Cathie from Canada: Happy New Year!

  Post by @jaredmay76 View on Threads No one does NYE fireworks like London! 🎆#LondonNYE #LondonFireworkspic.twitter.com/aHxZExYYKL — Sahil Oberoi (@SahilOberoi1) January 1, 2024 2024 has officially reached the shores of Canada.As Father Time hands things over to Baby New Year, I hope everyone has a fantastic 2024!#NewYear2024 #HappyNewYear pic.twitter.com/VPLCPI8R0X —

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Cathie from Canada: Christmas traditions: 12 Days, Festivus, Messiah, and the oddest Christmas Special ever!

Time for an annual “traditions” post —  Twelve Days of Christmas:   Festivus:    The Messiah:    The New York Times writes Handel’s ‘Messiah’ Teaches Us a Surprising Lesson About Tradition: …Fortunately, Handel’s “Messiah” is so popular that the ideological fashions of critics and performers cannot contain it. The work

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Cathie from Canada: Today’s fascinating stuff: from Saskatchewan Batman to outstanding truckers

Historian Craig Baird is doing more interesting AI stuff — this one is from his series on The Provincial Batman: 3. Saskatchewan 🧵3/13 pic.twitter.com/RP3mWdZwqv — Craig Baird – Canadian History Ehx (@CraigBaird) November 19, 2023 Apparently this isn’t really from Campbell’s. But it should have been! Well done Campbell’s!!! pic.twitter.com/ohDBENHpCb

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