Category: Advent Calendar 2015
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The Small Dog’s Christmas by Sue Vincent – Day 7 Advent 2017
If the dog had more turkey that Christmas than me Then that, she informs me, is how it should be; While I can have chocolate, mince pies and cake, (And any more naughtiness that I can bake) She’s not allowed half the best of the stuff, Which, as a deal,…
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Advent Calendar Overview
Advent Calendar Overview For the first 24 days of December 2015, my blog was turned into a multi-contributor Advent Calendar. It was definitely something fun, even though I realised that doing such a dense series takes a lot of time. I actually did far less writing than I had thought,…
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Advent Calendar Day 24: A German Christmas
A German Christmas Most of my blog’s readers know this, I am German, but grew up in Germany the US and France. Still Christmas stayed a completely German affair. Not all parts of Germany are very Christmassy, nor are all Germans Christians. Still Christmas is important. Today, I want to…
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Advent Calendar Day 23: Tom Bowcock’s Eve by Rosie Reast
Tom Bowcock’s Eve by Rosie Reast Many years ago the small fishing village of Mousehole in Cornwall was starving. Constant winter storms made it impossible for the fishermen to go out and catch the fish the village depended on. One winter morning just before Christmas, Tom Bowcock an experienced fisherman,…
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Advent Calendar Day 21: The Advent Calendar by Geoff Le Pard
The Advent Calendar by Geoff Le Pard ‘What is it, Mum?’ Emily Smith, 14 looked up from her book. Gilly, her mother said, ‘A parcel from Uncle Augustus. What’s he say? Dear Both. I’m so sorry to miss you this Christmas but I found this antique Advent Calendar in a…
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Advent Calendar Day 20: One Tradition After Another by Kerry K
One Tradition After Another by Kerry K December was always one full month of delicious food, seasonal scents, jingle bells, and sparkle. All month long, one tradition after another, each one better than the last. My younger brother and I were born blind, the two youngest in a family of…
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Advent Calendar Day 19: Holidays are: food and family by Robin Rivera
Holidays are: food and family by Robin Rivera My paternal grandmother made her own tortillas everyday. Although she died of breast cancer when I was only nine, the thing I remember best is her cooking, she kept us well-fed. But it wasn’t always that way, my father told stories about…
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Advent Calendar Day 18: Christmas Music with Kate Edwards
Christmas Music with Kate Edwards This is ‘Lonely This Christmas’, a song originally written and performed by the British band Mud in 1974. It was Christmas Number One at the time and is a very popular Christmas song still. I am a member of an experimental pop band in the…
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Advent Calendar Day 17: A Stinking Hot, Australian Christmas by Rowena Newton
A Stinking Hot, Australian Christmas by Rowena Newton If you’re someone who insists on a white Christmas and needs a hot roast with your boiling hot Plum Pudding, perhaps you’d better visit someone else for Christmas lunch. However, if you’re feeling game, you’re invited to celebrate a true-blue Aussie Christmas with…
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Advent Calendar Day 16: A Collage of Christmas Memories by S.D. Gates
A Collage of Christmas Memories by SD Gates The Holiday season for me is a like a collage of memories, all with different traditions. When asked to write this post by my friend Solveig, I had to dig deep into the recesses of my mind uncover the memories of my…
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Advent Calendar Day 15: Christmas: The Perfect Excuse For A Fight? by Lucy Brazier
Christmas: The Perfect Excuse For A Fight? by Lucy Brazier It seems to me that for a time of year supposedly celebrating peace on earth, Christmas is remarkably conducive to conflict. Families that haven’t spoken all year are thrown together for the annual exercise of teeth-gritting and tongue-biting. The disagreements over…
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Advent Calendar Day 14: A Whirlwind by Camille de Fleurville
A Whirlwind by Camille de Fleurville A whirlwind. A turmoil. Laughs and plays. Whispered secrets. Doors quickly shut with a swish and a smile. Christmas has always been a time of waiting and of joy. A time of recollection as well. A time of night that slowly rises into dawn,…
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Advent Calendar Day 13: Christmas in Zimbabwe by Beaton
Christmas in Zimbabwe by Beaton I know it’s Christmas when I walk down First Street and the Christmas lights are strung up and lit. On the official switching on ceremony there is a carol by candlelight night, a night of Christmas carols. I know it’s Christmas time when the Africa…
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Advent Calendar Day 12: The Legendary Magic of the Poinsettia by Corina Carrasco
The Legendary Magic of the Poinsettia by Corina Carrasco When I was growing up, I was the one who helped my mother do the everyday correspondence, even though I was the fifth of seven kids. I remember being in second grade and being the one that filled out and addressed the Christmas…
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