3/5/09. In the 103 years since Father’s Day began being celebrated … More Happy Father’s Day

Hot Cross Buns

March 29, 2013

Hot Cross Buns The hot cross bun, typically eaten on Good Friday, is a tradition that Christians appear to have adopted from pagans. It is said that the bun’s cross was originally to quarter the bun with regard to the four quarters of the moon. However, Christians re-interpreted it as the cross of the crucifixion. … More Hot Cross Buns

Snow Sculpting

January 16, 2013

First place at an International Snow Sculpting Event goes to Students from the Nottingham Trent University Four students from the School of Art and Design and School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment at Nottingham Trent University represented Great Britain at the International University Snow Sculpture Competition in Harbin, China. This was the largest … More Snow Sculpting

Christmas Trees and Fairy Lights can be fatal.

December 21, 2012

Of the 350 reported fairy light injuries, most occurred whilst decorating.  Injuries include people falling while putting up the lights, children swallowing the bulbs, and people getting electric shocks and burns from faulty lights.  Lights can also have fatal consequences with an alarming number of deaths caused by people watering the tree with the lights … More Christmas Trees and Fairy Lights can be fatal.