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Saturday Snap – Something For The Stocking

¶ Posted 15 December 2018 § Humour § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, xmas

Friday Fun Link – 12 Elf On The Shelf Ideas To Thrill Kids And 12 That’ll Scar Them For Life

I think next year I’ll have to get an Elf on the Shelf to entertain myself instead of Sasha!

¶ Posted 14 December 2018 § Censorship § FridayFunLink § Humour § PopCulture § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, holiday, xmas

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

¶ Posted 13 December 2018 § Family § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ 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 § Family § Humour § List § Pace § Sasha § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, xmas

Music Monday – “Where is Santa at his sleigh?/Tell me why is it always this way?/Where is Rudolph? Where is Blitzen, baby?/Merry Christmas, merry merry merry Christmas”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y5GtaTrPHM “Merry Christmas (I Don’t Wanna Fight Tonight)” – The Ramones

¶ Posted 10 December 2018 § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: holiday, music, 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 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap § Shea § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, xmas

Music Monday – “Lord it’s like a hard candy Christmas/I’m barely getting through tomorrow/But still I won’t let/Sorrow bring me way down”

The phrase “hard candy Christmas” refers to a time in American history when many families who did not have much money could only afford to give penny candy to their children at Christmas…The hard candy metaphor suggests that life can be hard and sweet at the same time. “Hard Rock Candy” – Dolly Parton

¶ Posted 03 December 2018 § Library § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Work ‡ 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 § Family § List § MemoryLane § PopCulture § UK § Video ‡ 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 […]