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Friday Fun Link – Happy Black Friday!

All-Time Black Friday Death & Injury Count. Also this…

One Month ‘Til Christmas!

May your resident librarian recommend a book to help you pass the next few weeks? 😉

¶ Posted 25 November 2015 § Humour § PopCulture § UK § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, book, history, philosophy, xmas

Saturday Snap – Christmas Tree Update

We’ve had a blue and silver themed tree since we lived in Calgary when those colours fit into our condo’s young hip colour scheme. 😉 Now that we’re older and more mature, we thought it was finally time to change to a warmer colour scheme that better matched the colours in our home (also decorations were […]

¶ Posted 21 November 2015 § MemoryLane § Sasha § Saskatchewan § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, holiday, saskatchewan

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – When Do You Put Up Your Christmas Tree? (Nov 2008)

Because Pace dad was so excited, we put it up in mid-November a few years ago!

¶ Posted 12 November 2015 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, xmas

Friday Fun Link – 10 Random Thoughts About Christmas This Year

At our house, Santa doesn’t wrap the presents. This provides a few main advantages – makes things quicker to get set-up if you haven’t pre-wrapped the gifts, prevents awkward “Why does Santa use the same wrapping paper as mommy and daddy?” questions, and allows the kids to get an immediate jolt when they first glimpse […]

¶ Posted 26 December 2014 § Family § FridayFunLink § List § MemoryLane § Pace § Randomness § Sasha § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday

The True Meaning of Christmas That Everyone Forgets

Someone on my Facebook posted a rather profound article about how the arguments between “Merry Christmas” and “Happy Holidays” are misguided. The article points out the fact that our Christmas traditions have well-documented roots back to a pagan time, long ago, when people came together for a festival during the longest night of the year […]

¶ Posted 25 December 2014 § Family § MemoryLane § Sad § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, holiday, philosophy

Music Monday – “They’re singing deck the halls/But it’s not like Christmas at all/I remember when you were here/All the fun we had last year”

Perhaps unsurprisingly, noted curmudgeonly TV host, David Letterman hates Christmas music. But each year, he makes an exception for Darlene Love’s version of “It’s Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)” which he featured on his talk show with a four piece backing band in his earliest years… …and which has grown over the years to a […]