Lots of chest puffing these days…
…about something that is really rather trivial considering all else that is going down in the world right now – e.g. world economy in the crapper, homelessness, climate change… that…
christmas
Just in time for the Christmas shopping season
Shopping season being upon us, we here at the Woodshed are making our list and checking it twice. Kids are often difficult to buy for, as toy trends come and…
Unwanted Christmas Gifts Through the Ages
In 1170, King Henry II says, “What a parcel of fools and dastards have I nourished in my house, and not one of them will avenge me of this one…
Help Santa Keep His Home This Christmas
The David Suzuki Foundation has launched a campaign to raise awareness of the lack of ice coverage at the North Pole. Where Will Santa Live? is a fun spin on…
a significant event and a key sales period for retailers and businesses
And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came…
And with December…
…Comes Xmas and Xmas fanatics… You know ‘em. They started putting up lights in October and have been counting down to the 25th through Facebook updates since Labour Day! Gag.…
Is it within a muncipality’s…
… jurisdiction to forbid Christmas music before December 1? How about exterior lights? Hey Ottawa? How about it? Yeah, yeah, I’m an old atheist Grinch… I know, I know… but…
On promoting consumer culture and demeaning Canadian citizenship
Believe it or not, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Jason Kenney took the opportunity to affirm the Canadian citizenship of fictional character, Santa Claus, at a citizenship ceremony of 100…