All Posts Tagged With: "Christmas"
Friday Foto
Can you believe it’s the last Friday of November already?! How is your Christmas shopping going? I haven’t even started yet – but I’ve thought about it a lot! Ugh, I’ll get to it eventually. In fact, tomorrow would be a great day to get started as it’s Small Business Saturday. To help make up [...]
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Weekly Poll: Christmas Decor Etiquette
On October 31st, we were the only house on our block with a jack-o-lantern on display, and despite the lack of Halloween spirit amongst our neighbours, this year we set a new record for trick or treaters. The next day our pumpkin went straight into our composter, and up went our miniature festive tree, decked [...]
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Kingston Holiday Fayre
The Upper Canada Academy of the Performing Arts, three artisans from The Kingston Public Market are presenting the first Kingston Holiday Fayre. The show, featuring 30 local and out of town artists and artisans, will give Kingston and area shoppers a chance to shop from a high quality, juried selection of functional and fine art. [...]
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Kingston Symphony: Candlelight Christmas
Join the Kingston Symphony for a classical Christmas concert sure to put you in a festive mood. Hear music by the masters written to celebrate the season. Sing along with the Kingston Symphony and the Kingston Choral Society to your favourite carols. An early gift of glorious music the whole family will enjoy. The Kingston [...]
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Friday Foto
I am proud to announce that since last weekend I’ve made considerable headway on my Christmas shopping, with only a few books, and consumables left to purchase. It feels fantastic to know that the majority of my shopping is behind me, and I’ve got nearly a week to finish it off around the downtown. Seeing [...]
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Friday Foto
At sundown today, eight nights of Hanukkah celebrations begin. Other countdowns of note include the Olympic Torch Relay, which arrives in Kingston in 3 days, and Christmas, which is a mere 14 days away. I’ll forgo the panic inducing comments to get you out there to finish your holiday shopping, because to be honest, I’m [...]
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Tree-Gate
While listening to CBC Radio on my walk to work this morning, our local corresponded, JC Kenny, mentioned an interesting story, which has received little attention from Kingston-based media outlets. When I arrived at work, I mentioned the story on Twitter and humorously dubbed the affair, Tree-Gate. Within minutes, I received numerous queries from followers, [...]
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A Vinyl Cafe Christmas 2009 Tour
Stuart McLean is one of Canada’s most beloved storytellers and a best-selling author. His hit CBC radio show “The Vinyl Cafe” premiered in 1994, and each week over 1 million listeners tune in each week on CBC Radio in Canada and on public radio in the United States. This year, he bring the magic of [...]
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Friday Foto
Last Friday I put out a call for snow. It’s not as though I miss spending hours on end shovelling the stuff, or dealing with people who forget how to drive after the first dusting, rather I need a bit of the white stuff in order to to complete my picture perfect image of Christmas. [...]
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Friday Foto
I want to start today’s post by promising that Kingstonist is not going to start endlessly broadcasting cheesy Christmas carols, or pump cinnamon scents into your home to simulate the festive spirit. That said, if I possessed the technological ability to affect such things, I would opt for Bing Crosby’s famous holiday anthem, Mele Kalikimaka, [...]
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