[Magdalen] Advent co-opted

James Oppenheimer-Crawford oppenheimerjw at gmail.com
Fri Nov 21 16:51:54 UTC 2014


The advent Calendar for beer lovers seems mostly to be a hand-crafted, DIY
sort of thing:

http://tinyurl.com/mjo4clk



James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente

On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 11:26 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> ​Well, Martin Luther did like his beer, after all!
>
> The paper ornaments are stunning! I may have to order an angel, since our
> tree is done in animals and angels. I lost all my old ornaments when my
> late ex (perhaps on purpose?) neglected to pack the box I had carefully
> sorted out of our mutual stock, one of which was a gold and white paper
> angel that I'd had since I was five. ​
>
> On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 11:15 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 11/21/2014 8:05:47 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> > gracecan at gmail.com writes:
> >
> >
> > Beer  Advent Calendar...faughh!>>>
> >
> >
> > Agreed.
> >
> > On the subject of Advent Calendars, one item that I didn't buy
> > when I lived in Germany was the traditional German wooden Advent
> > calendar.  This consists, usually, of a facade of a half-timbered
> > German house with windows that open for the appropriate Sunday
> > in Advent.
> >
> > They were finely done, very elaborate, and quite handsome.  They  were
> > available even in the US P-X's.
> >
> > Now I cant find one to buy if I wanted to.   :-(
> >
> >
> >
> > David Strang.
> >
>


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