Today is the Ninth Day of Christmas.  I remember as a kid January 2nd was often the day we returned to school after Christmas break.  At least if it was at the beginning of the week–maybe not on a Friday–I can’t remember that exactly.  Did any kids go back to school today? I never liked [...]

Today is the Eighth Day of Christmas.  It is also New Year’s Day. I hope you’ve been having a wonderful start to this new year. As mentioned, it is the Eighth Day of Christmas.  We are still in the period of time known as Christmastide.  And so it is still the holidays, and I will [...]

Happy New Year, everyone! I hope all of you are having a blessed start to your new year. I didn’t see the ball drop in New York.  I woke up too late to turn the TV on and watch it.  Yes, folks, around here the ball drops at 8:00 a.m., and I was asleep.  I [...]

Today is New Year’s Eve.  We have a party at church tonight.  We’re going to have a church service and then a party.  I’m making brownies and cheesecake to take.  Before anybody thinks I’ve morphed into a good cook, they’re both from mixes.  That’s the only way I cook–the shorter time I spend in the [...]

Today is the Seventh Day of Christmas.  It is also New Year’s Eve. I will be talking about New Year’s Eve on another post.  So here I’ll do the continuation of the song, just to continue the tradition.  After all, you wouldn’t want me to quit halfway through, would you? I think it’s interesting that [...]

Today is the Sixth Day of Christmas.  And it is also the day before the end of the year.  Although for some it is the second day of the year.  My husband, Jeremy, informed me that yesterday was the start of the Muslim New Year.  It is year 1430 AH (anno Hegirae:  “in the year [...]

Today is the Fifth Day of Christmas.  I’m going to do a short post because I just got home from work, it’s 2127 (9:27 p.m. for you civilians), and I have to get up at 0400 (4:00 a.m.), so I can be at work at 0500 (5:00 a.m.).  In other words it’s late, the night [...]

Greetings! Today is the Fourth Day of Christmas.  According to Wikipedia, it is also Childermas or the Feast of the Innocents.  The article I linked to says it is in commemoration of the Massacre of the Innocents which was when Herod killed all the boy children two years and under in Bethlehem after the Magi [...]

Today is the Third Day of Christmas.  It is also the Feast of St. Stephen or St. Stephen’s Day according to the Eastern Church.  But the Western Church celebrates it on December 26, which was yesterday.  However, yesterday I was blogging about Boxing Day, which is a holiday that people I know celebrate.  I don’t [...]

Happy Boxing Day, Canadians! Since my mother-in-law lives in Canada, I’m sure she’s celebrating Boxing Day.  It used to be, back in the day, when everybody gave a goody box to people like the mailman.  Now it’s the day everybody goes shopping, rather like Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving) in the United States.  One [...]