Christmas 2023

Happy Christmas

 

Rudolf

Clive with your nose so bright, won't you guide my sleigh tonight?

1 day until Christmas

Ghost of Christmas present

Come in! And know Clive better man.

2 days until Christmas

Elf on the shelf

Tortoise on the shelf

3 days until Christmas

 

Paddington

Please look after this tortoise

4 days until Christmas

 

Gingerbread

Gingerbread Clive

5 days until Christmas

Home Alone

Clive burgling 671 Lincoln Ave on Christmas Eve

6 days until Christmas

On this day in 1892

On this day in 1892 The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky premiered in St Petersburg

7 days until Christmas

Ash

I like shorts, they're comfy and easy to wear!

8 days until Christmas

 

Bowser

Watch out for princesses and plumbers

9 days until Christmas

Mary

Clive had gone for the literal motherload in this year's Nativity play

10 days until Christmas

Tripod

Farewell Thunderchild

11 days until Christmas

Deely

Clive the Tortoise Christmas deely boppers

12 days until Christmas

 

Balrog

A Balrog of Morgoth

13 days until Christmas

 

On this day 13

On this day in 1936 Edward VIII abdicated

14 days until Christmas

 

Eurovision

Clive at the Eurovision Song Contest

16 days until Christmas

 

Turner Prize

Can I have the Turner Prize now please?

17 days until Christmas

 

Jumper

Clive's Christmas Jumper for 2023 was a minimal affair

18 days until Christmas

Hamlet

Alas poor Yorick

19 days until Christmas

Cowboy

Cowboy Clive

20 days until Christmas

On this day in 1154

On this day in 1154 Nicholas Breakspear was elected Pope Adrian IV, the only Englishman ever to become Pope. 

21 days until Christmas

Theme Hospital

Doctor required in inflator room

22 days until Christmas

 

Ursula

Poor unfortunate Clive

23 days until Christmas

Calendar

Door one on the Clive the Tortoise Advent calendar

24 days until Christmas

Joseph

It was red and yellow and green and brown and scarlet and black and ochre and peach and ruby and olive and violet and fawn and lilac and gold and chocolate and mauve and cream and crimson and silver and rose and azure and lemon and russet and grey and purple and white and pink and orange and blue. 

25 days until Christmas

 

Pingu

noot noot

26 days until Christmas

 

Strawberry

Clive in his strawberry outfit

27 days until Christmas

Tutankhamun

On this day in 1922 Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon entered the tomb of Tutankhamun 

28 days until Christmas

Traitors

Clive is 100% faithful

29 days until Christmas

Smeds

My dearest child, are you off your head? They drink pink milk, they eat brown bread. Never, never marry a Smed!

30 days until Christmas

 

easy

easyClive

33 days until Christmas

Constellation

Clive constellation

34 days until Christmas

Windsor Castle

On this day in 1992 Windsor Castle caught fire

35 days until Christmas

Cricket World Cup Final

Clive at the Cricket World Cup Final (he's got an Aussie flag but we're all India today surely?)

36 days until Christmas

 

Park

Got some strange looks in the park on this afternoon

37 days until Christmas

Lights

Clive was very proud to have been invited to switch on the town's Christmas lights

38 days until Christmas

Balaclava

Clive's balaclava was so warm

39 days until Christmas

London

Clive needed to blend in in Trafalgar Square

40 days until Christmas

Rainbows

Clive going to Rainbows

41 days until Christmas

 

Fantasia

On this day in 1940 Fantasia was released

42 days until Christmas

Poppy

We will remember them

43 days until Christmas

Snorlax

A sleeping Clive blocks the way!

44 days until Christmas

900 - Football Manager

For the 900th Clive the tortoise I have fused my twin passions of Clive the Tortoise and Football Manager 

45 days until Christmas

Crusader

Clive off on a crusade

46 days until Christmas

Dory

Clive in his Dory outfit

47 days until Christmas

Goose

Clive in his Canada goose disguise 

48 days until Christmas

Lincoln

On this day in 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected to become the 16th President of the United States

49 days until Christmas