Anna Maria Junus
Dec 27, 20204 min read
Advent Blog Day 26: A Christmas Carol - Traditional
In October of 1843 Charles Dickens, although a successful writer, was low on money and his wife was pregnant with their fifth child. He...
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Anna Maria Junus
Dec 25, 20200 min read
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Anna Maria Junus
Dec 24, 20203 min read
Advent Blog Day 24: A Very Merry Jolabokaflod and a Happy Twelfth Night
So I thought I would write about two things here, since they both relate to Christmas Eve. In Iceland on Christmas Eve, they celebrate...
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Anna Maria Junus
Dec 24, 20203 min read
Advent Blog Day 23: Some of My Favorite Decorations
So yesterday I posted my favorite ornaments, since I had the camera out, I thought I would take pictures of some of my other decorations....
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Anna Maria Junus
Dec 23, 20202 min read
Advent Blog Day 22: A Few of My Favorite Ornaments
For years as a family we had a tree where I had made quite a few ornaments, but when I got divorced I wanted to do something different,...
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Anna Maria Junus
Dec 21, 20201 min read
Advent Blog Day 21: Christmas at Butchart Gardens Part 2
I promised you another Christmas post from Butchart Gardens. Just a bunch of pretty pictures. Go when it's dark so you can see the...
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Anna Maria Junus
Dec 20, 20203 min read
Advent Blog Day 20: Anna's T'was the Night Before Christmas
From my first Christmas after my divorce in 2003. T'was the night before Christmas, when all through my dwelling, All the creatures were...
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Anna Maria Junus
Dec 20, 20202 min read
Advent Blog Day 19: 12 Days of Christmas at the Butchart Gardens
It's another Butchart Gardens post! I went to Butchart Gardens last year at Christmas time. Sadly not this year because - you know....
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Anna Maria Junus
Dec 20, 20202 min read
Advent Blog Day 18: The House Without a Christmas Tree
All right, I'm a day late. So I'm putting up something quick and I will be posting another one later today. When this movie came on tv...
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Anna Maria Junus
Dec 18, 20201 min read
Advent Blog Day 17: Stuart Mclean and the Vinyl Cafe
Stuart McLean (1948-2017) was a Canadian radio broadcaster who was famous for his Vinyl Cafe stories. The name came from the fictional...
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