This is my final column of 2020, a year we’d all much rather forget but will be permanently etched in our psyches forever. So on that note, I’ve decided to end on a more upbeat, festive but somewhat educational note.
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Pat Blythe – Farewell to 2020…….the flora and fauna of Christmas…..and music
Posted in Family, life, music, Opinion, Review with tags A Christmas Carol, Advent wreath, Anglo Saxon, Beltane, Bob Segarini, Christ Candle, Christianity, Christmas 2020, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Druids, Eid al-Fitr, luvthemusic, Mac Beth, Middle Ages, mistletoe, Mother Earth, New Year's Eve, Pat Blythe, Prince Albert, Queen Charlotte, Queen Victoria, Ramadan, Romans, Saturanlia, Saturanlia Festival, Saturn, Shakespeare, Strasbourg in Alsace, sugarplums, sweetmeats, Twelfth Night, Virgin Mary, Windsor Castle, Winter Solstice, writhan, York Minster, Yule log, Yuletide on December 9, 2020 by segariniRoxanne Tellier – Christmas and Snowbound in the Treasured Past
Posted in Opinion with tags Alastair Sim, Bing Crosby, Bob Segarini, Christmahanakwanzika, Christmas, Christmas and Snowbound in the Treasured Past, Christmas Eve, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Festivus, Hanukkah, Hoodoo McFiggin, Kwanza, Montreal, Ramadan, Rankin Bass, Roxanne Tellier, Santa, Spirit of Christmas on December 13, 2015 by segarini
My mum embodied the Spirit of Christmas. She loved everything about the holiday, and she made every one of my childhood Christmas’ as merry and bright as she could.
She’d grown up in the depression – she knew Christmas wasn’t about money. When times were tough, she’d tell us it would be a “Hoodoo McFiggin” year – that meant the only presents would be things she had to buy us anyway, just to keep us clothed and fed – underwear, socks, boots. Presents were lovely, but some years, presents could wait.Christmas was about gathering with family, and sharing what we did have, and what we had to spare was love.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 