WHAT IS THE HATVENT CALENDAR?
This is the third year of PompeyChicken's Hatvent Calendar! It's a bit like an online Advent Calendar.
It's been inspired by the Innocent Drinks company who have been putting little woolen hats on their bottles of smoothies as part of The Big Knit, in aid of the charity Age UK.
You may have seen them on sale in Sainsbury's. PompeyChicken's family has been drinking a lot of smoothies again this year and each hat continues to be a perfect fit!
Two year's ago the Hatvent Calendar made connections between each hat and Pompey.
Last year underneath each hat PompeyChicken unveiled a favourite Pompey video clip.
This year he's been looking through the bookshelves to identify some of his favourite football books. Quite a few have a link to Pompey but not all.
You can read more about the Big Knit, which has been running since 2003, by clicking on the link at the end of this blog.
I hope you enjoy this year's Hatvent Calendar.
POMPEYCHICKEN'S HAT OF THE DAY
TODAY'S BOOK
What better way to finish the 2012 Hatvent Calendar than with this book: 'Portsmouth 'Til I Die: The Voices Of Pompey Supporters' published in 2009.
If ever there was a time to hear the voices of the Pompey fans now is it. With the Pompey Trust edging ever closer to taking over the running of Portsmouth Football Club, what could be better than to hear once more from the fans themselves?
This is what it says on the back cover of the book: "...[this book] tells many stories - supplied by the full spectrum of Pompey supporters. Some will make you laugh, others will make you cry, but all will give readers an insight into what it really means to be a fan of Portsmouth Football Club. Looking at the images and reading the words will hopefully spark your own memories of a very special football club. Real football stories told by real football fines...".
This book certainly does 'what it says on the tin'.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to every Pompey fan out there!
LAST YEAR'S HAT
Click on the following link to see the hat and video from one year ago ==> Hatvent Calendar 25th December 2011
WHAT IS THE BIG KNIT?
To find out more about Innocent Smoothies and the Big Knit you can click on the following link ==> The Big Knit
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