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Christmas

Would You Rather: The Christmas Edition (Part 2)

As promised, I’m back with a second round of Would You Rather (the Christmas Edition). Is this Festive Central or what?

While I love a range of food at Christmas, if I was forced…

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  • Christmas, Holidays, Random
  • Dec, 21, 2023
  • 22 Comments

A Festive Brain Dump + My “Christmas Spreadsheet”

I could separate these thoughts into a few different Christmas posts but, instead, I’m going to throw them out there in one chaotic, festive mess and let the wrapping paper words settle where they…

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  • Christmas, Minimalism, Organization, Thrifting
  • Dec, 20, 2023
  • 30 Comments

Top Five/Bottom Five: Christmas Food Edition

If you thought music and movies tested our friendship, let’s see how we fare after today’s version of the Top Five/Bottom Five game. I’ll warn you, there is a lot of sugar – which…

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  • Christmas, Food, Holidays, Top Five/Bottom Five
  • Dec, 19, 2023
  • 25 Comments

Top Five/Bottom Five: Christmas Movie Edition

If there were feelings about music, I suspect there will be F.E.E.L.I.N.G.S. about movies.

There is something so festive about holiday films; I could watch Les Misérables or Beauty and the Beast any time…

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  • Christmas, Holidays, Top Five/Bottom Five
  • Dec, 11, 2023
  • 50 Comments

Saturday Bonus <> A Nova Scotian Holiday Movie

Thursday – after school – we grabbed cozy blankets, made cups of hot cocoa (coffee for me), and started to watch a new Hallmark movie. Colour me SHOCKED to discover it was set in…

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  • Christmas, Holidays, Lighthouses, Nova Scotia, Random
  • Dec, 09, 2023
  • 25 Comments

Mom, Where is Darth Vader’s Head??? (Or, Adventures in Putting Up Our Christmas Tree. Twice.)

We bought a Christmas tree on Tuesday.

So far, so good.

After the recent snowstorm, all the trees in the lot came with a free dusting of snow and ice, so we set it up…

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  • Christmas, Holidays, Misadventures
  • Dec, 07, 2023
  • 39 Comments

Would You Rather: The Christmas Edition (Part 1)

One of my kids’ favourite games is Would You Rather. We’ve played this on road trips and family walks and it’s not uncommon for the card game version to make an appearance when guests…

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  • Christmas, Favourite Things, Holidays, Random
  • Dec, 06, 2023
  • 41 Comments
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