"As a child I didn't give it much thought...do children ever? I assumed that Christmas was just the way we celebrated it. Going to Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve, then returning to a late dinner of tourtière and eggnog seemed the perfect way to relax and fall asleep. I would have dreamt of sugar-plums, had I any idea what they were." Nora reminisces about childhood Christmases in Canada!
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Yearly Archives: 2005
This week: War graves - and initiatives to ensure that the dead of past conflicts are honoured by those for whom they gave their lives.
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Pic of the Week – 12 December 2005
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by Kay McMahon © 2004
All images are digitally watermarked – please don’t infringe copyright!
Kay adds:
“Chatuchak Market is a great place to go if you’re in Bangkok at the weekend. Be warned – it’s so big and so crowded that there’s no way you’ll get round it all in one day. But at least there are places you can sit down for a well-earned cold beer (if you look for
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"Several shops and small businesses, as well as a few private houses, sport half-sized Santa Claus figures shinning up ropes fixed to the gutters. Next year I'll get one myself, but I also need a stuffed wolf to put at the bottom of the rope to make it more exciting." Mike Kingdom-Hockings tells of his Joyeux Noël in France.
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Beer, Butlins and more Beer: Part One
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