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SUMMARY:Advent Day 1: Tree Trimming Party
DESCRIPTION:TREE TRIMMING PARTY\nIt’s December 1st and the Scouts have set up their Christmas tree lot around the corner beside the AME Church. We’ve had an artificial tree for years. But\, now that we have furniture that seats more than two\, our old tree doesn’t fit our living space. For the first time in forever\, we’re going to pick out a live tree and trim it to fit the room! I can’t wait for the smell of fir inside the house again!    \nIt’s also time to make the Favourite Photo Ornaments!\nHere are this year’s very French fave photos front and back:\n\nOh\, and I almost forgot to mention\, we’ll totally be trimming the tree whilst watching the Northwestern Wildcats DEFEAT the Ohio State Buckeyes in the Big 10 Championship game tonight. GO CATS! \nReturn to the Advent 2018 Events Page
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181203
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SUMMARY:Advent Day 2: Write a Punk Rock Christmas Carol
DESCRIPTION:Today\, each of us is going to write a Punk Rock Christmas Carol.\nSigning bonus if you mention seltzer or incorporate the sound of carbonation.\n\n\n\n\n\nHere are some Ramones lyrics for inspo:\n_________________________________\n\nMerry Christmas (I Don’t Wanna Fight Tonight)\n\nMerry Christmas\, I don’t want to fight tonight with\n__\nMerry Christmas\, I don’t want to fight tonight\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMerry Christmas\, I don’t want to fight tonight\nMerry Christmas\, I don’t want to fight tonight with you\n__\nWhere is Santa at his sleigh?\nTell me why is it always this way?\nWhere is Rudolph? Where is Blitzen\, baby?\n__\nMerry Christmas\, merry merry merry Christmas\nAll the children are tucked in their beds\nSugar-plum fairies dancing in their heads\nSnowball fighting\, it’s so exciting baby\n__\nI love you and you love me\nAnd that’s the way it’s got to be\nI loved you from the start\n‘Cause Christmas ain’t the time for breaking each other’s heart\n__\nWhere is Santa at his sleigh?\n\n\nTell me why is it always this way?\nWhere is Rudolph? Where is Blitzen\, baby?\nMerry Christmas\, merry merry merry Christmas\n__\nAll the children are tucked in their beds\nSugar-plum fairies dancing in their heads\nSnowball fighting\, it’s so exciting baby\n__\nAy yeah yeah yeah\n__\nI love you and you love me\nAnd that’s the way it’s got to be\nI knew it from the start\n‘Cause Christmas ain’t the time for breaking each other’s heart\n__\nMerry Christmas\, I don’t want to fight tonight with\nMerry Christmas\, I don’t want to fight tonight with\nMerry Christmas\, I don’t want to fight tonight with you\n__\nSongwriter: Joey Ramone\n\n\n\nMerry Christmas (I Don’t Wanna Fight Tonight) lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music\, Inc\, BMG Rights Management\n \n\n\nRETURN TO THE ADVENT 2018 EVENTS PAGE
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181203
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181204
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SUMMARY:Advent Day 3: Christmas Cookie Wars
DESCRIPTION:CHRISTMAS COOKIE WARS!\nToday marks a Battle Royale between the Ancients and the Moderns\nToday\, our favourite Christmas Cookie recipe will go head-to-head with a rookie-newcomer for the title of Christmas Cookie Champion 2018! \nWhat does this mean?  First\, the family is going to settle on our favourite holiday cookie from our own recipe collection. Will it be Pepparkakor? Brownie Cookies? Ginger Cookies? Nona’s Lemon Knots? We might just have to draw a name out of a hat! \nThen\, we’ll ask the kids to search the internet\, the lesser-known portion of our cookbook shelf\, or the local newsstand magazine rack for a cookie recipe they’ve never tried but are dying to bake. Things I’ve had my eye on? Ina’s Macaroons\, the New York Times’ Black and White Cookies\, and Martha’s Classic Shortbread Cookies. \nWe’ll make both cookie recipes. We’ll taste them. And\, we’ll crown a winner. \nIf one head-to-head battle isn’t enough\, we might just go ahead and create a Sweet-16 bracket to follow throughout the holiday season! \nNEWSFLASH\, KIDS: I’ve already downloaded the form... \nI think my Santa Babies would do pretty well against Tosi’s Compost Cookies. Just sayin’… \nReady\, Set\, Bake….\n \nRETURN TO THE ADVENT 2018 EVENTS PAGE
URL:https://www.smellingsaltsjournal.com/event/advent-day-3-christmas-cookie-wars/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181204
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181205
DTSTAMP:20260523T125658
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SUMMARY:Advent Day 4: Adopt and Invent an Animal
DESCRIPTION:Adopt and Invent an Animal\nTuesdays are traditionally giving days on our Advent Calendar\nToday\, we’re going “adopt” an animal from a favourite charity\nWe’ll be letting the kids decide whether this is a symbolic adoption from either the WWF or the Zoo or a Gift of Hope in the form of chickens\, goats\, etc. from Plan International. \nThen\, we’re all going to “invent” an animal of our choice by drawing an imaginary beast\, writing its story or song\, or all of the above.\nThis need not be an entirely new species. The story could be as simple as coming up with a new reindeer for Santa’s sleigh or drawing “Wally The Christmas Owl\,” whoever they happen to be…. \nGo to!
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181205
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181206
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SUMMARY:Advent Day 5: Fried Chicken Tour
DESCRIPTION:FRIED CHICKEN TOUR!\nToday\, we’re starting stage one of our Fried Chicken Tour of the City of Toronto!\nT’s crazy about fried chicken and looking for the best in the city to sample. So\, we’re going to scan the top-ten lists and get recommendations from friends re the best (non-K) FC in the City and map out our grand tour! Today\, as a start\, I’m grabbing take-out from the place that’s tops on most folks’ lists: PG Clucks.\nPLEASE SEND MORE RECOMMENDATIONS!\nBonus points for country biscuits\, because\, who doesn’t love a good biscuit?\nThis is the first in a once-a-month series of visits on the grand tour.\n \nRETURN TO THE ADVENT 2018 EVENTS PAGE
URL:https://www.smellingsaltsjournal.com/event/advent-day-5-fried-chicken-tour/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181206
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181207
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SUMMARY:Advent Day 6: Late Night Tailgate Party
DESCRIPTION:We’ve got a late night tonight. So we’re going to spend the tail end of it having…\nA Late Night Tailgate Party\nGet out the red and green tortilla chips\, the coloured salsas\, fancy cheese and guac!\nWe’re going to watch the recorded highlights of Thursday Night Football with our late night meal!\nStarting Lineup? Nachos and Beer!\nSpecial Teams? Football-shaped Pepparkakor cookies!\n \nRETURN TO THE ADVENT 2018 EVENTS PAGE
URL:https://www.smellingsaltsjournal.com/event/advent-day-6-late-night-tailgate-party/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181207
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181208
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SUMMARY:Advent Day 7: Mail the Christmas Cards!
DESCRIPTION:Mail the Christmas Cards!\nWith our best wishes to the hard-working folks at Canada Post! \nRETURN TO THE ADVENT 2018 EVENTS PAGE
URL:https://www.smellingsaltsjournal.com/event/advent-day-7-mail-the-christmas-cards/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181208
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181209
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SUMMARY:Advent Day 8: Checkered Tablecloth\, The Works
DESCRIPTION:Checkered Tablecloth\, The Works!\nTonight\, we’re fixing on an old fashioned steakhouse dinner with steaks & burgers\, frites & baked potatoes\, beer & whisky + dessert!\nRETURN TO THE ADVENT 2018 EVENTS PAGE\n 
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181209
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181210
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SUMMARY:Advent Day 9: Christmas Concert at Roy Thomson Hall
DESCRIPTION:Christmas Concert at Roy Thomson Hall\nToday’s the first of the two Saint Michael’s Choir School Holiday Concerts at Roy Thomson Hall. This season marks a shift from the event’s taking place at the choir school’s usual Christmas venue\, Massey Hall\, which is undergoing extensive renovations.\nFor tickets: https://www.roythomsonhall.com/tickets/st-michaels-choir-school-annual-christmas-concert/\n \nRETURN TO THE ADVENT 2018 EVENTS PAGE
URL:https://www.smellingsaltsjournal.com/event/advent-day-9-christmas-concert-at-roy-thomson-hall/
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181211
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SUMMARY:Advent Day 10: Christmas Canning
DESCRIPTION:CHRISTMAS CANNING\nToday\, we’re making some extra special holiday gifts.\nAlongside my famous Whisky Fig Cranberry Sauce\, we’ll be tackling either Lillie O’Brien’s Persimmon\, Saffron & Vanilla Jam or her Cranberry & Sherry Vinegar Jam (or both!) from the miraculous cookbook I discovered on our summer vacation\, Five Seasons of Jam.\n[I already made her Medjool Date & Chestnut Jam\, and it’s to die for!]\n \nTo speed the process along\, we’ll be taking my new copper jam pot on a test drive.\n[No\, it’s not that French brand beginning with “Mau….”\nWe went went for her third-of-the-price equally-hot French cousin.]\nJam Jars Photo taken in London Borough of Jam by Rachel Khoo – Read her interview with Lillie! \nRETURN TO THE ADVENT 2018 EVENTS PAGE
URL:https://www.smellingsaltsjournal.com/event/advent-day-10-christmas-canning/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181211
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181212
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SUMMARY:Advent Day 11: Sketch the Tree and Sponsor a Live One
DESCRIPTION:SKETCH THE TREE AND SPONSOR A LIVE ONE\nToday\, we’ll spend some time sketching our Christmas tree.\nWe’re fishing out all of the old boxes of oil pastels and charcoal pencils and sharpies and watercolours\, and we’ll get to work memorializing the first fresh tree we’ve had in the house in over a decade! \nThen\, we’ll make a donation to Forests Ontario. \nWill they help the Provincial Government reach their goal of 50 Million Trees by 2025? We sure hope so! \nRETURN TO THE ADVENT 2018 EVENTS PAGE
URL:https://www.smellingsaltsjournal.com/event/advent-day-11-sketch-the-tree-and-sponsor-a-live-one/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181212
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181213
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SUMMARY:Advent Day 12: Pyjama Day + The Ultimate Breakfast Sandwich
DESCRIPTION:Pyjama Day + Building the Ultimate Breakfast Sandwich\nEach year\, during Advent\, we grab a pair of crazy holiday pyjamas for at least one person in the family (usually Bea) and we celebrate with Dinner for Breakfast. \nToday\, we’re going to have Breakfast for EVERY SINGLE MEAL!\nAnd\, we’re going to attempt to build the ultimate breakfast sandwich!\nI’m eyeing a Country Biscuit with Peameal\, White Cheddar\, Avocado\, and Spicy Mayo (with an extra biscuit just for butter and honey). I’m wondering if Ms. B is eyeing a Sesame Bagel with Bacon\, Eggs\, and Smoked Artisanal Oka….? Will T make his out of his favourite Fried Chicken and Waffles? What about a breakfast sandwich built on pancakes\, then? Or Latkes\, Lox and Sour Cream? \nAren’t Diane’s Blue Cheese Biscuit Breakfast Sandwiches\, above\, looking crazy delicious?\nWhat’s your Ultimate Breakfast Sandwich?\nRETURN TO THE ADVENT 2018 EVENTS PAGE
URL:https://www.smellingsaltsjournal.com/event/advent-day-12-pyjama-day-the-ultimate-breakfast-sandwich/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181213
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181214
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SUMMARY:Advent Day 13: Feast of Santa Lucia Family Book Exchange
DESCRIPTION:Feast of Santa Lucia Family Book Exchange is ON\nB & T are swapping titles again this year.\nThey’re hunting gently used books for each other\n(and an extra for their local book depository)\nThis year’s key words are “Mystery” and “Light.”\nRETURN TO THE ADVENT 2018 EVENTS PAGE\n 
URL:https://www.smellingsaltsjournal.com/event/advent-day-13-family-book-exchange/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181214
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181215
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SUMMARY:Advent Day 14: Holiday Game Night with Cocktails for Mom and Dad
DESCRIPTION:Holiday Game Night with Cocktails for Mom and Dad\nTonight\, we’re going to play holiday versions of all of our favourite games.\nWe’ll haul out the game of “Christmas Clue“ we made with the kids ages ago to see if the Christmas Villain\, once again\, wasn’t Rudolph with the Sleigh Bells in the Toy-Makers’ Room!\nAnd we’re going to have one heck of a Scrabble tournament…with a 10 point bonus for every Christmas-themed word. DOUBLE the points on any Christmas-themed Bingo.\nAlong with\, we’ll be sampling some cocktails as testers for our Christmas Eve menu.\nI’m certainly interested in that lovely Blush cocktail from Beehive Distilling\, pictured above!\nAny suggestions?\nRETURN TO THE ADVENT 2018 EVENTS PAGE
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181215
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181216
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SUMMARY:Advent Day 15: Photograph The City
DESCRIPTION:Photograph the City\nToday\, we’ll visit the Art Gallery of Ontario (for Anthropocene) and Allen Gardens (for the Winter Flower Show).\nThen\, we’ll go outside and photograph the city with an eye for the elements from these exhibits which inspired us the most!\nRETURN TO THE ADVENT 2018 EVENTS PAGE\n 
URL:https://www.smellingsaltsjournal.com/event/advent-day-15-photograph-the-city/
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181217
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SUMMARY:Advent Day 16: Hallmark-Style Christmas Movie Spoof
DESCRIPTION:Hallmark-Style Christmas Movie Spoof\nTonight\, we’re going to write\, produce\, and film our own spoof trailer\, meet-cute\, or pivotal scene from a Hallmark-style Christmas Movie.\nBonus points for “modernizing” Shakespeare\, Jane Austen or one of the Brontës!\n[P.S. Make sure your leads are dressed in red & green sweaters!]\nRETURN TO THE ADVENT 2018 EVENTS PAGE
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181217
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181218
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SUMMARY:Advent Day 17: Make Soft Salted Caramels
DESCRIPTION:Today\, we’re going to make Soft Salted Caramels for the family and for gifting!\nHere’s a copy of my recipe!\n\n	\n	\n	 Print Recipe\n	\n	\n\nSoft Salted Caramels\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIngredients1 c heavy cream5 tbs unsalted butter cubed1.5 tsp fleur de sel\, Maldon flake\, or pink Himalayan salt 1.5 c white sugar.25 c light corn syrup.25 c water1 tbs vanilla1 tbs cognac\, rum\, or even flavoured whiskey [optional\, totally optional!]Parchment and Butter or Baking SprayCandy ThermometerWax Paper [optional]1-2 tsp additional fleur de sel\, Maldon flake\, or pink Himalayan salt  for dusting the tops of the caramels\nInstructionsDab an 8×8 square baking pan with a bit of butter or shots of baking spray.Line the baking pan with two trimmed sheets of parchment paper crossed in an x and folded up so as to rise up over the sides of the pan.Oil or butter the parchment lightly.In a small saucepan\, bring cream\, butter and salt to a boil over med low heat.Remove from heat and set aside.In a heavy medium saucepan\, bring sugar\, syrup and water to a boil over medium heat\, stirring just until the granulated sugar is dissolved.Insert candy thermometer.Boil over medium low heat without stirring until the sugar reaches a golden caramel hue. [Based on experience\, this temperature can vary between 300-320. We have had repeated success with 315F.]Remove from heat.Whisk in cream mixture and watch the mixture increase in volume.Insert and attach candy thermometer.Heat without stirring until caramel reaches 250F on a candy thermometer.Remove from stove and add vanilla and optional alcohol\, stirring with a spoon or whisk.The mixture will foam up a bit again!Pour into prepared baking pan and refrigerate\, covered\, for at least 3-4 hours.After about 20 minutes of cooling\, top caramels with a small bit of additional salt.Remove from pan.Slice into thin rectangular lengths with a pizza cutter.Wrap individually in rectangles of waxed paper\, twisting at the ends to close.\n\n\n\nRETURN TO THE ADVENT 2018 EVENTS PAGE
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181218
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181219
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SUMMARY:Advent Day 18: Topping Up The Food Bank Box
DESCRIPTION:Topping Up the Food Bank Box\nToday\, we’re going to pile canned goods into the Daily Bread Food Bank box at our local grocery store.\nThe most needed donation box items are those high in nutritional value\, including:\n\n\nBaby food and formula\n\n\nPeanut butter\n\n\nCanned fish and meat\n\n\nCanned fruits and vegetables\n\n\nRice\, grains\, lentils\, beans\n\n\nDried pasta\n\n\nPasta sauce and canned tomatoes (whole or crushed)\n\n\nCans of soup and stew\n\n\nPowdered\, canned and tetra pak milk\n\n\nDonations can also be made at any local fire station. Or\, donate online at Daily Bread Food Bank.\nRETURN TO THE ADVENT 2018 EVENTS PAGE
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181219
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181220
DTSTAMP:20260523T125658
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SUMMARY:Advent Day 19: See All The Lights
DESCRIPTION:SEE ALL THE LIGHTS!\nOur annual tradition lives on!\nAfter a holiday event downtown\, we’ll cruise the giant inflatable Santas on Inglewood Drive and SEE ALL THE LIGHTS!\nRETURN TO THE ADVENT 2018 EVENTS PAGE
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SUMMARY:Advent Day 20: Toronto Christmas Market
DESCRIPTION:Toronto Christmas Market\nIt’s our annual tradition!\nToday\, B and I will go have a lunch in the Distillery District and Ride the Ferris Wheel at the Toronto Christmas Market.\nRETURN TO THE ADVENT 2018 EVENTS PAGE
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181221
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181222
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SUMMARY:Advent Day 21: Holiday Beatnik Coffeehouse
DESCRIPTION:Holiday Beatnik Coffeehouse\nAs you may have noticed\, I took suggestions from the teenagers as to what they’d like to do on various days in Advent. In addition to the Fried Chicken Tour\, we’ve had a request to basically relive the scene in the movie Funny Face\, where Audrey Hepburn goes to find her philosopher idol in a Parisian club.\nToday we’re going to fulfill B’s request to have a Holiday Beatnik Coffeehouse.\nThe request is as follows:\nEat Baguettes and Stew\, Dance Around to Jazzy Christmas Music\, and Watch Noir-ish Holiday B-Movies Wearing Black Turtlenecks\, Berets\, Sunglasses\, and Flat Shoes.\nAll right\, KitCat\, will do.\n \nWe’ll throw on Christmas Holiday or Cash on Demand after wearing ourselves out dancing to ye olde Rhino Beat Generation CDs. And we’ll nosh on one fab Boef Bourg. [I’m a fan of Mary Berry’s.]\nRETURN TO THE ADVENT 2018 EVENTS PAGE
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181222
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SUMMARY:Advent Day 22: St. Lawrence Market Cheese Board
DESCRIPTION:St. Lawrence Market Cheese Board\nThis morning\, we’ll get up before dawn and travel to the amazing stalls at St. Lawrence Market\, gathering the ingredients for our Christmas Dinner and Building one heck of a mad cheese board / charcuterie plate!\n \nRETURN TO THE ADVENT 2018 EVENTS PAGE
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SUMMARY:Advent Day 23: Bûche de Noël
DESCRIPTION:Today\, we’re making the Bûche de Noël for our Christmas Dinner! We’ll either be making this amazing Chocolate Mint Buche de Noël or my all-time favourite Lemon Bûche de Noël with Lemon Mascarpone …. or both? \nRETURN TO THE ADVENT 2018 EVENTS PAGE
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181224
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SUMMARY:Advent Day 24: Christmas Eve Checklist
DESCRIPTION:Here it is! The annual Christmas Eve Checklist!\n□ Go for a Brisk walk with our mini-schnauzer\, Elvis!\n□ Make tons of Christmas cookies.\n□ Live stream Jon Solomon’s 30-Hour Christmas Radio Show.\n[3pm December 24 to 8pm December 25 on WPRB 103.3 FM Princeton\, NJ\, USA]\n□ LATE-AFTERNOON FEAST OF THE SEVEN FISHES IN TWO to THREE DISHES.\nDish One Possibility:\nA Massive Cold Fish Plate with Shrimp Cocktail\, Scallops prepared the same way\, and Grilled Squid [3]\nDish Two Possibility:\nSquid-Ink Pasta with a homemade sauce of Anchovies\, Smoked Mussels\, & Clams [4 with 1 repeat]\nDish Three Possibility:\nJust for me [the sole sardine lover in the house] a wee version of Bon Appetit’s Anchovy and Sardine Toasts with Chile Butter [2 with 1 repeat]\n□ CHRISTMAS EVE CAROLS & MASS\n□ COOKIES\, MILK\, AND CARROTS FOR SANTA AND HIS CREW\n[If you don’t believe in Santa in our house\, you don’t get presents!]\n□ KIDS CAMP OUT IN THE BASEMENT\n[This is the crazy tradition they started last year.]\n□ LATE-NIGHT COCKTAILS FOR THE PARENTS with more radio.\n \nRETURN TO THE ADVENT 2018 EVENTS PAGE
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181225
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SUMMARY:Merry Christmas
DESCRIPTION:Merry Christmas!\nRETURN TO THE ADVENT 2018 EVENTS PAGE
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181231
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190101
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SUMMARY:New Year's Eve Film Fest: Train Movies
DESCRIPTION:TRAIN FILMS!!!\nThis year’s New Year’s Eve film fest will consist of movies that take place on a train or which feature a train scene as a main plot-point. Since we’ve already done a few Hitchcock-heavy marathons\, and since we’re not interested in tackling nuclear disasters\, epidemics\, or bloody westerns\, our New Year’s fare will largely consist of drawing room mysteries re-located to the dining car\, peppered with a few salient shorts and documentaries. Here’s the list of films the family came up with together:\nThe Lady Vanishes\, 1938\nMurder on the Orient Express\, 1974\nSuperman: Billion Dollar Limited (cartoon)\, 1941\nThe Train\, 1964\nThe Silent Passenger\, (first Lord Peter Wimsey movie!) 1935\nNight Mail (short/doc featuring W.H. Auden)\, 1936\nThe Taking of Pelham One Two Three\, 1974\nThe Ghost Train\, 1941\nNarrow Margin\, 1952\nBefore Sunrise\, (not my choice)\, 1995\nEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind\, (also not my choice)\, 2004\nA Hard Day’s Night\, 1964\nTo go with\, we’ll be dining on some sous vide lobster tails\, dry fried green beans\, a “leftovers” cheese and charcuterie board\, the last of the Christmas cookies\, cocktails (my new fave is 1 oz Pimms\, 1 oz Rye\, 3/4 oz lemon\, 3/4 oz simple syrup) and tons of apple cider for the kids. Sometime soon\, I’ll get around to that baked Alaska\, but not before midnight.\nWishing you a Healthy & Happy New Year!
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SUMMARY:Advent Love-To-Do List 2019 Goes Live
DESCRIPTION:SSJ’s Advent Love-to-Do List 2019 is now live!  \n\n\n\nSSJ’s Advent Love-To-Do List 2019\n\n\n\nCheck out the full post\, here!\n\n\n\nAnd don’t forget: SSJ’S 2019 Advent Calendar begins to populate on December 1\, 2019!  \n\n\n\nFollow along daily by checking the  2019 ADVENT CALENDAR MONTHLY VIEW.
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SUMMARY:Advent Calendar 2019 Begins Tomorrow!
DESCRIPTION:MY 2019 ADVENT CALENDAR WILL BEGIN TO POPULATE RIGHT HERE ON DECEMBER 1\, 2019!\n\n\n\nFOLLOW ALONG DAILY BY CHECKING THE  2019 ADVENT CALENDAR MONTHLY VIEW OR HEADING HOME TO SMELLINGSALTSJOURNAL.COM !\n\n\n\nIN THE MEANTIME\, TAKE A LOOK BACK AT MY SSJ ADVENT CALENDARS FROM 2018 AND 2017.
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SUMMARY:Advent Day 1: Tree Trimming Party
DESCRIPTION:It’sthe firstday of Advent!Time to trim the tree! \nFirst\, we’ll have to choose one!This afternoon\, we’ll trek over tothe local Scouts lot for a tall\, slim fir. \nThen\, we’ll turn on some music\, make someof my Santa Baby Cookies\, and choose picturesfor the 2019 version of our Favourite Photo Ornaments. \nSometimes\, we throw on a movie when we’re decorating the tree.I’m in the mood for The Lady Vanishes\, one of the films from last year’sNew Year’s EveTrain MovieFilm Fest. \n\n\nVIEW THE 2019 ADVENT CALENDAR
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SUMMARY:Advent Day 2: Design Bookplates
DESCRIPTION:Design your own Bookplate!\n\n\n\nToday’s Advent TBD is a MAJOR THROWBACK to our very first online Advent Calendar in 2011 [Handmade Holidays: Bookplates for Children] ! The kids were too young to get involved\, and we wanted the bookplates to be surprises. So\, Blaise sketched bookplates. I scanned them\, added text with photo-editing software\, and printed them on sticky-backed paper we found at the dollar store.  \n\n\n\nThe cuteness of our 2011 Lunchbox Season Bookplates!\n\n\n\nToday\, everyone is designing their own bookplate. \n\n\n\nWhether they want a design specific to the holidays or a favourite theme is up to them.  We’ll either use tablets or sketch-and-scan our images. Then\, we’ll print them on a few more sheets of our sticky-backed paper from the dollar store circa 2011. Though Avery labels 6462 printed 90-degrees or portrait-style still work just as well.  \n\n\n\nUPDATE: Here are photos of our designs…now on to making the bookplates!\n\n\n\nBlaise’s Bookplate DesignToby’s Bookplate DesignBea’s Bookplate DesignMy Bookplate Design\n\n\n\nVIEW THE 2019 ADVENT CALENDAR
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