{"id":14219,"date":"2023-12-17T12:30:22","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T17:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=14219"},"modified":"2025-12-19T09:31:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T14:31:37","slug":"by-georges-2021-virtual-eggnog-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=14219","title":{"rendered":"The By George Virtual Eggnog Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As is the tradition around our workshop, throughout the Christmas season the By George<\/em> elves will be provided merry quotes, seasonal facts, and interesting trivia to add frothy cheer to your days.\u00a0 Enjoy diving into our virtual eggnog bowl.\u00a0 Take up a glass and join the party through December. Cheers!
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With Eggnog, you know the holiday season is upon us!\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Eggnog has a rather rich history<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Tips for conversing over the eggnog bowl<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Conversations over the (virtual) eggnog bowl<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

A FAV:\u00a0 The Folded Napkin<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

A Christmas Story: A Slice of Life<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

40 interesting Christmas facts<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The American history of modern day Christmas<\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n

15 Christmas Quotes (shareable images)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The hustle & bustle of Christmas shopping\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Top 10 Christmas Record Breakers<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Christmas facts from around the world (1)\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Christmas facts from around the world (2)\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

3 Most-Popular Symbols of a Traditional Christmas<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Greek Kourambiedes \u2013 \u201cThe\u201d Christmas Cookie<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

O Christmas Tree<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The Christmas Tree- quotes for the season<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

5 Must-Knows about It\u2019s a Wonderful Life<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

10 Favourite Lines from It\u2019s a Wonderful Life\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Facts about \u201cThe Real\u201d Bedford Falls<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The iconic \u201cIt\u2019s a Wonderful Life\u201d<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Our top 10 Christmas movie list<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

10 facts about \u201cRudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\u201d<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cBeware Revelers\u201d the season of memes<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

BGJ\u2019s Christmas Memes<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Canadian Christmas Memes<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Elf-on-the-Shelf (Ho-Oh-No) Memes<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

A Dozen 2020 Christmas Memes<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Christmas Memes for 2021<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Some of the funniest Christmas memes!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Top Dozen 2022 Christmas Ads on TV<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Gift-receiving \u2013 the pessimist and the optimist<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

A Chess History Lesson for Christmas<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Humourous Christmas Quotes<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

10 Guffaws to start the Christmas Partying<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Holiday Cookie Rules<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

25 Favourite Christmas Puns<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Our Dozen FAV Funny Christmas Quotes<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Top-10 Things to Say about a Christmas Gift You Don\u2019t Like<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Some Christmas Humour<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

This just in\u2026 Christmas is to be Downsized<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

#FakeChristmasSongFacts<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d rather be cycling.\u201d \u2013 Santa<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

A Canadian Christmas Carol (<\/strong>published December 25, 2020<\/strong><\/em>)<\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n

With its holiday deceptions, Trudeau government is Canada\u2019s \u201cGrinch\u201d\u00a0 (<\/strong>published December 24, 2021<\/strong><\/em>)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Johnny Canuck’s requests of Santa Claus (published December 23, 2022)<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

#1 Christmas Movie: \u201cIt\u2019s a Wonderful Life\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Christmas Toasts<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Thoughts to infuse the spirit of Christmas<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

For Your Christmas and New Year’s Celebrations<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Our elves will be refilling the bowl through the coming weeks. You will want to read these new posts for the 2023 season.<\/strong><\/p>\n

My Christmas Eve 1942<\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n

What Christmas is as We Grow Older – Charles Dickens <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The G&M Holiday Treats Bracket <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

2 eggnog sweets recipes <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Beware of Egg-Nog (a poem from 1817) <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

More Christmas Memes (2023)<\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n

Our By George 2023 Christmas Wish<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

We plan on scooping out refreshments daily in our social media — on the By George Facebook page<\/a>\u00a0and our\u00a0Twitter @byGeorgeJournal.<\/a> You can enjoy a steady stream of creative yule time content to consume and to share. Cheers!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Chris George<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is an Ottawa-based government affairs advisor and wordsmith, president of\u00a0CG&A COMMUNICATIONS<\/a>. Contact:\u00a0ChrisG.George@gmail.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As is the tradition around our workshop, throughout the Christmas season the By George elves will be provided merry quotes, seasonal facts, and interesting trivia to add frothy cheer to your days.\u00a0 Enjoy diving into our virtual eggnog bowl.\u00a0 Take up a glass and join the party through December. Cheers! With Eggnog, you know the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[26],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14219"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14219"}],"version-history":[{"count":49,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15820,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14219\/revisions\/15820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}