Christmas 2.0
I’ve been very into advent calendars since I was little. Maybe it’s because with a December first birthday, they always seemed made especially for me - linking the two best times of the year, birthday and Christmas. I never could quite get my mom to understand that an advent calendar is one of my favorite birthday gifts. The internets come through again…
I’ve been following Tate, the French black cat and his owner, Pierre’s adventures in Bric-a-brac for a few years now - the illustrations are the type of folksy style that I’ve loved for a while and the stories have the charm and pace of a sweet children’s story.
Leslie Harpold offers a slightly different yuletide calendar. Each day offers “a personal Christmas memory, a holiday link, and something special.” These can range from a penguin racing game to snowflake patterns to seasonal poems. Always diverting, always jolly.
The novelty of new content every day may have worn off in these days of citizen journalism, rss feeds, and daily blogging - but somehow, it’s still special.
