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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 […]

¶ Posted 22 December 2018 § List § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, xmas

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – “We Don’t Know Joy Without Experiencing Sadness” – Some Thoughts on a Tough Year

There’s no two ways about it – this has been one of the toughest years of our lives. Shea and I have dealt with a family member being diagnosed with, treated for, and living with all the fallout from a fairly serious form of cancer, numerous deaths of people who were connected to us – […]

¶ Posted 20 December 2018 § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Shea § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: health, parents

WestJet’s 2018 Christmas Ad

I’m always conscious that these videos are as much about marketing as any sort of true holiday sentiment. But they *are* well-done so it’s been a bit of a minor Christmas tradition for me ot post these videos since they are usually pretty heartwarming. Here’s WestJet’s 2018 version…

¶ Posted 18 December 2018 § Canada § PopCulture § Travel § UK § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, holiday, travel

Music Monday – “And you won’t understand/But you will learn someday/That wherever you are and whatever you face/These are the people who’ll make you feel safe in this world/My sweet blue-eyed girl”

This is a bit shaky cam but I haven’t posted this amazing Christmas song for a few years so I thought I’d do so with a different version that’s even more fun than the original… “White Wine in the Sun” – Tim Minchin

¶ Posted 17 December 2018 § Humour § MemoryLane § Sad § Travel § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, music, xmas

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Setting Up The Christmas Tree (December 2008)

¶ Posted 13 December 2018 § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, xmas

10 Christmas Disagreements

It wasn’t intentional but posting “Merry Christmas (I Don’t Wanna Fight)” by the Ramones yesterday got me thinking about ways family members might disagree on important topics at this time of year: Jason vs. Shea: When to put up the tree. Me: November 12. Her: Early December. Compromise: usually late November. Shea vs. Jason: How to […]

¶ Posted 11 December 2018 § Humour § List § Pace § Sasha § Shea § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, xmas

Saturday Snap – @officialRPL Kids Xmas Party and Bookmas Tree

Hard to believe we’ve been going to the Regina Public Library Kids Christmas Party for ten years. (Well, Sasha hasn’t been going that long but her brother’s been going since he was a baby!) …and you might see a bit of it in our family pic but here’s a better short of the beautiful “Bookmas […]

¶ Posted 08 December 2018 § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap § Shea § Work § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, xmas

My 10 Favourite Christmas Songs

I’ve posted a lot of Christmas songs over the years, mostly as Music Monday posts, but I don’t think I’ve ever tried to make a list of my favourite Xmas songs, at least until now. So what makes a great Christmas song in my mind? Weirdly with how joyful the season is, my favourites mostly […]

¶ Posted 02 December 2018 § List § MemoryLane § PopCulture § UK § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, music, xmas

Saturday Snap – A Busy Saturday Means The Christmas Season Has Officially Begun!

Took Sasha to the local community association’s Santa Breakfast this morning. (Shea had already eaten by the time we remembered it was on and Pace, being the typical pre-teen he is, said he didn’t want to come.) Walked Sasha to a birthday party at one of her kindergarten classmate’s houses in the neighbourhood. On the […]