Tomorrow is Christmas. You can feel it in the air, something soft, something bright, something that feels a little like childhood and a little like hope. For some, tonight will be spent in worship, the familiar hymns rising like warm breath into the winter air. Others will gather with family or friends, telling the same […]
“What do snowmen eat for breakfast? Frosted Flakes. Some of the best Christmas joke are below! Jokes About Christmas Traditions What do you call a bunch of chess players bragging about their games in a hotel lobby? Chess nuts boasting in an open foye What happened to the man who stole an Advent Calendar? He […]
Anticipation is a wonderful feeling, provided you’re anticipating something wonderful. And few things in life create that delicious mix of excitement, nostalgia, and lightly controlled chaos quite like Christmas. Today’s reflection is about that particular moment two days before Christmas Eve, the true eve of magic, when the whole world seems to be leaning forward […]
Every December, just when the days grow shortest and the nights longest, the world seems determined to speed up. It’s as if someone pressed a giant holiday “fast-forward” button. People rush here, there, and everywhere coats flying behind them like superhero capes, mittens left behind on counters, and shopping lists held together with hope and […]
One of the things I’ve always loved about living in Canada is that, in many ways, we celebrate Christmas with the whole world. We are a country of immigrants, layers of cultures, accents, recipes, songs, and stories woven into something uniquely Canadian. My own family history is a perfect example. My mother’s parents arrived from […]
The older I get, the more convinced I am that the true currency of Christmas has never been what sits under the tree, it’s who sits around the table. The warmth of family isn’t wrapped, shipped, or tracked in real time; it’s shared in stories, laughter, and the clatter of plates that sound suspiciously like […]
For those who know me well, especially my friends who share their homes with dogs, cats, birds, or something exotic enough to require a manual, this post may come as a surprise my wife and I don’t currently have a pet. So, why would I write about pets and Xmas. Good question, no real answer […]
December has a way of softening the world, or at least reminding us that it can be softened. The air feels crisper, as if it’s been freshly washed; lights twinkle on rooftops; and even the grocery store seems to hum with a quieter kind of goodwill. There’s something about this season that brings out our […]
Every December brings its own little rituals, the scent of pine needles clinging to winter coats, the faint hum of carols floating through grocery store speakers, and the familiar tug of memories asking us to step back into stories we’ve lived a hundred times before. But it also brings a very particular holiday challenge, one […]
For so many years, our Christmas travels were traced in familiar, well-worn routes. They were not grand expeditions, but pilgrimages of the heart. There was the annual journey to Vancouver Island, usually in that quiet, reflective week after Christmas Day. We would bundle into the car, the backseat stacked with gifts and leftover shortbread, and […]
