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Tag Archives: Christmas
A Yule Log for You Type Types
Not in the holiday mood yet ? Try watching this four-hour Yule log video created using wooden type cutouts. Sharp Type recreates the Christmas video staple using one of its most beloved typefaces, Ogg (get it, Yule Ogg?). NB: If … Continue reading
The Perfect Holiday Gift For Someone On Your List
Miller High Life’s Gingerbread Dive Bar Kit brings the best of the holiday season together : arts & crafts, gingerbread, dive bars and beer. Almost everyone loves a good gingerbread house and building one is a wonderful seasonal activity. But maybe it’s … Continue reading
An Icelandic Christmas
Iceland celebrates the winter holiday season with some unique traditions, such as Jólabókaflóð, or the Christmas book flood , Christmas book exchanges, and the “Yule Lads”. The little video below, “Christmas is Coming”, will help you get into the Icelandic holiday … Continue reading
Choose Love
As many of you enjoy the festive season and celebrate the story of the birth of the world’s most famous refugee child, please take a moment to consider the plight of millions of displaced children around the world. Iranian animator … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Europe, Film, Middle East
Tagged charities, Christmas, Iran, refugees, UK
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It’s The Thought That Counts
What’s a writer with limited financial resources to do when the holidays roll around and he wants to send gifts? For Langston Hughes, during the holiday season of 1950, the answer was to share some of his wit in homemade … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Libraries, Museums, USA, Writing
Tagged Christmas, Langston Hughes, Poetry, Yale Beinecke Library
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Here Comes The Book Flood
Iceland is known around the globe for its spectacular natural wonders, ultra clean environment, dynamic music scene, and hot springs skinny-dipping, but most folks are unaware that it’s one of the most literate nations in the world.Each year, more than … Continue reading
All Aboard The Holiday Train
Each year since 1998, the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train has brightened up rail lines in Canada and the U.S. with a rolling light show. Along with holiday cheer, the neon-lit train also brings music and other live entertainment to stops … Continue reading