This Christmas, my spending on gifts will be



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WonderCafe Advent Calendar: December 9

 

 
Today we’re talking about the music that made one of the greatest Christmas TV specials so great.

 

 

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WonderCafe Advent Calendar: December 8

 

 
Here’s some of the greatest Christmas episodes from one of the greatest TV shows of the past decade
 

 

 

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WonderCafe Advent Calendar - December 7

 

 
It came from the blandness called the 1970s…

 

 

 

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What is Xmas really about?

 

So what IS this time of celebration really about?  Its not really about Jesus, most all Christian churches concur that he was not born on this date, and there is no mention of any celebration in the New Testament.  Jesus' instruction was to celebrate the resurrection, not his birth.

 

Its not really about commercialism, that is a very recent phenomenon, a business opportunity tacked onto the date.  The same goes for Santa.

 



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WonderCafe Advent Calendar - December 4

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Experience one of the greatest Christmas specials ever made...

 

 

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WonderCafe Advent Calendar - December 3

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Here’s a moment from the 1980s we’ll never forget; least of all for all the hair on display...

 

 

 

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WonderCafe Advent Calendar - December 2

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Today we’re going to get a little bit artsy as we look at a classic Quebecois film...

 

 

 

 

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WonderCafe Advent Calendar - December 1, 2008

 

 
For the first day of December we have an old favourite... 
 

 

 

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About the WonderCafe Advent Calendar

Christmas is a season of disparate, at times contradictory, messages, moods and ideas. Sacred and secular, thoughtful and trite, verisimilitude and very sentimental-- all of which are driven and fueled by the human condition, market forces, nostalgia and spiritual yearning. 

In short, it's the greatest time of the year, ever.

As I commented at this time last year, I think Christmas should be celebrated in all its disparate forms whether it be sacred or secular, from high culture or low culture. To this end as we lead up to Christmas, we're proud to bring you the WonderCafe Advent Calendar. 

Every day from December 1 to 24, we'll blog about a different item to do with Christmas from the arts or popular culture. Some of them will be inspirational. Some of them will be completely ridiculous. Some of them will be high art. Some of them will be from the bottom of the barrel of pop culture. But all of them are a part of the shared experience that makes Christmas so compelling and says so much about what makes us what we are.
 
So stop by every day between now and Christmas Eve. You'll find something to put a smile on your face, or a tear in your eye, or a puzzled look on your brow. Enjoy!

 

 

 

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