Christmas Markets
Holiday Spirituality
Festive Tasks Master Update Post HERE Task 1: Are there any places or events that are particularly spiritually meaningful to you this time of year? Share a picture or description with us. There are, and it’s put a damper on my Christmas not to be able to go there this and last year. Neither my […]
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Festive Tasks: Door 19 – City sidewalks, busy sidewalks, dressed in holiday style …
Festive Tasks Master Update Post HERE Task 2: How does your community celebrate the season – i.e., how do you know it’s Christmas in your community? Fetes? Fairs? Markets? Concerts? Bonfires? If there are many, tell us about your favorite. Pictures if you’ve got them. Light decorations and Christmas market from the first weekend of […]
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Festive Tasks: Door 17 – Holiday Food (Tasks 1 – 3)
Festive Tasks Master Update Post HERE As for the other squares where I’ve completed several tasks in a single post (Gifts, Holiday Shopping, and Correspondence), I’m dividing this into several pages, one per task. Task 1: What’s your favorite seasonal drink? Can be alcoholic or virgin, complicated cocktails, festive punches / noggs or just […]
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An Alphabet of My Likes and Dislikes: “C”
This is a post belonging to a new blogging project — the title is pretty much self-explanatory, I think; the project’s introductory post can be found HERE. Credit for the idea: BeetleyPete. As always, the only thing linking the two things mentioned in this post in my mind is that they both start with the […]
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Bonn Christmas Market
I managed to squeeze in a few hours on Saturday morning for a visit to Bonn’s main Christmas market … here are a few impressions: The ice rink tent isn’t actually part of the Christmas market but nearby. (Bonn city hall is on a square to which the Christmas market doesn’t extend,either, but just a […]
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The Twelve Tasks of the Festive Season — A Visit to the Christmas Market
… aka Tasks the First, the Sixth, and the Twelfth: The Winter Wonderland, the Hanukkah, and the Wassail Bowl. – If you are lucky enough to live in a snowy place, or even if you aren’t, take a walk outside and post a picture of something pretty you encountered on your way. – Make a […]
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Germany’s 10 best Christmas markets – Telegraph
As the festive season nears, Adrian Bridge and Paul Wade head to Germany, the home of the Christmas market, and select their top 10 options Source: Germany’s 10 best Christmas markets – Telegraph Merken
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