Merry Christmas comes to our house on Sparkle Road!

Chance and me open our first present.

 Hi. I'm Charles the Bear Cub. You know me. I live on Sparkle Road with my buddy, Grandpa James. He's really old. He was the second Canadian to get off Noah's Ark, you know. 

Oh. Wait! Chance lives with us, too. He's a newborn cubby someone left in a basket on our doorstep. He's a wee little thing. I look after Chance, too. He's a handful! 

It's Christmas morning! Merry Christmas is here! So is Santa and the elves and Elvis and the Newborn Baby Jesus and the little drummer boy and the silent knight and the shepherds and all the sheep and the three wise guys who followed the OnStar! 

We got presents under the Canadian Tire spruce! Grandpa James says to open the big red box first. Okay! We can do that!  Guess what? Inside the box is our cousin Frankie. He came all the way from Germy. That's in Europe. Grandpa James says he's from Germany, not Germy. Okay. Frankie is the bestest present!

Frankie and Chance help me open the next present. It's a new hockey stick and an NHL puck! Now we will have even more fun when we play hockey. I'm Cub Gretzky and Chance is Cub Crosby. He shoots! He scores!  We're gonna win the Stanley Cup for sure!

The next present is great big 'ole box of Smarties. I l-o-v-e Smarties. Grandpa James says we have more Smarties than there are stars in the starry night sky. That's a lot of Smarties, you know and we are gonna eat them a-l-l up!

Chance has presents, too. He got a brand new pair of red mitts! Chance loves mittens. He thinks when he wears mitts it will snow. He's too newborn to know he's not in charge of the weather.

Chance climbed way high on the Christmas tree to thank Santa for his new red mitts.

Oh. Wait! Did you hear that?  Grandpa James is hollering, "Where are my handsome bear cubs? Where are my Sons of Windsor? Where are my Princes of Ontario? That's me! Charles! That's Chance! We're handsome bear cubs. We're Sons of Windsor and Princes of Ontario! We gotta go find Grandpa James so we can get our ears tickled and our noses kissed. 

 This is me, Charles the Bear Cub saying, Merry Christmas good citizens. Then you can eat Smarties and drink root beer. Oh! Wait! Come over to our house and have Christmas with us! We can play with our Cousin Frankie, together! Okay! Over and out!"

Joyeux Noel! Merry Christmas! Froeliche Weinachten!

Fourteen Days 'Til Merry Christmas Comes to our House!

Chance and me with our Canadian Tire spruce tree all decorated for Christmas!

Hi. I'm Charles the Bear Cub. You know me. I live on Sparkle Road with my buddy, Grandpa James. He's really old. He was the second Canadian to get off Noah's Ark, you know. Grandpa James says his first Christmas was the first Christmas!

 Oh. Wait! Chance lives with us, too. He's a newborn cubby someone left in a basket on our doorstep. He's a wee little thing. I look after Chance, too. He's a handful!

Uncle Zii and Auntie Ambreen and Chance and me.

Chance and me are having fun. Uncle Zii and Auntie Ambreen came to dinner. So did Grandpa John and Grandma Kathy. We had special food 'cuz Merry Christmas is coming in fourteen days! We had roasted chicken and mashed potatoes and sweet potatoes and salad. We had cheesecake with bakeapples on top!

Our cheesecake is smothered in bakeapples. Some people call them cloudberries, you know. It tastes twice as yummy 'cuz it has two names!

Then we decorated our Canadian Tire spruce tree with pretty balls and ornaments. Chance tries to lick them 'cuz they're shiny but we don't eat Christmas ornaments. They're not in Canada's Food Guide, you know. 

We sang Christmas songs while we decorate the tree. We sang Deck the Halls, O Christmas Tree and my favouritest song, Silent Knights. I don't know why the knights have to be silent when the sheep and the little drummer boy are making all that noise!

After the tree was finished we hugged everyone good night. Grandpa James tucked us into bed, read us our bedtime story and heard our prayers. Chance fell asleep during the story. That's 'cuz he's so newborn.

Oh. Wait! Did you hear that? Grandpa James is hollering, "Where are my handsome bear cubs? Where are my Sons of Windsor? Where are my Princes of Ontario? That's me! Charles! That's Chance! We're handsome bear cubs. We're Sons of Windsor and Princes of Ontario! We gotta go find Grandpa James so we can get our ears tickled and our noses kissed.

This is me, Charles the Bear Cub saying, "Be good citizens. Be kind to friends and neighbours. Then you can eat Smarties and drink root beer. Oh! Wait! Come over to our house and play with us! We can decorate our Canadian Tire spruce together! Okay! Over and out!"

Riding in a Cab with Ali

Our buddy Ali is a cab driver. He takes us places in his big blue and yellow cab.

Hi. I'm Charles the Bear Cub. You know me. I live on Sparkle Road with my buddy,  Grandpa James. He's really old. He was the second Canadian to get off Noah's Ark, you know.

 Oh. Wait! Chance lives with us, too. He's a newborn cubby someone left in a basket on our doorstep. He's a wee little thing. I look after Chance, too. He's a handful!

Know what? We have to go to the CAW Hall on Turner Road. That's pretty far away. Grandpa James says, "We'll take a taxi there. I'll call Veteran's Cab." Taxi cabs are fun to ride in. Taxi drivers have very important jobs, you know. They go places that the bus can't get to. Cabs can work late at night after all the buses go to sleep.  I could be a cab driver when I grow up. I'd say, "Where would you like me to take you, today?" I would put on the meter and away we would go!

 Oh. Wait! Did you hear that? Grandpa James is hollering, "Where are my handsome bear cubs? Where are my Sons of Windsor? Where are my Princes of Ontario? That's me! Charles! That's Chance! We're handsome bear cubs. We're Sons of Windsor and Princes of Ontario! We gotta go find Grandpa James so we can get our ears tickled and our noses kissed.

This is me, Charles the Bear Cub saying, "Be good citizens. Be kind to friends and neighbours. Then you can eat Smarties and drink root beer. Oh! Wait! Come over to our house and play with us! We can go for a cab ride with our buddy, Ali! Okay! Over and out!"

Food Fun at Piccalo!

Alan is our server at Piccolo's. His job is important. He tells the chef what I want to eat for lunch. The food is so yummy, I want to eat everything!

Hi. I'm Charles the Bear Cub. You know me. I live on Sparkle Road with my buddy, Grandpa James. He's really old. He was the second Canadian to get off Noah's Ark, you know.

Oh. Wait! Chance lives with us, too. He's a newborn cubby someone left in a basket on our doorstep. He's a wee little thing. I look after Chance, too. He's a handful!

Guess what? We're at Piccolo's! Every time Grandpa Reid and Nana Margaret come to visit we go to Piccolo's to eat lunch. Piccolo's has Italian food. Grandpa James says Italian food comes from Italy but we can't believe him 'cuz he makes up stuff all the time. I know where Italian food really comes from. It comes from the kitchen!

Look, quick before it's gone! Lasagna gets eaten up really fast!

Grandpa James always eats lasagna. Lasagna is yummy and yummy is one of the four food groups in Canada's Food Guide, you know.

Over the lips and through the gums, look out tummy, eggplant Parmesan, here it comes!

Grandpa Reid and Nana Margaret like the eggplant Parmesan. We all like the Garlic Fingers. I could eat them all day! I hold one up high in the air and I say, "Look out, Garlic Finger! I'm gonna eat you a-l-l up! And then I do! Grandpa James says, "Charles don't eat like a pig." I'm not a pig, I'm a bear cub. Grandpa James says silly things sometimes.

Oh. Wait! Did you hear that? Grandpa James is hollering, "Where are my handsome bear cubs? Where are my Sons of Windsor? Where are my Princes of Ontario? That's me! Charles! That's Chance! We're handsome bear cubs. We're Sons of Windsor and Princes of Ontario! We gotta go find Grandpa James so we can get our ears tickled and our noses kissed.

This is me, Charles the Bear Cub saying, "Be good citizens. Be kind to friends and neighbours. Then you can eat Garlic Fingers and lasagna, too. Oh! Wait! Come over to our house and play with us! We can go to Piccalo's together! Okay! Over and out!"

Eating Dim Sum at Sky Dragon

Our buddies at Sky Dragon are William, Steven, Kathy, Andy and Sunny.

Hi. I'm Charles the Bear Cub. You know me. I live with my buddy, Grandpa James. He's really old. He was the second Canadian to get off Noah's Ark, you know. We live on Sparkle Road. That's right next to Sandwich Street. That's in Windsor. I know where Windsor is--it's in O Canada.

 Oh. Wait! Chance lives with us, too. He's a newborn cubby someone left in a basket on our doorstep. He's a wee little thing. I look after Chance, too. He's a handful!

Sometimes we go to Toronto. We ride on VIA Rail. I love the train but we don't eat trains, you know.  That would be silly, wouldn't it? They're not in Canada's Food Guide.

Our train goes from Windsor to Toronto. When we get to London, we're halfway already!

We have lots of things to do in TO. One of our favouritest things is to eat at Sky Dragon. They have very yummy food. It's Chinese food. The nice servers bring us Dim Sum. I know what Dim Sum means. It means 'choose to your heart's content.' I like to choose my food. It's fun. I always eat Har Gow and Beef Balls and Cheung Fun, too. Chance doesn't have any teeth, he's so newborn. He licks my Char Sui Bao and makes squeaky noises 'cuz he's happy. Dim Sum always makes us happy!

Oh. Wait! Did you hear that? Grandpa James is hollering, "Where are my handsome bear cubs? Where are my Sons of Windsor? Where are my Princes of Ontario? That's me! Charles! That's Chance! We're handsome bear cubs. We're Sons of Windsor and Princes of Ontario! We gotta go find Grandpa James so we can get our ears tickled and our noses kissed.

 This is me, Charles the Bear Cub saying, "Be good citizens. Be kind to friends and neighbours. Then you can eat Dim Sum at Sky Dragon. Oh! Wait! Come over to our house and play with us! We can eat at Sky Dragon together! Okay! Over and out!"