Advent Calendar Day 24 We have arrived at the end of our Advent Calendar, dear friends. It’s been a joy beyond measure to share my December preparations and discoveries with you each evening, and I hope I’ve managed to bring…
Advent Calendar Day 23 There is something quietly magical in turning the page on a short Christmas tale by Louisa May Alcott: a sense of home, of small kindnesses, of time suspended in gentle snow. As my Advent ritual nears…
Ever since I was in school, and Christmas meant time off, I had some favourite activities that symbolized the relaxing mood of the holidays. And one of them, was watching Christmas movies. Animation or romantic comedies, famous books turned into…
Advent Calendar Day 21 It’s December 21st, and all across the globe, countless cultures celebrate this threshold day through traditions stretching back to humanity’s earliest observations of celestial patterns. We’ve come to understand its astronomical significance far better than our…
I believe Canada is one of those countries that has a different representation depending on our imagination. For some, it’s all maple syrup and ice skating, for others it’s the US with more plaid patterns, a land of refuge for…
It’s the last Sunday of Advent, and I wanted to share a Christmas story in French, to make your dream of another time or place. If you don’t speak the language, the English version is down below, but I’m sure…
Advent Calendar Day 18 Perhaps it’s the gourmand in me speaking, but what can evoke the spirit of Christmas more efficiently than a beautiful cookbook? Not just any cookbook—one dedicated entirely to the season, filled with dishes that exist solely…
Advent Calendar Day 17 There’s something uniquely soothing about settling in for a dark December evening with Hercule Poirot by my side. While the world outside is wrapped in frost, I drift into Christie’s subtle labyrinths of manners, motives, and…
Advent Calendar Day 16 What is Christmas without baking? That moment when spices meet heat and the entire house transforms into something magical—cinnamon and ginger weaving through rooms, cloves adding their sharp sweetness, the air itself becoming edible. It’s a…
Advent Calendar Day 15 There is something uniquely comforting about listening to a story during the weeks leading up to Christmas. Perhaps it’s the way a narrator’s voice softens the edges of winter, or how spoken words seem to glow…
