Alright, as of today The Santa Claus Apprenticeship is done! I've got a few things sort of coming up in the next few weeks hopefully, but as of right now I don't know any of the details for certain. I'm sure I'll post something once they materialize.
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Original post is spoiler-ed
Today I decided I'm going to start a blog for the Christmas season.
I was pondering something I've said to several people in the past before, which is that I'm destined/cursed to play Santa Claus at my future work/church Christmas parties. I am naturally very red, have been told I have kind eyes, have been going grey since the age of 17, and I love kids.
I was also thinking about how my job at the Salvation Army is going to get a lot more hectic in the coming months. Besides the food bank, I'm going to be picking up and dropping off a whole lot of stuff to make Christmas hampers of food possible for families, and toy hampers possible for children. It struck me that this is a very Santa Claus sort of thing to do.
After thinking about it a bit more, I decided that from November to mid-January is going to be my Santa Claus Apprenticeship.
Then it struck me that that might be a cool concept for a blog.
When I got back to the office, I mentioned it to my boss. I had my reservations, but she seemed more excited about it than I am. She mentioned that she just has to run it by the PR department tomorrow, but that there probably wouldn't be any problems, and it would be a fantastic communication opportunity for the Salvation Army regarding what we do and how we do it.
So, a few questions:
Would any of you be interested in this blog? Once I start it up, I'll drop a line in my sig or something, but I'm just curious to find out if this is as good an idea as I think it is.
What do you think of the name? "The Santa Claus Apprenticeship" or "My Santa Claus Apprenticeship" was the genesis of the idea, but I'm not married to it. I've tried variations such as "Saint Nicholas Apprenticeship" and stuff, but haven't found anything brilliant. Any contributions?
How does one go about getting a domain name and hosting a blog? I've only ever used blogspot, but I think I might like to do something wordpress this time. If it isn't too expensive, I'd also like to get a domain name to call my own, but I don't know how to do that either.
Any thoughts or suggestions you can share would be great! I've wanted to do a semi-professional seeming blog for a while now, but just couldn't find a subject I could run with. I feel like this one is perfect because it's something I'm involved with every day, I've got the support of my boss, and it has an expiry date so I'm not committed forever: when January 6th hits and the Salvation Army Christmas Season is over, the blog stops.
I was pondering something I've said to several people in the past before, which is that I'm destined/cursed to play Santa Claus at my future work/church Christmas parties. I am naturally very red, have been told I have kind eyes, have been going grey since the age of 17, and I love kids.
I was also thinking about how my job at the Salvation Army is going to get a lot more hectic in the coming months. Besides the food bank, I'm going to be picking up and dropping off a whole lot of stuff to make Christmas hampers of food possible for families, and toy hampers possible for children. It struck me that this is a very Santa Claus sort of thing to do.
After thinking about it a bit more, I decided that from November to mid-January is going to be my Santa Claus Apprenticeship.
Then it struck me that that might be a cool concept for a blog.
When I got back to the office, I mentioned it to my boss. I had my reservations, but she seemed more excited about it than I am. She mentioned that she just has to run it by the PR department tomorrow, but that there probably wouldn't be any problems, and it would be a fantastic communication opportunity for the Salvation Army regarding what we do and how we do it.
So, a few questions:
Would any of you be interested in this blog? Once I start it up, I'll drop a line in my sig or something, but I'm just curious to find out if this is as good an idea as I think it is.
What do you think of the name? "The Santa Claus Apprenticeship" or "My Santa Claus Apprenticeship" was the genesis of the idea, but I'm not married to it. I've tried variations such as "Saint Nicholas Apprenticeship" and stuff, but haven't found anything brilliant. Any contributions?
How does one go about getting a domain name and hosting a blog? I've only ever used blogspot, but I think I might like to do something wordpress this time. If it isn't too expensive, I'd also like to get a domain name to call my own, but I don't know how to do that either.
Any thoughts or suggestions you can share would be great! I've wanted to do a semi-professional seeming blog for a while now, but just couldn't find a subject I could run with. I feel like this one is perfect because it's something I'm involved with every day, I've got the support of my boss, and it has an expiry date so I'm not committed forever: when January 6th hits and the Salvation Army Christmas Season is over, the blog stops.
Second Original Post is spoiler-ed
I mentioned my blog project a while back in it's genesis, before I even really managed to post any content. So I figured I'd post here again, now that we're in week three, with twelve posts up. I'd encourage everyone to check it out, especially if you're the least bit curious about what the Salvation Army does during Christmas.
In the coming weeks, things will be picking up even more, so be sure to check back as well!
The Santa Claus Apprenticeship
In the coming weeks, things will be picking up even more, so be sure to check back as well!
The Santa Claus Apprenticeship
