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Secular Sunday – The Joy of Celebrating A Godless Christmas

At my library branch, we’ve had lots of interesting conversations around the “Happy Holidays/Merry Christmas” dichotomy that always happens at this time of year in western society. We talked about how to balance the library’s responsibility to be inclusive and respectful of all faiths, cultures and beliefs but also how Christmas is the holiday most […]

¶ Posted 13 December 2015 § Family § Library § PopCulture § SecularSunday § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: atheism, economics, holiday, philosophy

Saturday Snap – Santa Sasha

¶ Posted 12 December 2015 § Family § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: cute, holiday

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – A Couple Days Ago

A bit of a cheat doing a throwback to a couple days ago but this picture is so cute, I couldn’t help but post it…

¶ Posted 10 December 2015 § Family § Photo § Sasha § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: cute, holiday

Music Monday – “Just add flour/Salt/A little red wine/And don’t forget a dollop of tomato sauce”

My month of unusual Christmas song posts continue with one of Australia’s best known Christmas songs – a song with no chorus about a man in prison wondering what the family Christmas will be like without him… “How To Make Gravy” – Paul Kelly

¶ Posted 07 December 2015 § Family § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Travel § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: holiday, music, travel

Music Monday – “Who really needs a gift/When love is meant to give/I can still recall/Carry with me always/Every Christmas dream/They live in you and me”

“Something About December” – Christina Perri

¶ Posted 30 November 2015 § Family § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: holiday, music

Friday Fun Link – Happy Black Friday!

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

¶ Posted 27 November 2015 § FridayFunLink § Humour § News § PopCulture § Technology § United States § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, health, holiday

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 § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: atheism, book, history, philosophy

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 § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: holiday

Music Monday – O Chips!

A visually impaired Liberian street musician named Weesay makes up a song about chips on the spot using a very unique guitar… After the video goes viral, he is given a real guitar from supporters in the US. Now there’s even an IndieGogo campaign to raise funds to fly him to the US for surgery to […]