{"id":2392,"date":"2022-12-25T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-25T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yourlocalbuzz.ca\/blog\/?p=2392"},"modified":"2022-12-23T09:15:03","modified_gmt":"2022-12-23T16:15:03","slug":"funday-sunday-puzzles-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourlocalbuzz.ca\/blog\/2022\/12\/25\/funday-sunday-puzzles-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Funday Sunday Puzzles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Merry Christmas! Enjoy not 1, but 2 holiday jigsaw puzzles and our Christmas word search! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jigsaw Puzzle #33 \ud83e\udde9\ufe0f Play Here \u27a1\ufe0f https:\/\/rdar.li\/funday-sunday-puzzle-december-25c-2022<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jigsaw Puzzle #33-2 \ud83e\udde9\ufe0f Play Here \u27a1\ufe0f https:\/\/rdar.li\/funday-sunday-puzzle-december-25c-2022-<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even if you are not religious and celebrate Christmas as the birth of Jesus Christ, we are Canadian, and it is a Canadian family holiday and a true cultural celebration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The earliest mention of the celebration of Christmas (in now Canada):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

~ 1641 by First Nations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJean de Br\u00e9beuf<\/a>, a\u00a0Jesuit<\/a>\u00a0missionary who lived among the\u00a0Huron<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0Georgian Bay<\/a>\u00a0from 1626, composed a Christmas carol, \u201cJesous Ahatonhia<\/a>\u201d or the \u201cHuron Carol,\u201d in their language telling the story of the birth of Jesus.\u201d (from the Canadian Encyclopedia)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

~ 1645 in Quebec City (New France). The French colonists gathered in a church to attend midnight mass. But, the first Canadian Christmas was celebrated in 1867, the year our country entered into Confederation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christmastime is many things, and different for everyone. It\u2019s food, family, traditions, Christmas trees, winter decorations, holiday lights, laughter, prayers, reflection, gratefulness, giving, fun, music\u2026.the list goes on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cChristmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others. It\u2019s discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values.\u201d<\/p>\n\u2013 Thomas S. Monson<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Take the time to think of 3 things you are grateful for. Did you know that in being grateful can make you happier? Gratitude is strongly and consistently associated with greater happiness (according to positive psychology research). \u201cGratitude\u00a0helps people feel more positive emotions, relish good experiences, improve their health, deal with adversity, and build strong relationships<\/strong>.\u201d (Harvard University)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So let\u2019s all give thanks and enjoy your holidays\u2026whatever your traditions are. \ud83c\udf85\ud83e\udd36\u2603\ufe0f\ud83c\udf84\u26ea\ufe0f\ud83e\udd8c\u2744\ufe0f<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Word Search #3 \ud83d\udd0e Play Here \u2b07\ufe0f<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enjoy our Christmas word search. <\/p>\n\n\n\n