Blogue d'un québécois expatrié en Angleterre. Comme toute forme d'autobiographie est constituée d'une large part de fiction, j'ai décidé de nommer le blogue Vraie Fiction.
Saturday, 19 December 2015
Christmas Curiosities ('Tis the season to be reading)
This year, I started on Facebook the tradition I had already started on this blog of sharing a book for the Christmas season (or for other seasons at other times of the year). It has been so far quite successful, so I thought I'd keep it alive on the blog as well. I know I already mentionedChristmas Curiosities, but I thought I would plug it again as it was four years ago. So this was a present from my brother PJ which is now among my early Yuletide reads. It is about the darker side of Christmas in its iconography: you have plenty of images of Krampus, creepy Santa Claus, Saint Nicholas who carries a rod to beat naughty children, dead birds (!) on season's greetings' cards, elves, devils, the Christm Child advertising cigars (!), winter spirits, etc. Because one should always remember Christmas' more sinister overtone, its part of darkness which makes us enjoy its lights all the more, I recommend that you read it.
Comme je l'ai mentionné sur Facebook, il est rendu cher ce bouquin. Celui que j'ai acheté ne l'était pas le moindrement. Il faut croire qu'il doit être populaire chez ses adeptes.
Québécois originaire du Saguenay expatrié en Angleterre à cause d'un mariage avec une Anglaise.
Quebec expatriate living in England because he married an English woman.
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Comme je l'ai mentionné sur Facebook, il est rendu cher ce bouquin. Celui que j'ai acheté ne l'était pas le moindrement. Il faut croire qu'il doit être populaire chez ses adeptes.
This one has been on my list for a while. Definitely need to track it down!
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