If you managed to avoid the shopping crowds in Grande Prairie today, maybe you’ll have a moment to read this article about how the season was celebrated 100 years ago, when Grande Prairie was still very much an isolated, small settlement only for the hardiest of souls.
This paragraph is particularly interesting:
It is a pity but the rush of modernism, and in a country like ours the strenuousness of pioneering, are apt to crowd out many of the good old customs which were observed at this time, perhaps more particularly than at any other festive season of the year.
Some things haven’t changed so much after all!
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Your link doesn’t connect to the article. At least, it doesn’t work for me. You might want to check it. It’s possible it’s only me….
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Hm, it seems to be working. Maybe it was just down when you tried it?
Yes, it’s working now. Thanks. Could have been a problem from this end. Nice post.
Thanks, and Merry Christmas (a little early)!
Not very early. We do Christmas Eve and then Christmas Day as well. Always undecided about when to open the few stockings we now do in lieu of gifts.
All the best to you, “Townspirit.”