Head Tale - Blog archives

Monthly Archives December 2018

2018 End of Year Memes: One Big Beard, Two Week All Inclusive, Third Times the Charm for Meili, Four Plus Weeks Off With Broken Wrist

1. What did you do this year that you’d never done before? Thanks to my parents picking up the tab for the first week, we were able to extend our winter holiday to two weeks at an all-inclusive – something we’d never done before during the handful of week long all-inclusive vacations we’ve taken over […]

¶ Posted 31 December 2018 § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) °

Saturday Snap – Elf Helper

Had an elf helping me with the sad job of packing up the tree and decorations and Christmas books for another year…

¶ Posted 29 December 2018 § Family § Humour § Photo § Sasha § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, holiday, xmas

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Christmas Over The Years

I whipped together this montage fairly quickly right before Christmas to show everybody on Christmas Eve. It’s not my best work – my first attempt ended up with the music I picked not working properly. Then I tried to use YouTube’s Creative Commons music but couldn’t for the life of me figure out how to […]

¶ Posted 27 December 2018 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Shea § ThrowbackThursday § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: xmas

Which Is The Best Air Fryer?

Happy Boxing Day everyone!

¶ Posted 26 December 2018 § PopCulture § Randomness § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, food, xmas

Merry Christmas!

¶ Posted 25 December 2018 § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – “It’s Christmastime in Washington/The Democrats rehearsed/Gettin’ into gear for four more years/Things not gettin’ worse”

“Christmas in Washington” – Steve Earle

¶ Posted 24 December 2018 § MusicMonday § News § Politics § United States § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, history, holiday, unitedstates, xmas

Secular Sunday – Why Do Atheists Celebrate Christmas?

Also: For our kids To spend time with extended family Because it’s part of our own personal history and tradition Because it’s become a secular holiday as much as a religious one Because atheists know Christmas started as a pagan solstice festival and early Christians adopted many rituals to help convert people to their new […]

¶ Posted 23 December 2018 § Family § Humour § List § MemoryLane § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, history, holiday, xmas

Saturday Snap – A New Christmas Tradition?

A few years ago, I did a post about some Christmas traditions over the years. Yesterday, we braved the mall (maul!) on the last Saturday before Christmas to get a picture with The Grinch, a local cos-player who’s been doing a variety of activities and events around town during the Christmas season including providing an […]