Happy Holidays!

I'm ducking out of here until the other side of the holidays. I started feeling ill on the weekend and have a full on flu right now. I feel completely terrible. So, I hope to take the rest of this week to disconnect a little and recover in time to have a semi-decent Christmas.


My Christmas will be a quiet one and I'll no doubt cycle through emigrant loneliness, while at the same time being glad to be here and creating my own traditions. My love goes out to those who spend Christmas alone, for whatever reason. I know that no matter what the circumstances there's always a pang of sorrow on these days.

I would love to toast a glass with each and every one of my blog friends. Sometimes the physical distance between online friends makes them seem a little unreal. But, in other ways, because they're not bound by geography, they feel the most stable and consistent of relationships. That makes me feel really good, much more secure than I sometimes feel about the vagaries of real world relationships.

Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas my dear friends!

Jane
xx
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61 comments:

  1. Merry Christmas Jane, wishing you all the best for the New Year xxx

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  2. Merry Christmas and feel better very soon!

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  3. Happy Christmas to you too. It must be hard to be on your own at this time of year. I always try to invite those I know are alone. Sometimes, though they feel they intrude, which is fefinitley not the case.

    I hope you feel better.

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  4. Merry Christmas, Jane. I hope you start to feel better real soon.

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  5. Happy Christmas. Hope you feel better soon. xx

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  6. Merry Christmas, Jane
    I know I don't comment often but you are a real part of my day.
    Thank you
    A

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  7. Oh, Jane..! I wish I could come over and keep you company..! Even if you have the flu. I'd make you some soup and curry, and we could chat and watch old movies together.

    Hope you feel better soon. I am toasting my virtual glass to you and wishing you the best for 2011.

    (Okay, funny aside: I made a typo and I wished you the "nest" for 2011. Maybe that was appropriate, too?? It made me smile, anyway, since you seem to have been searching for home and its meaning - whether in Toronto or elsewhere.)

    Sending you all my love,
    -maria

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  8. Hope you feel better soon! All the best during the holiday season!

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  10. Merry Christmas, Jane!
    I love your writing and the strong sense of thoughtful individuality that comes across in what you share. I am a regular reader though an infrequent commenter. Christmas is a wonderful time to reach out and say 'thank you' for this beautiful corner of the internet. Toasting you across the miles! Hope you are well enough to enjoy Christmas. Mulled wine is excellent medicine for what ails you.
    Have a lovely Christmas!
    Mary xx

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  11. Merry Christmas Jane! I hope you recover in time to enjoy Christmas Day. Do you like traditional English fruit cake? No one else in my 'Toronto' family does. I could pop some over to you!

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  12. That's awful that you're sick. A little TLC sounds good. I love this post - as usual, you have tapped into where I am, too. (Although birthdays are somehow worse than Christmas. Have to get over that, I know.)

    Take care
    xx

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  13. I'll miss you and your posts. Please take care!

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  15. feel better, jane! and have a wonderful merry christmas.

    great words on the not being bound by geography aspect of blog friendships. i must agree. :)

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  16. Jane, get well soon! I hate to think of you ill and not blogging (I'll admit the latter is for purely selfish reasons) this time of year; you always stir up my excitement for the season and remind me to slow down and do the things that make me feel cozy and celebratory.

    I hope you feel better and are able to enjoy all the little moments throughout the holidays.

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  17. I'm so sorry that you've come down with the flu. Well said about...everything. xo

    Susan

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  18. Feel better, soon, Jane.

    I hope you have a lovely and peaceful holiday.

    Blowing you kisses and love from Calgary,

    Erin

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  19. Jane, hope you feel much better soon and Merry Christmas.
    Michelle xo

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  20. Merry Christmas! Hope you feel better in time to enjoy a happy new year.

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  21. Merry Christmas, Jane! I hope that you are feeling much better very soon.

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  22. Merry Christmas, Jane! I discovered your blog lately, and it is a gem! What I love most about your blog is the honesty in every post, and the beautiful way you get it across.

    I lived in Toronto for seven years by myself, so I completely relate to the "loneliness" that's hitting you now. I remember how I had to remind myself "let it come and let it go". I wish you love, joy and peace this holiday. And at this moment, I wish sunshine is in your room.

    Stay warm and feel better soon!

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  23. Happy holidays, Jane! Feel better soon.
    x,
    Abbey

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  24. Feel better soon Jane! Also a avid reader but less than frequent commenter, though I really love your blog and its diversity. Definitely speaks to the person you are. Looking forward to your posts after the holidays when you're all better.
    xo

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  26. Have a wonderful Christmas, Jane! Feel better soon! It's been such a joy to read your blog this year.

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  27. Sending you best wishes for a speedy recovery and sincere thanks for the gift of your blog. Happy Holidays Jane!

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  28. Arrgh! Such bad luck, hope you manage to throw it off soon. I can actually hear people sneezing as I type this, truly. They're timed release, these bugs, they wait for Christmas.

    Thank you for your blog, it has been such an interesting read this year and a visual treat! Hope you are feeling better very soon and have a good Christmas. Looking forward to hearing what you have to say in the new year!

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  29. Merry Christmas Jane! I hope you feel better soon. xoxo

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  30. Feel better, Jane! Happy Christmas, and here's to the New Year ... an unwritten book!

    xx

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  31. I have been visiting your blog for about half a year and I love it. Like your lit little house on your mantel. Gonna think of you, you are not alone.

    I live in Norway and I wish you God Jul (Merry Christmas). Feel better !

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  32. jane, i am wishing you the best of holidays and hope you will be feeling better very soon. i agree with your thoughts on blogging friends. i truly value my blog friends and feel my life is so much richer by knowing them, even if we haven't met in real life!
    i'll be sending warm thoughts your way christmas day too :)

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  33. i smiled when i saw your choice of photo for this post.

    i hope you're feeling better, jane, and i'm wishing you the merriest of chrismases.

    someday, we'll have to meet and bridge the online friend gap.

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  34. i love you jane!
    merry christmas, my friend.
    feel better.
    xo

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  35. I hope you feel better and have the most wonderful Christmas!

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  36. I hope you feel better soon and have the most wonderful Christmas!

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  37. Hi Jane! I found your blog a few weeks ago and love it!
    I'm an immigrant in Canada too and I wish I were in France with my family right now.
    I love that the blogosphere makes our world less lonely. Happy Holidays! :)

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  38. Hope you feel much better soon and that it turns out to be a very Merry Christmas!

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  39. I hope you feel better soon, Jane. This Christmas I'm on call for work and will be at my apartment alone; if you want to e-mail or Skype, just say the word. :)

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  40. Aw, Jane... hope you're on the quicker side of the mend. :( Being sick around the holidays is just the pits.

    I wish I was there so we could 'cheers' together. But, I'll be thinking of you and holding you close in my happiest thoughts.

    Know how much I am wishing you the very best, Jane. Be well. :)

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  41. Have a wonderful Christmas Jane – and I hope you feel better soon! xoxo

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  42. happy holidays to you, Jane! i hope your flu is gone by christmas and you´re feeling a bit more like celebrating!

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  43. Happy holidays, Jane! I hope you'll have a peaceful, happy Christmas and that 2011 will be a great year for you.

    All my best,

    Constança

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  44. Hope you feel better soon, Jane. And a very happy holiday to you!

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  45. hope you feel better soon, Jane! Merry Christmas to you! Thanks for creating a blog full of inspiration and your lovely words through the year. xo

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  46. Jane, I hope you know what an inspiration you are to me (as a writer, thinker, etc.). Thinking of you this holiday and sending you lots of "healthy" vibes. Merry Christmas!

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  47. jane, nollaig shona duit and happy new year!

    looking forward to all the wonderful things i know you have planned for us in 2011.

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  48. Merry Christmas Jane, feel better soon, that flu is simply awful and i ended up with pneumonia-take care.

    what you said here so comforted me as it is, for me, the truth about my online friendships:

    " because they're not bound by geography, they feel the most stable and consistent of relationships."

    thank you for giving clarity to these ephemeral experiences we all share as bloggers...with 46 commenters so far on this post today, i would say you are a shining example of your sweetly brilliant observation and blogging itself. xx

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  49. Merry Christmas Jane, look forward to seeing what you have to share in 2011, hope you feel better soon. Lynne x

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  50. Jane, if you can make yourself a hot toddy, the holidays are an excellent time to indulge as you can sleep off the effect as long as you like and hopefully wake feeling much better. Just make sure you have some cheese and crackers to have along with it!

    Happy New Year, Fiona

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  51. Jane, feel better soon. Wish I could put the kettle on and warm a pot of tea for you—I will have to make do with setting a virtual cup aside. I too flip between emigrant loneliness and happiness to be here; guilt and relief. Let is wash over and off, okay. Sending you warm wishes and hopes for a happy and cozy Christmas. xxj

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  52. I feel the same way about blog friends.
    Merry Christmas, Jane.

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  53. i'm a new reader, and i have to say i'm already fond of the swooning dreaminess of your blog! :) can't wait to lurk through it! so so lovely!

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  54. Merry christmas Jane. Hope you are feeling better soon, a glass of hot spiced brandy should cosy your soul at this time of year.

    Jeska xxx

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  55. Merry Christmas to you too Jane. I hope you're feeling better soon. Christmas to me is both joy and a bit of sadness. I feel lucky to have my family, food, health and a home but at the same time spend much time thinking about people who are not so lucky. My husband was very sick last christmas and we celebrated isolated afraid of germs. This year when he's recovering I feel somehow even sadder than last year. Strange.
    your place looks great btw. Looking forward to follow you next year too.

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  56. Merry Christmas Jane.
    Hope you feel better soon.
    Alanna xo

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  57. Gosh, I hope you feel better soon.

    It's been wonderful to find your blog and chat with you here this year.

    Merry Christmas! :)

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  58. I hope you are feeling better, Jane. Merry Christmas to you.

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  59. merry christmas jane! have a peaceful and relaxing day! xo

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  60. I hope you had a lovely Christmas, dearest Jane! xo

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  61. Oh my goodness, I hope you feel better soon!

    MERRY CHRISTMAS to you and your family, Jane! ox

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