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Christmas

A Very Spaced-Out Christmas

Creative Works, Fiction

Appears in: Mysterion

Release Date: Dec. 23/2019

Summary: An eclectic group of fast food workers spend the holidays stranded on an outer space truck stop, in this Christmas sci-fi comedy.

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December 23, 2019January 1, 2020 Madison McSweeney Tagged Christian, Christian Fiction, Christmas, Science Fiction Leave a comment

Blog #4: Nightmares Before Christmas

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Greetings, friends, and happy holidays!

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December 24, 2018December 24, 2018 Madison McSweeney Tagged Blog, Christmas, Horror Leave a comment

Forget “It’s a Wonderful Life.” Watch “Bad Santa” instead.

Commentary, Film and Television

Few movies are as entrenched in the Christmas canon as A Christmas Carol, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, and Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life. But one of these films is not like the other.

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December 23, 2018 Madison McSweeney Tagged A Christmas Carol, Bad Santa, Christmas, Cult film, Film, It's a Wonderful Life 1 Comment

Alan Doyle / Colin James @ CP Rail Holiday Train (Calgary Stop)

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There was no snow on the ground when the Canadian Pacific Rail Holiday Train pulled into Anderson Station, but that didn’t damper the Christmas spirit.

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December 10, 2017May 7, 2018 Madison McSweeney Tagged Alan Doyle, Calgary, CanCon, Christmas, Colin James, Folk, Holiday Train Leave a comment

Holiday Special You Should Have Seen: Community – “Regional Holiday Music”

Commentary, Film and Television, Music

This Christmas season, The Fulcrum published a feature on must-see quirky Christmas specials. You can read the full article here; below is my contribution, on the virtues of Community‘s classic “Regional Holiday Music:”

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December 17, 2016December 17, 2018 Madison McSweeney Tagged Christmas, Community Leave a comment
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