Category Archives: Holidays

Winter solstice – December 21, 2024

Posted on December 21, 2024 by Stella

The winter solstice is the day of the year with the fewest hours of daylight. In the northern hemisphere this date falls in December every year. In 2024 the winter solstice will occur on Saturday 21 December. Saturday, December 21, 2024 at … Continue reading →

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Music of the day – In the Bleak Midwinter

Posted on December 21, 2024 by Stella
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Music of the day – Jingle Bells

Posted on December 20, 2024 by Stella
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Story of the day – My Christmas Miracle (Taylor Caldwell)

Posted on December 19, 2024 by Stella

For many of us, one Christmas stands out from all the others, the one when the meaning of the day shone clearest. Although I did not guess it, my own truest Christmas began on a rainy spring day in the … Continue reading →

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Music of the day – Silver Bells

Posted on December 19, 2024 by Stella

Bob Hope & Marilyn Maxwell in “The Lemon Drop Kid” (1951) Written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans in 1950. “Silver Bells” started out as “Tinkle Bells”. Songwriter Ray Evans said: “We never thought that tinkle had a double meaning until Jay went home … Continue reading →

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Santa’s Drones

Posted on December 19, 2024 by Stella
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Story of the day – The Gift Of The Magi (O. Henry)

Posted on December 18, 2024 by Stella

One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one’s cheeks burned with … Continue reading →

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Music of the day – Winter Wonderland

Posted on December 18, 2024 by Stella

Doris Day singing “Winter Wonderland”, set to scenes of “On Moonlight Bay” (1951) and “By The Light Of The Silvery Moon” (1953) with Gordon MacRae.

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Christmas Decorating Ideas

Posted on December 18, 2024 by Stella
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

Posted on December 17, 2024 by Stella

Written by Robert Frost in 1922, and published in 1923 in his New Hampshire volume. According to Wikipedia, Frost wrote the poem in June 1922 at his house in Shaftsbury, Vermont. He had been up the entire night writing the long … Continue reading →

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