Some say that Christmas is far too commercial, but it is still a wonderful time, hopefully for all.

Merry Christmas to All!

Christmas Cracker by Jeff Hale by Norman McLaren by Grant Munro & by Gerald Potterton, National Film Board of Canada

Christmas Wishes from the Past

I seem to do this a lot, so here are my Christmas wishes from years gone by:

• Joyeux noël 2023 Enjoy your Family, Friends and Festivities. If you are working today, thank you. If you are alone, it will get better.
• Christmas 2022 was after a rough year for many folks including me. Inflation, COVID, and dealing with losing family members was a bit much really.
• Merry Christmas 2021 was another COVID crisis time. Omicron hit and Christmas became much more closed up. Maybe the last one of these, but we thought that last year.
• Merry Christmas 2020 ! Do you see the pussy cat in the tree? An odd year with a Pandemic and all. Make sure you pop those Christmas Crackers.
• Christmas All Year Round ? Yes, it does feel like that these days doesn’t it? The 12 Days of Christmas Debt ? What the heck ? That isn’t Christmasy at all!
• Merry Christmas 2017 ! That was a year of fun videos that I found to help celebrate the holiday. Love that old CFCF fill.
• Merry Christmas, Highspeed Internet a right, Inflation at 1.2 and #MoneyTalk 2016 ! Sheesh, I couldn’t even be bothered to send a message that year, how Grinchy.
• Merry Christmas 2014 ! A lovely quote from the King James bible for that year. Seem to have done nothing for 2015. This year I even had a Christmas Eve post.
• Happy Christmas 2013 ! I loved the photos of every years Christmas Tree, very festive. Another Christmas Eve post too.
• Merry Christmas 2012 ! You see the hideous curtains we had in the den back then. That year we had the $150 Christmas challenge too.
• Merry Christmas 2011 ! The tree moved back to the front room and I used Google Translate to create a festive message. Think I was on French training that year. Also At Christmas Why Not Just Give Cash ?
• Merry Christmas 2010 has some very deep philosophical commentary in it. Must have been hitting the Christmas cheer early. Christmas Eve that year must have been a Friday.
• Merry Christmas 2009 and all you got was an NFB short? Not that bad really. There was also Christmas Eve thoughts too.
• Merry Christmas 2008 ! That was the year of the infamous Financial Advent Calendar too.
• A few last Yuletide Thoughts was what I had in 2007.
• Merry Christmas 2006 ! A quieter year I suppose.
• Whatever little money you have, make sure you spend it was my first year writing here. Quite gruff and grinchy.
• Advent, it begins again, is when the Christmas season begins

NFB Videos

• How do you make money? The NFB shows you how the mint does it.
• Do you remember the crash of ‘82? The NFB does. Here is a short, talking about the banking problems then.
• The October Crisis is one of Canadian history’s most critical moments, leading to the 1976 Quebec Election.
• Before the October Crisis you had Expo 67 which was a magical time in Montreal.
• How do you stop things that should happen from happening? NFB has some ideas.
• What happens when cars take over? Now that is a possibility.
• A special Mother’s Day message from the National Film Board.
• Do you understand the Vastness that is Canada? This NFB short will give you a glimpse.
• After the Axe is about someone getting laid off, which is close to my heart.
• Vimy Ridge some argue is when Canada became a nation, the NFB has a perspective on it.
• Who hasn’t felt apprehensive at the thought of starting high school?
• NFB does a Fire Prevention short? Why yes, they did.
• Christmas is a subject the NFB has a lot of shorts about. This one looks at both sides of the holiday.
• Do you want an old box for Christmas? An NFB animation might make you want this
• Toronto Boom Town, which grew even larger with the help of the 1976 Quebec election.
• The Faces montage is another amazing bit of animation.
• Here is hockey, or at least how Hockey was back in the 60’s!
• Paddle to the Sea is one of my favourite shorts from the NFB
• The NFB does create some of the most beautiful Christmas Cards.
• The Sweater is another of my favourite NFB shorts, a story that tugs at my heartstrings.