Christmas

Rules of Customer Service and Being a Good Customer

Rules of Customer Service and Being a Good Customer

Rules of Customer Service and being a Good Customer I decided to take the week after Christmas off this year, as I usually do. This has become an annual tradition to help me recharge my batteries and get ready for the next year. This year, as usual, I got a raft of gift cards for Christmas and this week I went to brave the horror that is after Christmas shopping to look for some bargains. This...

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Christmas Surprise – Family Reunited for Christmas

Christmas Surprise – Family Reunited for Christmas

I wanted to surprise my family by bringing home my brother in-law (Bryan) and his Girlfriend (Shannon) for home Christmas. They moved away to Nova Scotia 10 months and the family last saw him 6 months ago when visiting. No one had any clue he was coming home for the holidays. This was the video I shot of them coming home to celebrate the holidays and the surprise when everyone found out he was...

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Christmas Traditions: The “Holiday Movie”

Christmas Traditions:  The “Holiday Movie”

The holiday season is a feast for the senses.  A split-second exposure to the scents of baking gingerbread or fresh pine can send us back to the child-like rush of anticipation and excitement that always seemed to surround Christmas.  Similarly, the shimmer of Christmas lights on fresh-fallen snow, with breath rising in frozen clouds to a star-scattered sky always fills me with wonder.  My...

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Why I Always get a Real Tree

Why I Always get a Real Tree

Christmas soon approaches and we are all getting our holiday decorations ready. I truly know Christmas is right around the corner when it is time for us to get our tree. My wife and I moved out of our parents’ homes over 7 years ago, and going out to find a tree each year is one of our favourite traditions.  Although, I will say that as much as we love getting a tree, there have been many...

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