The Maple Leaf Rag

It's been a long time, almost a month, since I've written here on Ebaby. I've been busy on Facebook and Tagged plus keeping up with my websites, including http://lovingenglish.com/, which is one of them. Check it out if you want. It's not very big yet but I'm working on it. 

I don't get much mail from Ebaby anymore so I'm sure you think I have forgotten about you all but I haven't. I've been here for a long time now, almost three years, and much of what I do is done with friends I have met on Ebaby.  Almost every day I chat with someone from here or see them on their webcam or answer a question about English from them. 

One of my long-term friends, a lovely girl from China, asked me a quick question on QQ yesterday. Someone had used the term 'def' in an email.  They meant 'definitely', of course, but my friend didn't know that so I told her. It's little things like that which keep a line of communication open between people. Since I work online, I have my chat applications open almost 24/7 so I'm always at the end of msn or Yahoo or QQ. 

Lately, I've been meeting more filipinas on Tagged and I've found that they are very nice, gentle and caring people. I haven't met anyone from the Philippines here on Ebaby but maybe I will in the future.

If you have questions about English, make a comment on my profile or send me a message. I hope everyone has a great New Year and a successful 2010! 

It's Christmas Eve when I'm writing this, the day before Christmas. For many of you, Christmas is just another day. For others it's the biggest day of the year. I wish you good days, whichever is it. 

For me, imagining a year without Christmas is impossible. For you, it would be like imagining a year without the Spring Festival or a year without Eid. Festivals are a big part of many of your lives, whether they are religious or just fun. Christmas is just fun for me, not religious at all but I understand the sentiments that many Christians feel. 

How do you wish someone a Merry Christmas? You could say that or you could say Happy Holidays, if you don't know for sure that they are Christian. Best wishes of the season is another way. All the best to you and yours is yet another way. You and yours means the person you are talking to and their family or relatives.

However you say it, it's nice to wish everyone 'all the best' at this time of year. That's what I wish for everyone here on Englishbaby. I've been around this site for three years and I've met many wonderful people. I hope to meet many more as time goes by. Take care! Have a great season.