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Tag Archives: seasonal
Christmas shorts: of Grinches and Herdmans
Because of the holidays I’m doing a lot of house and dogsitting at the moment, and driving more than I usually do: consequently I’m also chewing through some audiobooks! Recently I finished two short Christmas “reads”. First up, Walter Matthau … Continue reading
Tim Curry Presents: A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol is one of my favorite pieces of literature, ever, not only for its story of Christmas grace and human redemption, but for Dickens’ frequently amusing writing. I recently saw a theatrical production of it (via the Montevallo … Continue reading
Wishing you a merry Christmas
Despite the radio silence ’round these parts the last week, I have not been on a ‘break’: Greg Iles’ Cemetery Road has kept me engrossed, I’m working on an online SQL class, and I’ve also been making merrie: the choir performed for nearly two hours … Continue reading
God Rest Ye Merry, Soldiers
The Christmas of 1862 approached far differently than the year proceeding. Although the southern war for independence had begun in April of ’61, the war was then still seen by many as a lark, an adventure – and soldiers on both … Continue reading
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Tagged American Civil War, American South, history, seasonal, Tennessee
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A Tudor Christmas
Alison Weir’s A Tudor Christmas is a short social history of how Christmas was celebrated in the days of Henry VIII and his daughters. (And, ever so briefly, his son.) After some background information on the different cultural traditions that … Continue reading
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Tagged Alison Weir, Britain, history, Medieval, seasonal, social history, the play is the thing, Tudor England
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Long & Short Reviews: Traditions
Today’s blogging prompt from Long and Short Reviews concerns Christmas holiday traditions. Christmas, for me, always began the day either after Thanksgiving, or when I came home from school, and saw the shed door open. Although it was a lot … Continue reading
Make it ho, ho, ho!
When I saw that Audible had a version of “A Christmas Carol” performed by Patrick Stewart, there wasn’t a chance in the world I would not listen to it. I made myself wait until after Thanksgiving, though, because I’m a … Continue reading
Christmas Tales and Counting Buzzards
Christmas Tales collects various human interest stories around the State of Alabama that have a Christmas connection — though perhaps human interest isn’t the right word, seeing as many of these stories involve animals! The stories were collected by a … Continue reading
LaForge Reads "The Night Before Christmas"
LeVar Burton, better known as Geordi LaForge of Star Trek TNG, reads The Night before Christmas. Burton used to host a program called Reading Rainbow for children. Here he reads a favorite in excellent style. Merry Christmas, one and all! And … Continue reading
This week: Christmasish
It’s been a quiet week for me, most of my time being spent in bed — stomach viruses are no fun at all! I’ve been too weak and bedridden to do any real reading, though I did finish two short … Continue reading
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