Nicolae Ceaușescu Nicolae Ceaușescu Nicolae Ceaușescu (; ; 26 January 1918 – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian Communist politician. He was the general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989, and hence the second and last Communist leader of Romania. He was also the country's head of state from 1967, serving as President of the State Council, from 1974 concurrently as President of the Republic, until his overthrow in the Romanian Revolution in December 1989, part of a series of anti-Communist and anti-Soviet Union uprisings in Eastern Europe that year. Born in 1918 in Scornicești, Olt County, Ceaușescu
Once Upon a Christmas Song Once Upon a Christmas Song "Once Upon a Christmas Song" was the second single by fictional character Geraldine McQueen from "Britain's Got the Pop Factor...", a mock talent contest/comedy by British comedian Peter Kay who also plays Geraldine. The CD was released on 15 December 2008, with the download available a day earlier. It was a charity single with proceeds going to the NSPCC. The song was co-written by Peter Kay and Gary Barlow. In 2016, an instrumental version of the song served as the theme tune to BBC One's compilation series "Peter Kay's Comedy Shuffle". The video for "Once