{"id":5260,"date":"2013-12-25T00:01:54","date_gmt":"2013-12-25T05:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.philpaine.com\/?p=5260"},"modified":"2026-01-27T23:46:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T04:46:45","slug":"wednesday-december-25-2013-not-christmas-in-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.philpaine.com\/?p=5260","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday, December 25, 2013 \u2014 Not Christmas in Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"

As we hun\u00adker down to our mugs of hot choco\u00adlate, or per\u00adhaps a stiff belt of tongue-rasp\u00ading Cana\u00addi\u00adan Rye, wrapped in blan\u00adkets or hud\u00addling by the fire (some of us still don\u2019t have elec\u00adtric\u00adi\u00adty as of this writ\u00ading), lis\u00adten\u00ading to the wind howl out\u00adside, I think the best Christ\u00admas gift I can share with my fel\u00adlow Toron\u00adto\u00adni\u00adans is a few pic\u00adtures to remind us what it was like, oh, six months and an eter\u00adni\u00adty ago. A dif\u00adfer\u00adent city. A dif\u00adfer\u00adent time. A dif\u00adfer\u00adent way of life. Not even Rob Ford could spoil it.\u2026. Mer\u00adry Christ\u00admas to one and all.<\/p>\n

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As we hun\u00adker down to our mugs of hot choco\u00adlate, or per\u00adhaps a stiff belt of tongue-rasp\u00ading Cana\u00addi\u00adan Rye, wrapped in blan\u00adkets or hud\u00addling by the fire (some of us still don\u2019t have elec\u00adtric\u00adi\u00adty as of this writ\u00ading), lis\u00adten\u00ading to \u2026<\/p>\n

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