Category: Advent Calendar 2015
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Advent Calendar Day 11: The Christmas Storm by Trent McDonald
The Christmas Storm by Trent McDonald The wind whistled through the window radiating a bone chilling cold into the room. Caelan Campbell didn’t care and pushed the curtains aside to try to get a look down to the cove. He could make out very little through the frosted window beyond…
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Advent Calendar Day 10: Christmas Traditions by Diana Gordon
Christmas Traditions by Diana Gordon My only siblings are far older than I—my oldest brother is a full 12 years older than I, while my other brother is 8 years older than I—and had stopped believing in Santa Clause by the time I was born, but they played along with…
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Advent Calendar Day 9: Christmas Memories of Rome by Judith Works
Christmas Memories of Rome by Judith Works This time of year I often pause to remember the many Christmases in Rome my husband and I enjoyed. Our favorite sight was the delightful Christmas market filling the spacious Piazza Navona with toys, candy and figures of a wizened old granny, la…
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Advent Calendar Day 8: The Gift of Reading by Anabel Marsh
The gift of reading by Anabel Marsh Reading is the greatest gift – it opens up so many new worlds. It’s not just the obvious benefits of functional literacy: stories have the power to bring emotions to life, by helping children to understand their own feelings and those of others.…
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Advent Calendar Day 7: A Christmas Kodak Moment By Tara Paray
A Christmas Kodak Moment By Tara Paray Ever have a Christmas ugly cry? I have, and, yay for me, it was caught on camera! Picture it: sometime in the 80s. Cabbage Patch Kids are all the rage, and that means they can’t be found anywhere! Once a toy store got them…
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Advent Calendar Day 6: Nikolaus I Still Believe!
Nikolaus I Still Believe! Saint Nicolaus Day has always been one of my favourite, favourite holidays! This means that I have books worth of memories that come with it, maybe not books, but I could do a several posts on the subject… Wow! What happened here? Outside of our apartment…
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Advent Calendar Day 5: My First Christmas in California by Evelyne Holingue
My First Christmas in California by Evelyne Holingue “You’ve got to see something,” my husband said, right after picking our eleven-month-old daughter and me up at the San Francisco airport. We had left Paris on December 22, more than twenty hours ago, and I wondered what could a Parisian have…
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Advent Calendar Day 3: Oh, Christmas Tree by Melanie Noell Bernard
Oh, Christmas Tree by Melanie Noell Bernard Traditions are those activities which take place every year. They’re the things we look forward to, and one of the best times for them to occur is during the holidays. The holidays come around every year. Same day, same time, same tradition. My family wasn’t one…
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Advent Calendar Day 2: My First Christmas at the Age of 31 by Dr Gulara Vincent
My First Christmas at the Age of 31 by Dr Gulara Vincent As I stood by the door waiting for the train to stop, a large backpack pulled my right shoulder down. I wondered whether my host was already at the train station. I was invited to spend Christmas with…
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Advent Calendar Day 1: Opening the first door
Opening the first door As far back as my memory reaches, there has been a nice Advent Calendar to make the wait before Christmas more bearable. When I was very young, my grandmother was the person who filled up the little bags of the handcrafted advent calendar, that had been…
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