The Funny Side of Christmas as Nurse Gladys Emmanuel The Funny Side of Christmas The Funny Side of Christmas is a Christmas special broadcast by BBC1 on 27 December 1982. Presented by Frank Muir, it comprised one comedy sketch each from 10 contemporaneous English comedy series: "Butterflies", "The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin", "Last of the Summer Wine", "The Les Dawson Show", "Only Fools and Horses", "Open All Hours", "Smith and Jones", "Sorry!", "Three of a Kind", and "Yes Minister". The sketches below are listed in the order in which they appear in the programme. It's Christmas Day, and no sooner than Reggie has
The Hundred-Year Christmas The Hundred-Year Christmas The Hundred-Year Christmas is a fantasy novel by David Morrell, who is best known for being the creator of John Rambo in his earlier novel "First Blood". "The Hundred-Year Christmas" was first published in 1983 by Donald M. Grant in an edition of 700 copies, which were signed and numbered. The novel was originally written as a Christmas present for Morrell's two children, and the children in the novel are named after Morell's son and daughter. The novel concerns the friendship between Father Christmas, who lives for 100 years, and Father Time, who lives for only one.