Category Archives: Xmas

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Christmas Sodas (December 2011)

Saturday Snap – …While Visions of Sugar Plums Danced In Their Heads

Secular Sunday – Which Holiday Was Started By Devil Worshipping Pagans Again?

Secular Sunday – Covid Nativity

A Visual Representation of 2020 for Christmas?

Sasha tested out her new Christmas makeup on me and I realised this process made a good analogy for 2020 in general… * it was unexpected, sort of weird and occasionally scary * it looks like somebody got beat up (or possibly has a communicable disease) * I had my eyes closed for most of […]

@officialRPL ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas… #yqr

RPL’s Marketing Unit has created some great content recently including this timely video featuring a number of well-known Regina names…  

Music Monday – “Oh I’m/Staying home this Christmas/For friends and for strangers/And for family”

“Staying Home This Christmas” – Dillon Currie

Stop Bitching That Your Christmas Is Ruined

Music Monday – “But that world is gone/It’s all disappeared/It’s just me and the ponies/For Christmas this year”

With the announcement of stronger Covid restrictions for Saskatchewan, just in time for Christmas, this song has been going through my head non-stop… “Just Me and These Ponies (For Christmas This Year)” – Corb Lund

Secular Sunday – When Was Jesus Born? Almost Certainly Not On December 25

Christmas is a cultural construct in a number of ways including the alleged birthdate of the “reason for the season.” For that reason, if Covid restrictions are ruining your Christmas plans this year, why not plan a “Christmas in July” (or August or October or whenever you get vaccinated next year?”