New Year, Changes Ahead
No matter how I slice it, there will be change in the year ahead — housing (renos or relocation?), work (a new boss or a new job?), and there’s always Continue Reading →
Month: December 2013
December 26th Twelve Days of Christmas
Most of us are familiar with the Twelve Days of Christmas but not everyone realizes they start Christmas Day and run through to January 6th, Epiphany. Denis Bratcher discusses the Continue Reading →
December 25th Peaceful Wishes
Merry Christmas & peaceful wishes. Here are a few lovely and peaceful videos for Christmas Day…. Christmas Animation from Ufilmhouse.com on Vimeo. Corelli Christmas Concerto: Adagio from Voices of Music Continue Reading →
December 24th Night Before Christmas
One of my all-time favourite things about Christmas is reading Clement Clark Moore’s verse. I could probably recite most of it by heart and I have often written my own Continue Reading →
December 23rd Santa Claus vs. Godzilla
Can Santa fare better than Bambi….? Christmas may depend on it! The End of the World Christmas Special from Simon Fallavollita on Vimeo. BONUS FLOTSAM: Not festive, but related. 😉
December 22nd Burns and Allen
In the golden age of radio, George Burns and Gracie Allen were among the top stars. “Santa and the Pirates” is one of their Christmas episodes; it originally aired December Continue Reading →
December 21st Krampus
I couldn’t let December go by without a reference to the weirdly revived European Krampus, Santa’s demonic helper elf. Here’s two links to a whole bunch of great vintage cards Continue Reading →
December 20th Something Different for Solstice
Allllllrighty then. I was looking around for something “different” for solstice. Imagine my surprise when I found “Pagan Porn” — a vaguely art-house style excuse for nudity. Needless to say Continue Reading →
December 19th Dress Festive
CNN turned to Lizzie Post, great granddaughter of Emily Post, to figure out how to interpret invitations that state the dress code is “festive.” Images offer everything from runway gowns Continue Reading →
December 18th Raymond Briggs’ Father Christmas
Santa has other names around the world, of course, and in the United Kingdom he is known as Father Christmas. Of all the books about Father Christmas, Raymond Briggs — Continue Reading →