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Tag: Christmas
Teaching kids gratitude at Christmas
LOUISE MCEWAN: Consumerism has become a “big problem” for kids, a roadblock on their way to becoming appreciative and contented individuals
How to make this Christmas a merry and memorable one!
FAITH WOOD: Follow these simple steps and you’re sure to have a joyous Christmas every year
Balancing fun and professionalism at the Christmas office party
CAROL KINSEY GOMAN: Our 10 tips to ensure you make a great impression
The real work of Christmas begins after Christmas
LOUISE MCEWAN: The feel-good generosity and goodwill of Christmas fade. The season of giving should remind us how to live the rest of the year ($)
In search of the perfect Christmas? Good luck
GERRY CHIDIAC: How to avoid a Clark Griswold meltdown and having a SWAT team invade our home ($)
Last minute wow gifts for the holiday season
GIFT GUIDE: Scrambling to find just the right gift for this holiday season? ($)
Five little tips for surviving the Christmas holidays
LIFE: Accept your limitations and honour those activities that make you feel good when you do them ($)
Celebrating Christmas in 18th and 19th century Alberta
EYE ON ALBERTA: Christmas was more primitive in the 18th and mid-19th centuries, but it was still Christmas – joy and fellowship were, and are, its primary expression ($)
Why Christmas matters in a secular society
LIFE: Its message of goodwill towards all people is ultimately in the best interest of a multicultural society ($)
Why Santa Claus matters, regardless of your faith
GERRY CHIDIAC: If we share peace and goodwill with others, we find them growing within us. If we share kindness, we become more kind ($)
Blue Christmas: How Elvis turned it into a seasonal classic
PAT MURPHY: It’s a master class in how something that was once quite ordinary can be transformed by a specific performance ($)
O Tannenbaum symbolizes the entire celebration of Christmas
GERRY CHIDIAC: The Christmas tree is a universal symbol that delivers a message of endurance and light during the dark winter months ($)
Are you one plum pudding away from a Christmas meltdown?
LOUISE MCEWAN: The pre-Christmas preparation can turn the jolliest of elves into Scrooges ($)
Not feeling the holiday magic?
CHRISTMAS STRESS: There are no perfect holidays. Accept your limitations and honour those activities that make you feel good when you do them ($)
How to shake off your Christmas stress
LIFE: People who have a calm perspective make better decisions than those who are stressed. And stress behaviour is self-perpetuating ($)
The common bonds of humankind unite us
GERRY CHIDIAC: Soldiers in 1914 left the trenches to celebrate Christmas because the common bonds of humankind unite us and our differences are superficial ($)
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