As is my wont on the first of every month, I posted on the Supernatural Underground on December 1 – a post titled The Colour Blue & All of You, in which I reflected on the recent festival of Thanksgiving and the Skiffy and Fanty blog’s forthcoming Month of Joy.

The theme of “The Colour Blue” harks back to the Month of Joy post I contributed to Skiffy and Fanty’s celebration earlier this year, which I quote in part in my SU post.

The colour blue writ large…

The “all of you” part – well you might have to head on over to the SU and read what I have to say there. 😉

The Color Blue & All Of You!

However, I can tell you the origins of the phrase.  My understanding is that it goes back to British politics in the eighteenth century, at a time when the Whigs were one of the major political parties and blue was their party colour.

As the story goes, a Mrs Crewe was a famous political hostess at the time. During such an event, the following toast was made (reputedly by the Prince of Wales): “True blue and Mrs Crewe!” To which Mrs Crewe promptly replied: “True blue and all of you!”

So there you are, not just a blog post title and theme, but a title and theme with provenance. 🙂