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Just because Sandee of Comedy Plus is no longer hosting a Silly Sunday blog hop, do not expect me to quit telling Cajun jokes, especially as it has now become a habit.
Grandma is a bit sad as she knows she's not going to be able to get to church on Christmas Day. As long as i've been alive, she was a regular attender and not being able to go isn't easy on her.
Boudreaux done be talkin' to hims cousin, Trosclair, who be de priest.
"It be a shame," Boudreaux say, "how many don' come to church ever' week ennymo'. Dey jes' be comin' fo' de big days, like Christmas an' Easter."
An Trosclair say, "Mais, oui, an' some only come fo' baptism, weddin', an' funeral. Dey t'ink de church jes' be to hatch 'em, match 'em, an' dispatch 'em!"
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Sunday Selections was started as a way for bloggers to use photos that might otherwise just languish in their files. The rules have been relaxed, and it is now simply a showcase for your photos, new or old, good or bad, although nothing rude, please. Our friend River is hosting, and other participants often include Charlotte/Mother Owl, Andrew, and WiseWebWoman.
Pickings are slim this week, i can't seem keep up, or to get caught up.
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This week, Jack wants to join the Kitties Blue at The Cat On My Head for their Sunday Selfies Blog Hop.
This is his, "I'd rather look at the treat than the camera" selfie.
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Tonight, Hanukkah begins. It's the Jewish Festival of Lights and begins at sundown, going through nightfall on the 22nd.
Thanks to Barb Kowalik and The Cat Blogosphere for the event badge.
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Today is:
Ako Gishi sai -- Ako, Japan (traditional dances and warrior parades honoring the 47 Ronin)
Buy a Tree Day / Deck the Halls Day -- internet generated, and if you are going to decorate, why did you wait this long?
Christmas Bird Count begins -- sponsored by the National Audubon Society (through Jan. 5; since 1900, the longest-running wildlife census to assess the health of bird populations)
Free Shipping Day -- snoop around online to find retailers who are offering free shipping today and get some of those gifts you've been putting off
Halcyon Days begin -- a time of calm and tranquility (beginning seven days before the winter solstice, lasting until December 28, seven days after the solstice; named for an ancient, fabled kingfisher bird [or halcyon], which hatches and raise her young during this time)
Icelandic Yuletide Lad of the Day, Stufur -- Shorty, who is also known as Ponneskefill, the pan-scraper, who will scrape food scraps from the pans left out
Khoiak Ceremony for Ploughing the Earth -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (date approximate)
Monkey Day -- unofficial, by animal groups, to draw attention to the plights of simians kept in labs and as pets monkeyday.org
National Bouillabaisse Day
National Energy Conservation Day -- India
Precalentines Day -- an unofficial holiday for math lovers begun by a precalculus class at a Nova Scotia high school
South Pole Discovery Day -- thank you, Roald Amundsen
St. John of the Cross' Day (Patron of contemplative life, contemplatives, mystical theology, mystics, Spanish poets; Ta' Xbiex, Malta)
St. Spyridon's Day (Patron of Corfu, Greece, and potters)
The Compassionate Friends Worldwide Candle Lighting -- in memory of children lost the previous year
Third Sunday of Advent -- Christian
Lighting the Candle of Joy/Peace
World Choral Day -- International Federation for Choral Music
Anniversaries Today:
Alabama becomes the 22nd US State, 1819
Princess Mary Stuart is crowned Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542
Birthdays Today:
Samantha Peszek, 1991
Vanessa Hudgens, 1988
Paul "Beakman" Zaloom, 1951
Bill Buckner, 1949
Dee Wallace Stone, 1948
Patty Duke, 1946
Jane Birkin, 1946
Ernie Davis, 1939
Leonardo Boff, 1938
Lee Remick, 1935
Charlie Rich, 1932
Don Hewitt, 1922
Shirley Jackson, 1919
Morey Amsterdam, 1914
Spike Jones, 1911
Margaret Madeline Chase Smith, 1897
James Harold Doolittle, 1896
Debuting/Premiering Today:
Saturday Night Fever(Film), 1977
Diamonds are Forever(Film), 1971
"Il Trittico"(Puccini opera), 1918
Today in History:
Osman ibn Affan is appointed the third kalief of Islam, 644
The Zuider Zee seawall collapses, 50,000 lives are lost in the floods that follow, 1287
The first artificial pearls, made of gypsum pellets covered with fish scales, are manufactured by M Jacquin in Paris, 1656
The Montgolfier brothers' first balloon lifts off on its first test flight, 1782
David Wilkinson of Rhode Island patents a machine that cuts nuts and bolts, 1798
The American Academy of Political and Social Science is organized in Philadelphia, 1889
The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from Ocean Beach, San Francisco to Honolulu, Hawaii, 1902
Norwegian Roald Amundsen becomes the first to reach the South Pole, 1911
Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania, Spain and Sri Lanka join the United Nations, 1955
The United Republic of Tanzania joins the United Nations. 1961
NASA's Mariner 2 becomes the first spacecraft to fly by Venus, 1962
Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations, 1999
The Millau viaduct, the tallest bridge in the world, near Millau, France is officially opened, 2004
China's first lunar rover, the Yutu, lands successfully on the Moon, 2013
The Vatican announces it has rediscovered the lost last paintings of Rafael, painted around 1520, in the Vatican Museum, 2017
The Walt Disney Company buys most of 21st Century Fox for $52.4 billion, 2017
The 85th Heisman Trophy is awarded to Joe Burrow of Louisiana State University; Burrow received the highest percentage of first place votes ever with 90.7%, 2019
A total solar eclipse is visible over parts of Chile and Argentina, 2020
The European Union agrees to open membership negotiations with Ukraine at a summit in Brussels, 2023
Christmas and Easter are certainly the two times of the year that we think about going to church and would not want to miss it. I always enjoy your photos and I think you had lots to choose from especially with a picture of Jack
ReplyDeleteLovely Christmas decorations.
ReplyDeleteGod bless, Mimi.
I loved all the house decorations and especially the Santa's in Shining Armor with signs . and the Cajun humor had me howling at the closing line...
ReplyDeleteJack looks very cute.
ReplyDeleteMy Mother always used to call the Social Column in The Times (of London) - the Hatch 'em, Match 'em and Dispatch 'em page.
Fun Cajun joke and lovely holiday photos ~ doggie is sweet ~ hugs,
ReplyDeletean artist reflects
jack....lookin good dood....letz pre tend we dinna see that...burd day sentence and go log on N due sum free shippin shoppin....canned goodz soundz grate huh !! ☺☺♥♥
ReplyDeleteA great Cajun joke and some really festive photos! Delightful,
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Christmas decorations. Jack is always so cute.
ReplyDeleteChristmas armour made me laugh!
ReplyDeleteYes, it's got to be tough on Grandma. Those were nice photos and Jack, you're looking good dood!
ReplyDeleteI loved the Cajun joke! I always do! Jack...same name as my used to be dog family member.
ReplyDeleteJack is a cute pup. Sorry Grandma can't go to church. DO they televise it online by any chance? XO
ReplyDeleteJack makes m smile. What a hopeful look!!!
ReplyDeleteJack, we are with you - give us the darn treat and put away that flashy beast.
ReplyDeleteWe have a lot to catch up on here, but we will be sure Mom helps us do that.
Woos - Misty and Timber
Love the decorations, every single one of them. It's sad that Grandma can't get to Church anymore, but I'm sure the minister/vicar/priest understands.
ReplyDeleteI love the Cajun joke, so thank you!
ReplyDeleteLulu: "I would look at the treat instead of the camera too, Jack! You can't eat the camera!"
ReplyDeleteJava Bean: "Ayyy, well, you could, but it would not be very satisfying ..."