By Howie Nave
Christmas started early for this guy once the pandemic hit. I put my Christmas lights up over the 4th of July and for a short while started watching Christmas movies too to try and get that feel-good feeling happening. Okay, I also did it because I wanted to watch movies where no one was wearing a mask and hugging one another without fear of being exposed. I’ve always enjoyed movies for their pure escapism and who doesn’t want to escape what we’ve been through already ya know? I also like being wrapped around a movie completely. No small screen for this guy and Got forbid watching one on a screen that fits in your pocket. No thanks. I want that large, theater size screen at home to feel like you’re actually in the movie, kinda like “Pleasantville” ya know? I could see myself in glorious black and white just observing Jimmy Stewart as George Baily in that classic 1946 flick, It s A Wonderful Life.
The Winter Solstice Arrives
By Todd Nelson Text size Copy shortlink: When is the Winter Solstice? The winter solstice for the Northern Hemisphere occurs on
Monday, December 21, 2020 at 4:02 a.m. CST.
What Is the Winter Solstice? It s the astronomical moment when the Sun reaches the Tropic of Capricorn, we have our shortest day and longest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere in terms of daylight. Regardless of what the weather is doing outside your window, the solstice marks the official start of winter.
What is Does Solstice Mean? The term solstice comes from the Latin wordssol(sun) andsistere(to stand still) because, during the solstice, the angle between the Sun s rays and the plane of the Earth s equator (called declination) appears to stand still.
This Week in Lincolnville: Christmas in the Trenches
..a century ago Mon, 12/21/2020 - 11:15am
A gallery of Shebang photos. What happened to all those wonderful handmade masks? Are they tucked away in barns and attics all over the midcoast?
Photos by Liz Hand
Take a minute and listen to John McCutcheons’s
song “Christmas in the Trenches”. Probably you’ve heard it before, but maybe not. It happened just over 100 years ago, when World War I was devastating France. The story of the Christmas truce held particular meaning for my husband, a connection of sorts for him to the father he never knew.
Couldn t we all use some laughter in our lives? New England s favorite comedian is the one and only, Bob Marley. (I know there s another one, so I guess he s not the only one, but the other one is dead.)
Bob Marley s New Year s Eve shows are a tradition for many and this year, even in 2020, the shows are happening, only they are going to look a little different.
You can stream a New Year s Eve event from the comfort of your own home or you can buy tickets for an ACTUAL show at the Flying Monkey in Plymouth on December 31, 2020. Here s a bit of what you ll get if you decide to stay home:
Couldn t we all use some laughter in our lives? New England s favorite comedian is the one and only, Bob Marley. (I know there s another one, so I guess he s not the only one, but the other one is dead.)
Bob Marley s New Year s Eve shows are a tradition for many and this year, even in 2020, the shows are happening, only they are going to look a little different.
You can stream a New Year s Eve event from the comfort of your own home or you can buy tickets for an ACTUAL show at the Flying Monkey in Plymouth on December 31, 2020. Here s a bit of what you ll get if you decide to stay home: