Tag: Nutcracker
Ornament of the Day 4, Blogmas
Thursday is here, and along with that, another ornament of the day! Writing these posts has really made me realise that I should display my ornaments during the year… Today’s ornament is part of a larger collection of ornaments, that I and other people have […]
Friendly Theatre Etiquette
I’ve written on theatre etiquette before. It is one of my biggest pet peeves, if I’m being honest. Going to the theatre is not a regular occurrence for most of us, and the afternoon or evening can be spoiled by a few selfish people. This […]
An Historian About… Nutcracker 2016
One of my very favourite holiday traditions is and will always be The Nutcracker. The Royal Winnipeg Ballet is a cultural icon and I go out of my way to attend as many performances as I can! You can see my Nutcracker post from 2015 […]
Getting a Christmas Tree, Canadian Style (Blogmas # 10)
We, like many other families, go and get our Christmas tree from a tree farm. Most of my friends actually have artificial trees, but we have never had a fake tree! Last year we all started going with my dad to get the tree, and […]
Christmas Books- There a lot of options! (Blogmas #9)
As I’ve mentioned in recent posts, I was lucky enough to take the “History of Christmas” in my undergraduate coursework. As such, I was given a license to read all of the Christmas literature I could get my hands on! (Quite a bit, as it […]




