Donkey went with Mary, and Joseph to see Father Christmas. When asked which present they wished for most they said God’s Peace to be with us all as we remember the birth of the Prince of Peace on Christmas Day.
1st December –
Donkey Daily Fact – Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a young donkey.
2nd December –
Donkey Daily Fact – Donkeys keep a normal clock and will go to sleep at night with the other farm animals, but they snooze while standing up.
3rd December – .
Donkey Daily Fact – Donkeys can live to a great age.
4th December –
Donkey Daily Fact – Donkeys have a keen sense of curiosity.
5th December –
Donkey Daily Fact – Donkeys have an incredible memory – they can recognise areas and other donkeys they were with up to 25 years ago.
6th December –
Donkey Daily Fact – Dickey, Jacquot, Tewfik, Florence, and Jenny were some of Queen Victoria’s donkeys.
7th December –
Donkey Daily Fact – Foal is a baby donkey up to one year old.
8th December –
Donkey Daily Fact – Asino is the Itaian word for Donkey.
9th December –
Donkey Daily Fact – Donkey in Albanian is Gomar
10th December –
Donkey Daily Fact – Donkey in Polish is Osioł.
11th December –
Donkey Daily Fact – Average donkey’s stand 3 to 4 feet in height at the shoulder.
12th December –
Donkey Daily Fact – In the USA if a donkey is less than three feet tall at the shoulder when it is fully mature it is a miniature donkey.
13th December –
Donkey Daily Fact – Queen Victoria’s first donkey was Dickey who was given to her by her uncle when she was a little girl.
14th December –
Donkey Daily Fact – Jacquot was Queen Victoria’s favourite donkey. She saw him pulling a cart in the French Riviera and haggled with a French peasant herself to buy him for 200 francs.
15th December –
Donkey Daily Fact – Nestor was a little grey donkey who carries Mary to Bethlehem in a TV show The Long-Eared Christmas Donkey
16th December –
Donkey Daily Fact – A Donkey’s Breakfast is a merchant navy term for a straw-filles mattress.
17th December –
Donkey Daily Fact – The saying ‘Talk the hind leg off a donkey’ means to talk non stop.
18th December –
Donkey Daily Fact – Donkeys were used to carry silk along the ‘Silk Road’ from the Pacific Ocean to the Mediterranean in return for trade goods.
19th December –
Donkey Daily Fact – Donkeys can live to a great age.
20th December –
Donkey Daily Fact – Donkeys in Britain are required to have a passport.
21st December –
Donkey Daily Fact – Donkeys like to munch on grasses, grains, oats and barley straw. Domesticated donkeys are usually fed hay, but they enjoy special treats like apples, pears, beets, bananas, bread, and molasses.
22nd December –
Donkey Daily Fact – Donkeys came to England with the Roman invasion of Britain
23rd December –
Donkey Daily Fact – Puzzle is a talking donkey in the Chronicles of Narnia book by C.S. Lewis
24th December –
Donkey Daily Fact – One of the most famous Donkeys is Winnie-the-Poo’s friend Eeyore.