Since the holidays are coming up, I thought I'd share with you ladies a cherished Canadian holiday tradition. In Canada, we celebrate by making our advent calendars NHL-themed. (See attached photo.)
Some things to note:
-This advent calendar actually has 32 days, one for each team in the league. So either I should have started on November 23, or I'm now counting down until 2011. Or until the Leafs reach the playoffs again.
-The chocolates do not have each team's logo on them (boo); instead, the logo is printed behind the chocolate and on the little window flap. Today was the Canucks.
-None of the logos printed on the front of the calendar line up with the windows on the calendar.
-There is a game on the back. It is composed of the 32 team logos in little cardboard squares, with a maze printed underneath them. The instructions are, verbatim: "Cut out your favorite team logo and find the way to the goal!
Hopefully you can run to your local drugstore and pick up one of these babies. However, the "Made in Canada" sticker is very prominent on the bottom right corner (the maple leaf), so maybe not.
We are so jealous and wish that we had one. But this got us thinking, what are some traditions that you guys follow that includes both the holiday spirit and hockey?
For example, we have a hockey card rip-down calendar. There are hockey cards posted to the wall for each day and we rip them off as a countdown to Christmas. (If our camera was working we would attach a picture.)
But what do you guys do? Send us pictures or comment here. It'll be fun to see some new traditions for the holidays.
7 comments:
Note: I've since remembered how to add and realized that there are actually 30 teams in the league, therefore having 32 days makes even less sense.
Of late, I have been spending every Xmas getting tanked on big fat bowls of eggnog with Don Cherry. You'll get details soon enough. ;)
In the past, however, I would usually do something boring like attend the First Church of Satan's Black X-Mass, do a whole bunch of stupid chanting and shit, feast on an assortment of raw meats from organic Satanic farmers and then open presents that were mostly super disappointing. Then I would go crazy shopping for gratifying crap, and watch the World Juniors final. Overall, have to say that this is definitely NOT a recommended tradition to follow.
Which is why I much prefer Hallowe'en. And Kwanza'a!
The only thing I can remind now is that our teams runs a ,,Hockey day´´ every weekend closest to the December 24th. :)
You forgot to mention that the chocolate is usually horrible.
Maybe I'll bring some to you guys... They'll be a little late.
Me and my brother used to get those advent calendars when we were younger. It didn't work so well, because we'd always steal chocolate from each other, and so all the chocolates were gone before Christmas.
Anyway, my Christmas consists of dressing up in full Canada gear (jerseys, those paper helmets, mitts) and holding up signs. We sit our asses down and watch the World Juniors. We usually go to my aunts or grandparents and we all drink, stuff our face, and hope that Canada kicks some ass. I am very much looking forward to it this year.
I'm beginning to realize I need a tradition. Beyond dreading work the next day and/or deep breathing exercises telling myself I can stop at the bar on the way home...
Maddie- I bought the NHL advent calendar too- it as 32 chocolate days, 30 are teams, and theother 2 are the NHL logo. lol. And I agree with Macke, they do taste odd!
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