Mood: ‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer’, Billy May version.
A Trio of Some Unknown or Forgotten Christmas Movies
There are almost too many good Christmas movies out there, of which I count ‘White Christmas’, ‘Scrooged’, any number of A Christmas Carol adaptations, including ‘The Muppet Christmas Carol’ among them. Of course, this is all subjective to personal preference. In that category are those perennial favorites ‘Die
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Mood: “The Christmas Waltz” as sung by Nancy Wilson
Being Santa Claus
I have been fortunate enough to have never lost that Christmas Feeling. There have been times where it was hard, s in the year after losing my brother Doug. But even then, there was the Need to continue the Feeling and Spirit for his daughter and writing and illustrating her Santa Letter for
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libris:
That is so sweet! I can only assume being Santa to a child is pure magic. Merry Christmas to you and yours!
bradmax:
@libris A very Merry Christmas to you and to yours as well a part continued Happy Hanukkah!
‘Twas The Caturday Before Christmas
This is something I wrote 3 years ago. Since then, I have one new cat, Gigi having crossed the Rainbow Bridge. He is CC, or Cute Cat.
As the entire lower level of the house I own and share with my parents is mine, I have name it The Bradicombs. I state this here
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libris:
What a delightful poem! Every cat owner can relate to scooping the box, lol! And ginger kitties are the best kitties! Mewry Christmas!
*Semi-disclaimer: I hadn’t realized I hit the post button before this blog was finished, so apologies if this causes confusion*
Mood: ‘A Medieval Christmas’ by the Boston Camerata
Solstice; Halfway Out of the Dark
First day of Winter. Darkest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. From here on out, each day get a little ‘brighter’.
Of course, for most of my life,
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Mood: ‘Fresh Aire IV’ by Mannheim Steamroller
Christmas Baking, Part II
Busy weeks, and I find myself moving maybe a little too fast to do things correctly when time gets short to meet silly deadlines. ‘Silly’, because I set them for myself for my own projects on top of work and other things. Ah, well; at least with cookies, if the recipe is followed and
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nerestorm:
The food looks so good 💞
Mood: ‘Christmas Revels’, various companies
A Time of Good Cheer, Good Friends and a Big Bowl of Wassail…
For a few years, now, I have thrown a small Christmas party for those I work with. It is in my nature to make something in the spirit of Christmas, be it food of sweet or savory composition, or some sort of a token Christmas gift, or
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Mood: ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ by The Vince Gueraldi Trio
The Best Way I Bake, Part 1
You can have your cannabis and vapes; gimme pies and desserts and cookies to ‘get baked’ with! For decades now, I have done most of my yearly baking at Christmastime. It is veritably the busiest damn time of the year, but it cannot be held back! I must
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bradmax:
@samis I thank you!
libris:
The cookies and rumballs look so good! I'm not sure about where you live, but our library accepts baked goods from patrons, and they're much appreciated!
Mood: Muppet Christmas Carol Soundtrack
Letters From Santa
Some 25 years ago my brother Doug had the wonderful idea to take a page out of J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘book’ and write a letter from Santa to our nieces and nephew. We would try to write it together, but it was usually he who did the writing and also calligraphy in red ink in what became Santa’s
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libris:
What a sweet idea! The calligraphy and illustrations are beautiful. I really think holidays are a good time to remember those who are not with us, and include them in festivities.
Mood: ‘Musta Been Ol’ Santa Claus’ by Harry Connick, Jr.
Do You Hear Sleigh Bells?
After over 40 years living in Alaska, I still is snow at this time of year. Where I am now living on the East Coast there might be a few days where a snowfall hangs around. The only upswing of this kind of snow is that one doesn’t need to
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Christmas Memories, Parte the Firste
There are and very likely will always be so many good memories surrounding this time of year, and I hope that is true for everyone who reads these words. A fair few of them are always brought to me by the music of the holiday. The first Christmases I remember in the house on Park Plaza
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Mood: Mannheim Steamroller Christmas
The Return of the Return of the Native
Finally, with the knowledge that I would not be arranging the shipping of my belongings to the East Coast. It was on to other things of import to Soul, if not Material.
I believe it was that Thursday that the theater group I had enjoyed acting with for many years held their first
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trippy:
Wow
libris:
Alaska looks wonderful, it's definitely on my list of places to go. I'm so glad you were able to see your theatre crew.
Mood: ‘Alaska and Me’ by John Denver
‘The Last Stop’
“It was on October the Fourth that the man came back at last to the town of Granite Falls, where stood the House of the Bradicombs. Again it was evening, his arms were tired, especially the one that carried the baggage; and all parts of him felt in need of rest. As he rode down
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libris:
What a wonderful adventure! I nearly fell through the floor when I read how much it was going to cost to ship the rest of stuff to your home. If I recall right that's how much it cost to ship my stuff to Scotland, yikes!