A Night Visitor at Christmas
This poem, by the president of the Yukon Trappers Association, was inspired by A Visit From St. Nicholas, by Clement Clarke Moore…
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It’s Time to Count!
There are some telltale signs of Christmas in the Yukon: craft markets, cars dragging extension cords and, of course, the annual…
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Horns and Antlers…
On December 24th, children around the world will be avid wildlife viewers as they lift their eyes to the night sky…
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Shared Territories
Among the four exhibitions that opened Nov. 27 at the Yukon Arts Centre (YAC), the works in Shared Territories have probably been seen…
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Crowd-Sourced Christmas Breakfast
Christmas breakfast—ask someone what they eat now or ate as children on Christmas morning and the stories come tumbling out.
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Blue
Christmas appears at first, or so it seems, in row upon row of greeting cards. I glance at them, then look away…
Small Treasures for Christmas
This holiday season at the Yukon Artists @ Work Gallery, it’s true that good things come in small packages. The artists in the collective…
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Hogwarts for the Holidays
Until 2008, I carried on Christmas traditions from my childhood. I wrapped presents, made a fancy meal, did some decorating and sang along with carols.
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Holiday Home Movies
Reflections on holiday traditions and home movies. A heartfelt look at family memories and the power of storytelling through film.
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A Flavourful Countdown
Explore global New Year’s food traditions, from longevity noodles to tourtière. Angela Szymczuk shares delicious customs and their meanings.
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Christmas Turkey (with all the trimmings)
You didn’t really think I’d let Christmas go by without a fantastic roast turkey recipe, did you? For me, Christmas is about spending quality time
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A Yukon Cabin Christmas
Celebrate the peaceful beauty of a Yukon cabin Christmas. The season’s quiet joys, from cozy moments by the fire to acts of kindness.
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The Santa Train
Relive a beloved Yukon tradition with Jared Story’s tale of The Santa Train, a magical holiday memory from Whitehorse
Holiday Season Dessert
Looking for a unique holiday dessert? Spruce Tip Beer Spice Cake blends Yukon flavors with warm spices, perfect for your next festive gathering!
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Consider making eco-friendly decorations this year
Go green with Jessica Surber’s tips on sustainable decorating and gift-giving. From foraged materials to reusable wrapping.
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Blessings In Blue
Josephine Holmes explores Blue Christmas services, offering comfort and peace to those facing loneliness and grief during the holiday season.
Edna Eldorado
In “Edna Eldorado,” Sam Holloway shares a heartwarming Klondike Christmas story of miners, a baby, and the true spirit of community
Christmas Eve Worship
Chaotic children’s pageants to candlelit moments, The essence of Christmas Eve worship. A humorous and heartfelt reflection.
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A Tradition of Holiday Décor
Hand-blown glass in 16th-century Germany to today’s dazzling designs, Angela Szymczuk celebrates the history and joy of Christmas ornaments
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Make Your Own Advent Calendar
Jessica Surber shows how to brighten winter days with a personalized advent calendar. From handmade designs to thoughtful gifts
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The Seasonal Fruit Cake
Love or loathe fruitcake? Michele Genest shares a festive recipe that transforms this polarizing dessert into a must-try holiday favorite.
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Christmas Around The World
I love Christmas. I love the lights and the presents, and I love to spend it in wintertime! Here are some of my more-memorable Christmases…
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Merry Grinchmas, Yukon!
You better watch out, Yukoners, because Santa isn’t the only one who has come to town. Christmastime in Whitehorse hosts another…
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Giving The Best Gifts
It is easy to become cynical around the holiday season when we are bombarded on all sides with messages like this … telling us to buy
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Santa’s Coming Tonight
Roger was always there when we got out of the car at my great-uncle’s farm. With a big grin, he usually greeted us with the words…
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All I Really Want For Christmas …
Christmas is always something magical: lights, festivities, the atmosphere. But there are sides to it that nobody talks about.
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Holiday Traditions (and how to reconnect with the magic)
As a young girl, I loved this time of year. There was something magical in the air, it seemed, as though anything (no matter how improbable)…
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Gingerbread: A Christmas Classic!
Imagine the smell of a roast coming straight out of the oven, with potato dumplings
and red cabbage to complete the dinner.
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Music, Philanthropy and Community
First presented as an in-person live performance at Halifax’s Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, the 36th annual The Huron Carole will see…
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Santa’s Magic
I remember, as a child, lining up behind all the other kids, wearing my best dress and impatiently waiting…
A New Renaissance
Early Music, a production by Longest Night Society (LNS), featuring the Problematic Orchestra, is coming to the Yukon Arts Centre (YAC)…
The Elf On The Shelf Is Coming To Town
When I first mention to people that I am thinking about starting the Elf on the Shelf tradition with my son, I am met with two types…
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Sautéed Ruffed Grouse Breasts In Madeira And Cranberry Sauce
We met Roger Kempanien in a youth hostel on the outskirts of Gällivare, an iron-mining town in northern Sweden. My husband and I…
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The Cookie Solution
Earlier this year, I asked a lawyer friend for a favour: I needed help navigating the legal system for another friend…
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Old-Fashioned Clementine Marmalade
Clementines always come in bundles, and while I always want to eat the whole thing, there are inevitably some that end up sitting…
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Christmas With The Choir
The leadup to the holidays is always a busy time for the Whitehorse Community Choir. With their annual Christmas concert around the corner…
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Finger Food For Dark Nights
The MI5 agents came into the house by stealth, wrapped in worn, crinkled purple tissue paper. The package nestled under the tree…
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Safe At Home
The Safe at Home Society is a Yukon organization that works to end and prevent homelessness in the territory…
Let There Be Light
The longest night, the shortest day. Either way you measure, if you celebrate during or near midwinter, or Winter Solstice…
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Christmas and Potato Salad
Having spent Christmas in three countries, there is one thing which will never change for me: eating potato salad and sausages on Christmas.
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Counting Birds This Christmas
I was not sure what to expect for my first Christmas Bird Count, a few winters ago. For someone who, back then, didn’t know her birds…
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Let Your Creativity Shine All Year-Round
We’re nearing the end of the year and soon we’ll all be gathered with our friends and families, glasses of champagne in hand…
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His Third, 1st Christmas
The holidays through a toddler’s lens For many of us, that first Christmas as a parent is something very special. So special, in fact, that
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Christmas Comes But Once A Year
So, remember that Christmas comes but once a year … and embrace that thought and whatever meaning this humble idiom holds for you.
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When Santa’s Magic Is Not An Option
Anyone who has watched the holiday favourite Home Alone can see what some of the stresses are of travelling during the Christmas season.
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What came first, the egg or the nog?
The holidays are upon us, and what better way to welcome in another Christmas season than by enjoying a glass of eggnog?
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A Northern Wilderness Escape
Imagine your own cabin, far in the wilderness, steps away from a beautiful lake and spectacular mountain vistas.
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The Purolator Artist
Purolator has unveiled this year’s limited-edition holiday art boxes representing all provinces and territories including a Yukon artist.
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DIY Eco-Friendly Christmas
According to Zero Waste Canada, only 1 per cent of everything the average person buys is still in use six months after Christmas.
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The Choir Is Back
The Whitehorse Community Choir’s annual Christmas shows are happening Dec. 2-3, and won’t be scaled down due to pandemic restrictions.
Grey Matters: Christmas memories
I’ve just finished “taking down Christmas” for another year. I love the ritual; the small, silent, solitary ceremony of this dismantling.
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Post Holiday Trifling Recipe
trifle—luscious, layered concoction of cake or cookies, fruit, custard, jam and whipped cream invented by the British and adored by everyone
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The Christmas elves of YA@W
Last-minute shoppers are sure to find something for a friend or family member at Yukon Artists @ Work. There are also lots of small treasures for topping up stocking, or add some sparkle to what has been a very strange and difficult year.
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Christmas treats
I just can’t wait for Christmas to come around again and the kitchen abounds with the cooking smells of Christmas pudding.
The appeal of terrible Christmas movies
December brings three things; colder weather, drier skin and the inevitable onslaught of terrible Christmas movies.
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Zoom, Santa, Zoom
It’s tough to sit on Santa’s knee from a distance of two metres, but many of our seasonal traditions have required a pandemic-appropriate makeover this year.
Trolls and ogresses for Christmas
Christmas promises to be white as a Bing Crosby croons. As we Canadians hunker down for the Yuletide to come, let us raise a wassail bowl to the fact we don’t live in Iceland.
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On the Other Side of the Coin
Murray Martin gives WUY permission to share this poem free of charge every holiday. We wish you a safe and Merry Christmas, and please drive responsibly at all times of the year.
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It’s beginning to look a lot like shopping
Let’s face it, some folks get really ramped up about the season of festive excess that descends upon us every December. For many of them (even
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Netflix and Christmas
Well folks, with the holidays fast descending upon us and many lamenting the lack of a decent theatre in the Yukon, I know what you’re
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When the community comes together, Christmas magic is possible
Since 1991, Wayne Henderson, aka Garbage Truck Santa, has delighted Yukoners with his colourful light displays, dancing antlers, music and gifts of candy canes. Now, Henderson can feel confident that his garbage truck will keep bringing joy throughout the holiday season for years to come.
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Twelve days of holiday cheer
The magic of the 12 Days of Christmas Market, featuring unique crafts and festive cheer in The Yukon December 2019
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Opportunity is what they do
Every holiday season the Challenge Disability Resource Group brings their clients together with business community supporters, funders and government officials, for the Challenge Annual Christmas
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Ring in the Holidays with Song
For many, the holiday season would not be complete without their favourite Christmas music. The Whitehorse Community Choir has the perfect solution for those who
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Didee & Didoo: Christmas in Heaven
Merry Christmas to Ellen and Robert Bruce. Merry Christmas to Hannah and Joe Netro. Merry Christmas to Jessie and Charlie Thomas. Merry Christmas to Fanny
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My first Christmas in the North: 1961
Donna found peace, happiness and calmness during her first simpler Christmas in the North.
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Thank you for bringing the magic of Christmas to life in Whitehorse
What image appears in your imagination when you think about Christmas? There re amny, however, the brightest and most magnificent picture that comes to mind is of Santa Claus and the sounds of the bells.
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Ready for Christmas Eve
The cast including shepherds, angels, wise persons and citizens. PHOTO: Dan Davidson What would Christmas Eve be without carols and a pageant. All are
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At least I’m not a giraffe’s backside this time
The time-honoured English tradition of the Christmas pantomime (known affectionately as just “panto”) was not part of my childhood. For the benefit of those of us who weren’t weaned on this particular theatrical fare, it’s important to bear in mind various traditions, tropes, and stereotypes of an English-style panto.
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A Clutterless Christmas
This year, commit to giving presents that will be useful, meaningful and appreciated. There are many (so many!) options for Yukoners to consider if you just think a little creatively.
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Santa: A Superhero!
Santa Claus: known by many names in countless countries. He represents kindness, generosity, sharing, positivity and goodwill to all.
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Bah! Humbug!
Christmas —’tis the season to be jolly, for many; but for others, not so much (think “Grinch”!). Perhaps … just maybe … a little balance
Throwing the doors open
After almost nine months on the job, the Honourable Angélique Bernard is loving her new role as the Commissioner of Yukon. That time has been
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It’s beginning to look a lot like … (you know)
Pre-Christmas in the Klondike, It’s a season of bazaars and open houses that lead up to the actual holidays.
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It’s (almost) that most wonderful time of the year …
This year’s Spruce Bog Craft Fair features a wide array of crafts, from quilts that mirror paintings, to paintings that mirror nature, to knit designs
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It’s time for Mr. Green Jeans to hang it all up
It’s official. Apart from a few hardy species that relish cold weather for some absurd reason, backyard garden 2018 has now been decommissioned. Several less-hardy
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Skagway shenanigans
Early morning at 7 a.m. on Saturday, December 23 I began my journey to Skagway. The brisk Whitehorse temperatures of -27ºC would be a distant
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The humiliation of having a 5-cent timepiece
In the hyper-sensitive world of childhood, an ill-chosen word can sometimes have a devastating impact, even if no harm is intended. I’m not talking about the
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Ris à l’amande (Danish rice pudding)
This dessert is similar to risengrød and is offered to the nisser (gnomes) on Christmas Eve in Denmark
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Old time treats
Back in the 1930s and 40s mom baked her own goodies and desserts. They tasted far better than the modern off-the-shelf desserts.
Hot Dickens Cider
The holiday season ushers in all kinds of warming specialty drinks to cozy up with around the house. This Hot Dickens Cider is named after
Festivus For The Rest Of Us
Christmas is in the air and for many Yukoners that means either a chance to reconnect with family and friends, deepen their faith in Christianity
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Getting Ready for Christmas Eve
After all the bazaars and seasonal open houses are done, and folks are just about ready to settle down at home waiting for Christmas Morning
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Auld acquaintance shan’t be forgot
Holiday season is a time of celebration. For Hospice Yukon, it is the time to offer support to grieving Yukoners during the Lights of Life
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Looking for a lovely gift…
The Yukon Craft Society is holding its second annual Spruce Bog Boutique in the Westmark Whitehorse Hotel from December 7 to 20.
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Santa Claus is coming to town
For the parents who had heard that Santa Claus wasn’t going to be able to make it to the Whitehorse Winterval Festival Santa Claus Parade and the Tree Lighting Ceremony on Main Street, you can now let your children know he will be there – with bells on!
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Honouring sadness at Christmastime
“It’s okay to not be okay,” said Reverend Bev Brazier. That’s the concept around the Blue Christmas service held at the United Church on Sunday, December 3. The annual service anticipates that Christmas can be a very intense and challenging time for some people.
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Christmas shopping at the Old Fire Hall
The third annual Christmas Market at the Old Fire Hall will be held Friday, December 1 and Saturday, December 2. Once again the event is
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A community living craft fair
On Saturday, December 2, the Yukon Association for Community Living (YACL) is having its annual Christmas Craft Fair and Open House.
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Gifts for geeks Christmas Market
2017 Gifts for Geeks Christmas Market was held on December 3. A Market of collectibles and crafts for every fan!
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Christmas cheer and improving health care
The 15th annual Northwestel Festival of Trees will kick off on Thursday, Nov. 23 with the Business After Hours (BAH) Humbug event at the Yukon
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Advent season is Bazaar season in Dawson
The approaching Advent Season means that it will soon be what I sometimes refer to as Bazaar Season in Dawson City.
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Spruce things up
This year’s Spruce Bog Craft Sale takes place Saturday, November 18. There are plenty of returning vendors, as well as a few newbies, for a total of roughly 100 booths.
Yukon Trees in Winter
Trees that naturally grow in and around Whitehorse There are only three families of trees represented in the southwest Yukon. Sounds easy enough? It isn’t,
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Christmas Crockpot Candy
This delicious mélange of peanuts, chocolate, and almond bark has become a family favourite. We found it on Facebook, and it looked so delicious, we
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Winter Anticipation
December is the Friday of the year. The whole month is filled with giddy anticipation for the budding winter wonderland, parallel to the giddy anticipation
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Christmas Eve Preparations in October
Organizers for the Christmas Eve Pageant Photo Shoot were on edge as October 2 dawned. Would there be a lot of snow on the Bonanza
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It’s Beginning to Sound a Lot Like…
With December well underway, I’m finally inured to the barrage of seasonal music that assails us whenever we set foot outdoors. Don’t get me wrong.
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How to Write a Memorable Christmas Letter
The Christmas and New Year’s letter was a tradition in England that predated the first Christmas card in 1843, according to www.Smithsonian.com. With the expansion
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Exercise May Eliminate the Harmful Effects of Overeating
As the season of overindulgence is upon us, binging and overeating becomes an almost daily occurrence. From cookies and treats at the office to endless
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