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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181208
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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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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181210
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
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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
URL:https://www.smellingsaltsjournal.com/event/advent-day-14-holiday-game-night-with-cocktails-for-mom-and-dad/
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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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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181216
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
URL:https://www.smellingsaltsjournal.com/event/advent-day-18-topping-up-the-food-bank-box/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181219
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181220
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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
URL:https://www.smellingsaltsjournal.com/event/advent-day-19-see-all-the-lights/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181220
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181221
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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
URL:https://www.smellingsaltsjournal.com/event/advent-day-21-holiday-beatnik-coffeehouse/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181222
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181223
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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
URL:https://www.smellingsaltsjournal.com/event/advent-day-22-st-lawrence-market-cheese-board/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181223
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181224
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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
URL:https://www.smellingsaltsjournal.com/event/advent-day-23-buche-de-noel/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181224
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181225
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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
URL:https://www.smellingsaltsjournal.com/event/advent-day-24-christmas-eve-checklist/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181225
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181226
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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
DTSTAMP:20260520T214906
CREATED:20181229T011255Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20191202T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20191202T235900
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20191203T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20191203T235900
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CREATED:20191203T060124Z
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SUMMARY:Advent Day 3: Provide Baby Blankets via Plan Canada
DESCRIPTION:Provide Baby Blankets via Plan Canada Gifts of Hope\n\n\n\nToday\, we’re providing three baby blankets to children in need via Plan International Canada’s Gifts of Hope.  \n\n\n\nHow will you be volunteering your time or supporting your community this year? \n\n\n\nVIEW THE 2019 ADVENT CALENDAR
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20191204T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20191204T235900
DTSTAMP:20260520T214906
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SUMMARY:Advent Day 4: Make Clementine's Crullers & Write a Holiday Haiku
DESCRIPTION:Make Clementine’s Famous Crullers\n\n\n\nToday\, we’re going to be conquering our “fear of frying” by making Clementine Paddleford’s famous crullers. Clementine is the lady with the pencil\, above! Her Cruller Recipe comes from Kelly Alexander and Cynthia Harris’ fantastic book about the American tastemaker: Hometown Appetites.  [There’s an adapted version of that recipe in the New York Times\, if you have a subscription — however\, that recipe seems to be formatted oddly with a few extra 1’s in the ingredients list — So\, you should really buy the book! It is a lovely read!]  \n\n\n\nAnd Write a Holiday Haiku!\n\n\n\nAs we prepare our fry-up\, we’ll write a holiday haiku. That’s a poem of 3 lines\, with 5\, 7\, and 5 syllables per line\, respectively. \n\n\n\n	\n	\n	 Print Recipe\n	\n	\n\nClementine Paddleford’s Crullers\n\nFrom Hometown Appetites\, by Kelly Alexander and Cynthia Harris\n\n\n\n\nServings: 16\n\nAuthor: Clementine Paddleford\, c/o Kelly Alexander\n\n\nIngredients3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour sifted4 tsp baking powder1/4 tsp baking soda1/4 tsp saltt tsp ground nutmeg1/8 tsp ground ginger1/2 cup egg yolks about six extra-large1/2 cup buttermilk or sour milk [I used 1/2 c whipping cream with 1 tbs lemon juice]1/2 cup  half-and-half1 cup sugar1-2 quarts vegetable oil for frying\nInstructionsSift flour\, baking soda\, baking powder\, salt\, and spices into a large bowl and set aside. Beat the egg yolks in a separate large bowl. Mix the egg yolks with the buttermilk and half-and-half. Add the sugar to the wet ingredients and stir until well-blended. Add the sifted dry ingredients and beat until smooth. Turn a portion at a time onto a lightly [WELL] floured surface and roll or PUT OUT to 1/2-inch thickness. Cut with a 3-inch doughnut cutter OR a 3-inch biscuit cutter\, then make a hole in the centre of each with a 1-inch cutter or the end of a wooden spoon handle. In a heavy 6-quart pot filled no more than halfway with oil\, heat oil to 365 degrees.  Fry doughnuts 45 seconds to 1 minute on each side until golden brown. Drain on paper bags [OR rags or papertowels on a wire rack.] [If desired\, dust with icing [powdered] sugar\, melted chocolate\, or a glaze of icing sugar mixed with milk or lemon juice by the tbs.] \n\nNotesThis recipe is from Hometown Appetites\, by Kelly Alexander and Cynthia Harris.\n[My changes are in brackets!]\n\n\n\n\nUPDATE: WE DID IT! T EVEN TOOK AN EXTRA CRULLER TO SCHOOL! NOW ON TO THE HAIKU!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVIEW THE 2019 ADVENT CALENDAR
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20191205T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20191205T235959
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SUMMARY:Advent Day 5: Family Book Exchange\, The Hardcover Edition
DESCRIPTION:Family Book Exchange 2019\n\n\n\nThis year’s Advent Family Book Exchange shall henceforth be known as “The Hardcover Edition.” Go big or go home. Everyone’s going to pick a name from a hat and buy that person a real “traysure” in the form of a hardcover book\, new or used. We’ll also grab a book for a donation. \n\n\n\nNote: Since we knew what hectic schedules we were going to have today\, we pulled names from the hat a few weeks ago. These books were all ready to go this morning at 6:30 am\, before everyone started the morning hustle. \n\n\n\nB for b:Patti Smith\, Just Kids: Illustrated Edition [Harper Collins]\n\n\n\nT for R:Olga Tocarczuk\, Trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones\, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead [Penguin Random House]\n\n\n\nR for B:Hans Magnus Enzensberger\, Trans. Martin Chalmers\, The Silences of Hammerstein [Seagull Books]\n\n\n\nb for TLeji Matsumoto’s Space Battleship Yamato: The Classic Collection [Seven Seas]\n\n\n\nAND AS A GIFT FOR A CERTAIN SCHOOL’S LIBRARY:\n\n\n\nCaroline Criado Perez\, Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men [Abrams Press]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVIEW THE 2019 ADVENT CALENDAR
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SUMMARY:Advent Day 6: Festive Streaming-Service Binge
DESCRIPTION:Festive Streaming-Service Binge\n\n\n\nIt’s Friday. We’re going to chill on the couch with some Fish and Chips from our local and have a proper binge of a new-to-us series of shows or films. A few years ago\, we watched The Crown. Will we go for Season 3? Should we revisit Derry Girls Seasons 1&2 back to back? Or should we go with something new? Now accepting all festive and not-so-festive binge-worthy recommendations. \n\n\n\nVIEW THE 2019 ADVENT CALENDAR
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191207
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191208
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SUMMARY:Advent Day 7: Carols\, Cocktails\, and Cookies a.k.a. Winterize the Song of the Summer
DESCRIPTION:Carols\, Cocktails\, and Cookies a.k.a. Winterize the Song of the Summer\n\n\n\nLast year\, our carol-off consisted of a day of writing punk-rock Christmas songs. This year\, we’re back on a family classic: winterize the Song of the Summer. And by “Winterize\,” I mean\, “Chrismassify.” \n\n\n\nThis year’s Song of the Summer is insanely easy to identify: the one and only “Old Town Road.”  I don’t think it’s going to be too hard to get some Christmas action in on this ditty: \n\n\n\nYeah\, I’m gonna take my horse to the old town roadI’m gonna ride ’til I can’t no moreI’m gonna take my horse to the old town roadI’m gonna ride ’til I can’t no more (Kio\, Kio) I got the horses in the backHorse tack is attachedHat is matte blackGot the boots that’s black to matchRidin’ on a horse\, haYou can whip your PorscheI been in the valleyYou ain’t been up off that porch\, now Can’t nobody tell me nothin’You can’t tell me nothin’Can’t nobody tell me nothin’You can’t tell me nothin’Ridin’ on a tractorLean all in my bladderCheated on my babyYou can go and ask herMy life is a movieBull ridin’ and boobiesCowboy hat from GucciWrangler on… \n\n\n\nAlong with\, Blaise and I will make some cocktails. [I’m dying to perfect a Manhattan…so it will likely be a Manhattan!] And the kids will have plenty of their favourite Reverse Chip Brookie Cookies to take with them down the old-town road\, or the Noël town road\, or wherever it is they end up parking their reindeer! \n\n\n\nVIEW THE 2019 ADVENT CALENDAR
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191208
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SUMMARY:Advent Day 8: Holiday Concert & Pinochle Tournament
DESCRIPTION:Concert & Pinochle\n\n\n\nToday’s the Saint Michael’s Choir School Christmas Concert at Roy Thomson Hall. It’s going to be an afternoon of rehearsals\, dress up\, performances\, and dress-down. After the concert is over\, we’ll set up by the fire for a 4-person Pinochle tournament. [Here’s a link to Hoyle’s rules if you’ve got a hankering.]  \n\n\n\nVIEW THE 2019 ADVENT CALENDAR
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20191209T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20191209T235900
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SUMMARY:Advent Day 9: Make Block-Printed Tea Towels
DESCRIPTION:Make Block-Printed Tea Towels\n\n\n\nAnyone who knows me knows my obsession with tea-towels\, especially calendar tea towels. If we’re going to have a good time this afternoon\, DIY calendars may be beyond us. However\, we can easily get in on the magic by creating a few simple block-printed tea towels. \n\n\n\nHow are we going to do it? We’ll sketch a few ideas on paper or print out images we love [in reverse] and transfer the best onto small rubber blocks. Then\, we’ll carve our images on the blocks using linocut tools. Using screen printing ink\, we’ll stamp our designs onto flour sac tea-towels. Then\, iron to set.Note: You could do just as well using a holiday cookie cutter on a potato to create a stamp! See our Summer of Funner craft from 2011 for potato stamp ideas! Super stretched for time? Use a pre-made rubber stamp! \n\n\n\nHere’s the Aquarius Sign Zodiac Tea Towel I created as a test run! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd here’s my Block-Printed Tea Towels DIY in the form of a Recipe Card:\n\n\n\n	\n	\n	 Print Recipe\n	\n	\n\nBLOCK-PRINTED TEA TOWELS DIY\n\n[Originally published in 2019. Sources & some techniques updated in 2025.]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAuthor: Roseanne Carrara\, Smelling Salts Journal\n\n\nIngredientsFor sources and product recommendations\, see NOTES\, below.Paper and pencil OR washable marker for sketching your designFlour sac tea towels\,* ironedLinoleum carving blocks* [We used 2.75 x 4.5 in Speedy Cut lino blocks. Use smaller blocks if using fabric ink stamp pads. You can also use pink erasers or pre-made rubber stamps\, or carve potatoes!]Screen printing ink or fabric ink stamp pads*Spoon  [one you can wash or compost]Linoleum cutting tips and handles*  [or a knife or cookie cutters for your potatoes!]X-Acto knife  [optional]Twine  [optional]Brayer*Plexiglass* or glass from an old frame on which to roll Ink IronParchment Paper*If you don’t have a lot of these items I highly recommend the Speedball Beginner Block Printing Kit! See Notes\, below.\nInstructionsOPTIONAL: Print a design to the size of your block to use as inspo. [I like to print mine out in reverse\, so that I can see exactly what I'll be sketching onto the block]  Sketch your design in pencil or washable marker right onto the block. [Remember\, your print will be a mirror image of what you draw here!]  Carve the outline of your shape with linoleum carving tools. [Whatever remains raised will print on the towel — in reverse!] If desired\, use an X-Acto knife to cut the shape out of a larger linoleum block. [I don’t bother.]Spread the ironed tea towel on a flat surface. [You might want to line that surface with craft paper to avoid damaging the surface with ink that bleeds through the towel. Note\, the speedball ink we use is washable until iron-set.]OPTIONAL: Use lengths of twine to grid the tea towel to produce equal sized zones for your block prints. [I used 8 lengths of twine to grid my tea-towel into 25 zones.] For Screenprinting Ink: Place about a teaspoon ink on your plexi-glass and use the brayer to roll a thin layer of ink across the glass. For Screenprinting Ink: Roll the inked brayer over the stamp to coat the raised image evenly. ORFor Fabric Ink Stamp Pads: Press the stamp onto the ink pad. Place the inked block on the towel and press down firmly with fingertips or palms. Repeat the inking and stamping process as desired. [Try regular spacing or flirt with an irregular pattern. Try mixing colours or using multiple stamps. ] Allow the ink to dry for an hour. Set the ink with an iron by covering the prints with parchment and pressing for 3-5 minutes for Screenprinting Ink\, 30-60 Seconds for Fabric Ink Stamps. [Consult the directions on your ink/paint/pad for proper heat setting and time.] Enjoy! \n\nNotes\nFlour Sac Tea Towels: Amazon\nLinoleum Carving Blocks: DeSerres*\nScreen Printing Ink: DeSerres*\nFabric Ink Stamp Pads: Amazon\nLinoleum Cutting Tips and Handle: DeSerres*\nBrayer: DeSerres*\nClear Acrylic Plexi: DeSerres\n*If you don’t have a lot of these items\, I highly recommend the Speedball Super Value Block Printing Kit!\n\n\n\n\n\nVIEW THE 2019 ADVENT CALENDAR
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