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		<title>Christmas Wishes from Fiji</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 06:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irene Butler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Irene and Rick send warm wishes for a wonderful Christmas, and a happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year! MERRY CHRISTMAS! Click below to start watching our 3 Christmas Videos]]></description>
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		<title>WHAT&#8217;S UP WITH SANTA?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 18:37:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irene Butler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Irene Butler Published in Travel Writers Tales e-zine It’s never too early to check out the goings on of the Clause Family and their Merry Elves… Santa has been sneaking away from the mall on certain days during December. The paparazzi found him gleefully swinging from the side-ladder of the powerful engine of the Verde Canyon Railroad Train in Clarkdale Arizona. Much laughter and singing resounded from within the coaches on these days, and there were sightings of Mrs. Clause and Elfie through the train&#8217;s panoramic windows. Click for more of Santa Travel Writers Tales/]]></description>
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		<title>No Ordinary Christmas</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:52:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irene Butler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Irene Butler Pix by Mick Linthorne Published in Vancouver 24 Hrs, Coquitlam Now and Kamloops This week Newspapers.  Lake Titicaca is a name all school kids know and giggle at, although most have no idea where it is &#8211; straddling as it does the border of Peru and Bolivia. Coming over a rise, our first view of its sapphire waters is stunning 170 km in length, it looks more like an ocean than a lake. Having travelled through Peru for three weeks in November and December, my husband Rick and I decide on spending the Christmas season here. As our bus enters the lakeshore city of Puno, the magical sounds of flutes, drums and bells float across the air. Craning our necks out of the window, we see elaborately costumed dancers twirling to the rhythm of the music. &#8220;Puno is the festival capital of Peru!&#8221; says our bus driver. &#8220;The whole town participates in more than 300 a year.&#8221; Hoisted above the heads of four carriers a gigantic wooden babe in a crib conveys the message of this joyous celebration. After stowing our bags at our hotel we join the lively crowds along the street. We purchase alpaca toques [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Christmas Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:58:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irene Butler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BABY JESUS and CABBAGE ROLLS By Irene Butler Published in The Cloverdale Reporter I kept an eye on my Baba, and ran over to the wood stove each time she opened the oven door. Two blue roasters were side by side; one filled with cabbage rolls bubbling in tomato sauce, the other a nicely browning goose. I breathed in the mingled aromas and looked excitedly around our kitchen where busy hands chopped, peeled and mixed other Christmas Dinner fare. From my earliest memories, my main focus was on the holubtsi (cabbage rolls in Ukrainian). Along with laying our Baby Jesus doll on a bed of straw under the tree, shaking my present wrapped in tissue paper, pats and kisses from aunts and uncles, and giggling with cousins- the cabbage rolls were the best part of Christmas. Each year my mom insisted I put a variety of food on my plate, but then with all the festive chatter, she never noticed I only ate the cabbage rolls. With each mouthful I closed by eyes while the slight tang of soured leaves and the savoury sticky rice saturated my taste buds. I always wished my stomach was bigger. I remember well the [...]]]></description>
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