The scariest Christmas story: Twas the night before Christmas, And all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, Except for A DRACULA

Thanks for following along with the Box of Delights advent calendar! Wishing you all a very merry Christmas ❤️

The old Punch and Judy man, Cole Hawlings (aka Ramon Lully). Master of old magic, maker of the elixir of life, and 500… 700 years old (Day 24 of the Box of Delights advent calendar)

Delighted to have one of the pilots from my Canadian Aviatrix Project featured on Wikitree’s 12 Days of Elf-mas. Thank you so much to @wikitree.bsky.social’s wonderful elves for finding Lillian! www.youtube.com/live/trnSexU...

Old Ladybird books updated. ‘Daddy learns to get involved' (1964 and 1974) Artist: Harry Wingfield

Our hero, Kay Harker, with the Box itself (Day 23 of the Box of Delights advent calendar)

Last night BBCFour repeated Mark Gatiss's adaptation of the M.R. James Ghost Story for Christmas 'The Mezzotint', so that'll be back on the iPlayer. Here's that thread I threatened recounting the bits n' bobs I made for it...

I'm often quite Shakespearean with my hand gestures

Is it the Reverend Doctor Boddledale? No, it’s Abner Brown, jewel thief, glee club member, and seeker of POWER OVER ALL (Day 22 of the Box of Delights advent calendar)

Neither is herpes, but I’ll keep doing my work without either.

For all your scrobbling needs, try a caroplane-aeroplane (Day 21 of the Box of Delights advent calendar)

Well, I didn’t have “a front row spot for the Barenaked Ladies” on my Santa list, but I got one anyway! Brilliant night at the CPKC Holiday Train in our very own Port Coquitlam station

Chubby Joe. Maybe mutinous, perhaps cretinous, but I hope his Grand National tip worked out (Day 20 of the Box of Delights advent calendar)

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Things are easier when Maria isn’t here to contradict, but nevertheless, she’s very promising. (Day 19 of the Box of Delights advent calendar)

Rat and his nephew, Alf (Day 18 of the Box of Delights advent calendar)

Sylvia Daisy Pouncer - our precious pearl, our blue and yellow sapphire (Day 17 of the Box of Delights advent calendar)

Look for the old lady, the old lady with the ring ✨ (Day 16 of the Box of Delights advent calendar)

Come on, Barney dog (Day 15 of the Box of Delights advent calendar)

Those blessed Jones children, Susan and Jemima. (Missed one! This was day 14 of the Box of Delights advent calendar)

Don’t criticize me, Head. (Day 13 of the Box of Delights advent calendar)

Okay, so I’m not good at the videos, but I can still teach you how to make pop-up Christmas cards! Tomorrow at 10.30-11.30am. $5 donation at the door. PoCo Heritage, 2248 McAllister Ave, Port Coquitlam

Bullseye, anyone? It's the bloodhound of the law. (Day 12 of the Box of Delights advent calendar)

I've been set freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! (Day 11 of the Box of Delights advent calendar)

Fantastic night at @writersfest.bc.ca, watching @margaretatwood.bsky.social teach @caroloff.bsky.social how to be a windmill 😄

Well, if this isn’t the purple pim. It’s Peter. (Day 10 of the Box of Delights advent calendar)

This is a very niche post, but I only found out this year that (almost) all of the Transylvanians in the Rocky Horror Picture Show are guests at the wedding in the opening scene. Mind = blown randomlygenerated.ca/blogs/family...

Love to see the Sedgwick County Zoo putting out a good explainer on why GenAI slop videos of animals are a problem & how to identify them! It’s succinct, easy to read, and doesn’t shame people for not knowing better. A+ useful link to share with family and friends. scz.org/blog/the-rea...

Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons, published in 1932.

Ellen, do you know how to make a posset? (Day 9 of the Box of Delights advent calendar)

Foxy Faced Charles, with his infernal “ha ha what” 🦊 (Day 8 of the Box of Delights advent calendar)

Hello mouse ⛸️ (Day 7 of the Box of Delights advent calendar)

A dungeon. Unless they've been put through the scrounger, in which case they are known as a tray-bake.

What’s the collective term for scrobbled choirboys? (Day 6 of the Box of Delights advent calendar)

Celebrating the 1000th Christmas service, the Bishop of Tatchester (Day 5 of The Box of Delights advent calendar)

The lady of the house - Miss Caroline Louisa (Day 4 of The Box of Delights advent calendar)

Herne the Hunter, keep your lions away from my unicorns! (Day 3 of the Box of Delights advent calendar)

Wake up, Mr Punch! (Day 2 of the Box of Delights advent calendar)

be the bitch doing something yourself that you want to see in the world

The first day of December and the wolves are running. (Day 1 of my advent calendar based on The Box of Delights)

PoCo Heritage will be doing photos with Santa by donation. And you also get to admire my epic Christmas sweater 🎄🐈‍⬛

One of my proudest achievements is that Crista Flanagan (aka Lois) owns my cross stitched version of her

Ooh, what's that? PoCo Heritage is holding a Christmas card-making workshop in Port Coquitlam this weekend? Why, that does look like fun!

The most glamorous of all Christmas fairies

Tomorrow’s the day! 🎉 Our fairy-tale kingdom opens its doors as Shrek arrives at @aberdeenartscentre.bsky.social. Be a Fiona - happy you’re heading to the swamp - not a Farquaad, crying into your crown because you left it too late 👑 🎟️ Book now: www.ticketsource.co.uk/whatsonaberd...

Great project about the women behind the recipes of the Pillsbury Bake-off in the 1950s. "...at a time when women took their husband’s full name as their own... Their grand accomplishment, their moment of fame, went to their husband." lindybrandon.substack.com/p/they-deser... #genealogy

‘The logic of algorithms tends to repeat what "works," but art opens up what is possible.’

Christmas isn't Christmas without some ghosts

Today, I’m remembering one of the names on the Port Coquitlam cenotaph - Herbert Bradley. He was born in Dover in 1902 and emigrated to Canada with his family when he was 9. He lied about his age and enlisted in 1916, when he was just 14.