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Your Guide to Christmas Entertainment Online
This year we will be spending a lot more time at home for the holidays and, since we’ve had all year to watch everything on Netflix, here’s a list of some different Christmas-y things to check out online. Nutcracker Ballet I love going to the ballet! It is so beautiful to watch and amazing to see what the dancers can do. If you’ve never seen The Nutcracker in person, I highly recommend it! It’s a fun Christmas tradition and thanks to Ballet BC and Simons’ Art for All campaign, it can be affordable at only $15 per ticket. Something to keep in mind when in person performances re-start. In the…
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10 Activities to do at Home With Kids This Christmas
It’s hard to know what to say or think about this year as a whole, and now it’s Christmas. I’ve been finding it challenging to keep occupied at home this winter as so many of the activities we would usually do sadly aren’t an option this year. That being said, I thought I’d share a few activities we are enjoying or plan to do! 1. Bake Cookies I don’t have great luck with cookies but I give them a try every year! We usually make molasses cookies (and go crazy with the decorating) and my grandma’s shortbread. Here’s the recipe if you want to give the shortbread a try! Grandma’s…
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What We Are Taking Time for This Christmas
As December was approaching, Krista and I spent a number of conversations trying to decide what we wanted Christmas to look like on our blog. We wanted to make sure that our values were represented in how we approached the holiday and what content we published. While neither of us are official and true minimalists, neither of us live our lives with much excess either. Christmas in the world of the internet is the definition of excess and that isn’t us. So what is us? What values do we want to share this Christmas? What it all boiled down to was this: The idea of taking time for what matters.…
