Showing posts with label Décembre. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Décembre. Show all posts

Tuesday, 23 December 2025

Saturday, 6 December 2025

Crime Fiction during Advent

 I found this picture thanks to Books Are My Bag. Although I did not get my hands on this issue of Booktime, its cover got brought my attention to Murder By Christmas. You know I associate Christmastime with crime fiction, so I spent Advent reading crime fiction. I am kind of kicking myself that I did not buy this book to have as my literary Advent calendar. I have been wanting an Advent calendar related to crime fiction since, like forever. Maybe for next year.

Saturday, 28 December 2024

Neige

 Photo prise par mon père il y a quelques jours...

Friday, 27 December 2024

Un arbre enneigé


Mon frère PJ a pris cette photo hier. Content de voir que décembre est hivernal quelque part dans le monde.

Monday, 23 December 2024

"J'ai dans la tête un vieux sapin..."

Vous savez le reste de 23 Décembre de Beau Dommage. LA chanson québécoise de Noël et LA chanson de Noël nostalgique en ce qui me concerne. Je la partage à chaque année, bien entendu.

Monday, 9 December 2024

Christmas Anthologies

'Tis the season to be reading and I know I have not been giving any reading suggestions for Christmas as of yet. It's because I am only reading at a snail's pace and have been reading too many books simultaneously. One of them is Fill My Stocking, by Alan Titchmarsh. Who was in the news recently, but I digress. I struck me that, like for most seasonal reads I have now, my Christmas reads are mostly anthologies. They're not really demanding, this one isn't anyway, but they put you right in the Christmas spirit. The cover is quite cute too.

Friday, 6 December 2024

Christmas Books Guide

 Among all the things I have yet to do before Christmas comes, is pick up this freebie. I try to get my hands on it every time I see it, just to see what books I could add to my to be read list. We went to the local bookshop yesterday, Sadly I didn't see it. Maybe they were all gone, maybe I didn't look hard enough. Be that as it may, I hope to find one before long.

Sunday, 1 December 2024

Choose Bookshops This Christmas

Today is the first day of December, so it's officially Advent, Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat and 'tis the season to be reading. So I would like to ask you all to purchase the books you will buy as presents for your loved ones or yourself in bookshops, preferably local ones. I took this image from ted by Books Are My Bag, which promotes this every year here. I think they hit the mark with that one, big time. I should myself make a few seasonal reading suggestions in the following days and weeks.

Saturday, 30 November 2024

Aquila on Vikings

There's something aout being a parent I did not expect: it means that Wolfie receives more and better mail than me. So yeah, the postman came a few days ago and lo and behold, there was one big envelope in the mail: December's issue of Aquila, the magazine of "big ideas for inquisitive kids". This month's topic is... Vikings. In case you hadn't noticed looking at the gorgeous cover. Also, incidentally, or maybe it's fate, Wolfie's new obsession, because it's their topic at school. I associate Norse mythology with Christmas, because, well, this is pretty much where all its imagery and tropes come from anyway. So this issue is all the more fitting. Wolfie is already reading it eagerly.

Sunday, 31 December 2023

Saint Sylvester's Day

 Well, I will start by spouting a cliché: we are the last day of the year 2023 and the last day of December. The time during the Christmas holidays I like least, because while it is still technically Christmastime, the celebrations I love are pretty much gone, done and dusted. And I don't like the new year, never did since I was a child. So anyway, I thought I would write this post with a cultural twist: the 31st of December is also called Saint Sylvester's Day. I was reminded of that on Facebook by some friends (cultural Catholics) who still call it like that. I know nothing about Saint Sylvester. But I know today is his day, if nothing else. Anyway, anybody else call today Saint Sylvester's Day?

Saturday, 30 December 2023

The December-January Blur

I found this on the Facebook wall of one of my friends. I thought I would share it here, because it is so very funny and very true. I know nothing of Gemma Correll, but what she describes here is very accurate. Except I don't stress. Not really. I just try to enjoy my free time.

Saturday, 23 December 2023

"23 décembre, Joyeux Noël..."

Parce que nous sommes le 23 décembre, je dois bien entendu partager 23 Décembre de Beau Dommage. C'est une tradition annuelle non seulement sur ce blogue, mais sans doute (je le soupçonne) dans bien des foyers québécois.

Saturday, 31 December 2022

December, in a nutshell

 Before the end of the year, I thought I would blog one last time with a silly meme I found  few days ago. This is december in a nutshell for me and it is so very accurate. Before Christmas Day I am in a festive mood and it is all about the anticipation. Then right after the 26th, it hits me like a brick wall and I lose track of time. I don't know what date it is, what time it is and what day of the week it is. And yes, cheese seems to be my main diet. This meme is as funny as it is scary.

Saturday, 26 November 2022

23 décembre - Le film

Je sais que mon lectorat québécois doit déjà être au courant, mais il y a maintenant un film sorti en salle qui s'appelle 23 décembre. Exactement comme 23 Décembre de Beau Dommage. Je ne le verrai pas cette année, malheureusement, mais j'espère me rattraper pour Noël prochain.D'ici là, voici la bande annonce. La chanson de Beau Dommage n'y figure pas, mais elle doit forcément faire partie du film à un moment donné.

Thursday, 23 December 2021

23 décembre, Joyeux Noël, etc.

Nous sommes le 23 décembre, je me devais donc de souligner la date et la signification qu'elle a dans la conscience collective québécoise. Parce qui n'aime pas 23 Décembre de Beau Dommage? Surtout, qui ne trouve pas dans la chanson des échos de son enfance, même si nous ne sommes pas/plus catholiques, même si ça date d'une époque révolue où on n'achetait pas ses cadeaux en ligne. Il n'y a pas chanson de Nol plus typiquement et plus éternellement québécoise.

Wednesday, 23 December 2020

23 décembre en 2020

Je songeais à montrer une autre version, mais il je viens d'apprendre de par mon père l'existence de cette version parodiée etil fallait que je la partage.

Tuesday, 8 December 2020

"Décembre"

Mon père m'a envoyé cette photo récemment, prise sur le lot de mes oncles je crois. Le titre du courriel était simplement "Décembre". Et puis? Et puis rien, mais je dirais que c'est ainsi que le mois de décembre, l'hiver et Noël devraient ressembler.

Tuesday, 31 December 2019

Fin de décennie

Nous sommes le dernier jour de décembre, dernier jour de l'année donc, c'est la fin d'une décennie. Je n'aime guère les célébrations du Jour de l'An et ce, depuis mon enfance. Le Jour de l'An, c'est hier comme aujourd'hui les vacances qui se terminent. Aujourd'hui, je range d'ailleurs les décorations de Noêl avec mon père, le plus lentement possible. Ce n'est jamais plaisant, la fin des Fêtes. Mais cette décennie a été plutôt bien. Vers la seconde moitié, elle a même été excellente. D'un point de vue personnel, je serai au moins devenu père avec l'arrivée de petit loup. Je vais me garder ça en tête dans les moments difficiles et mes moments de mélancolie, qui sont en général nombreux en janvier. Plus encore qu'à l'habitude, ce qui n'est pas peu dire pour moi.

Monday, 23 December 2019

Parce qu'aujourd'hui...

Il est tard, mais je crois que je devais le mentionner et le partager... Chanson nostalgique obligatoire en ce 23 décembre: