This being Boxing Day (appropriate greetings to all the Born Again Bird Watcher readers from commonwealth nations), the gifts of Christmas Eve and Christmas – according to varying traditions – have now been opened and the holiday rush and scurry now exists solely in memories and photographs. But about those gifts… inquiring readers as well […]
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Hauskaa Joulua!
Gesëende Kersfees Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah Feliz Navidad Boas Festas e Feliz Ano Novo Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan Zalig Kerstfeast Merry Christmas Cristmas-e-shoma mobarak bashad Joyeux Noel Froehliche Weihnachten Mele Kalikimaka Gledileg Jol Buone Feste Natalizie Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto Sung Tan Chuk Ha Linksmu Kaledu Hauskaa Joulua No matter […]
Twelve Days of Christmas: Day Twelve – Membership
And there’s the whistle – the game is over. Christmas Eve is either nigh or smack dab upon us. The shops are closed and all gifts are bought, wrapped, and ready for exchange. Except for cousin Fred – you didn’t ever figure out what to get him this year. You know he’s a bit of […]
Twelve Days of Christmas: Day Eleven – Filson
It’s December 23rd; time is running out. If you haven’t finished your Christmas shopping by now, you are either out of luck or running on luck fumes. Oh sure, you might make one last scramble toward the mall or your local shops, but they might not be open on the 24th and do you really […]