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Time is going fast when life is fun! I can’t believe an entire year has passed since we launched the funflector Blog, but it has. Let’s celebrate our first blogiversary with some thoughts on our posts!
The purpose of the blog was – and still is – three fold: – to make it easy for the funflector team to get out news about our safety reflectors and traffic safety – personal reflections on the world around us – tell the world about neat stuff that is out there on the market. As a small and new business owner, it takes a huge effort to cut through the noise and let the world know about your products. When we find stuff we like from other small businesses, we are happy to help spread the word!
We know how hard it is to find reflectors for personal use in North America – after all, that’s why we launched the funflector® safety reflectors. However,
To our surprise we are ahead of schedule on getting our funflector trademark registered in the US. We were told it would take a year and here we are after not even 10 months! Woohoo for funflector registered trademark!
funflector is now a registered trademark in the USA
The “circle R” will appear on our web site very soon and later on also in printed material.
Imagine early morning before sunrise when the darkness of the season feels heavy. All of a sudden, there is a faint singing in the distance and the doorway is lit up by a woman in a long white gown, wearing a wreath with candles on her head. Lucia, her maidens, and the “star boys” follow and bring light, joyful singing, coffee and sweet saffron rolls.
A “star boy” in the Lucia procession.
The night of the 13th, the day of Lucia in the saints’ calender, was the longest night in the medieval calender. To the fend off the darkness and the dark forces, one had to eat several meals before dawn. Feasting on food from the Christmas slaughter eventually turned into Lucia who brings light, coffee and saffron rolls before dawn.
Swedish saffron buns (“lussekatter”) for Lucia.
This year’s Lucia on Swedish Television has a beautiful mix of traditional Lucia carols and modern songs and is available until January 13. In the Swedish neighborhood Andersonville in Chicago Lucia will be celebrated tonight at 4.45 and at 7. See The Swedish American Museum for more info.
Lucia choir by the Swedish School in Chicago.
Lucia is no longer the darkest day of the year: we have another week to go before it gets brighter again. Fend off the dark forces and especially pedestrian traffic accidents with some joyful safety reflectors!
How dark is it where?
If you belong to those who tell us that you are never out in the dark, please think again! This is when the sun sets today in a few cities – and remember that dusk starts earlier!
Anchorage – 3:41 pm
Montreal – 4:11 pm
Boston – 4:12 pm
Vancouver – 4:14 pm
Chicago – 4:20 pm
Toronto – 4:21 pm
New York – 4:29 pm
Minneapolis – 4:32 pm
Denver – 4:36 pm
Washingotn DC – 4:47 pm
San Fransisco – 4:51 pm
Indianapolis – 5:20 pm
Dallas – 5:22 pm
Honolulu – 5:51 pm
Of course, none of these places are as dark as the Nordic countries—Oslo (3:11 pm), Stockholm (2:47 pm), Helsinki(3:12 pm), but if your kids have any after school activities or you work normal office hours, you are bound to be out in the dark in most of these places. Get sunset and sunrise in your own city at timeanddate.com. Once you have your city, click the “Sun & Moon” tab.
We are so excited to see some of our funflector™ tags featured in the Winter issue of Tots To Teens Magazine! Check out page 64 where they are page mates with the funny My Face Icons. Just don’t miss the pages just before on some great teen picks, and the pages before that on and…
Here are some highlights:
One of our favorites is the MITT-ONS™ on page 24. Especially exciting is that they have up to teen sizes! With kids who love being outside to play in the snow, this is a blessing!
These days, it seems to be more common than not to have someone in the family with an allergy. We are not alone reading the fine print in the grocery store to find out if the chocolate contains “traces of tree nuts or peanuts” in hope to find out that it is safe for our kids to eat. The divvies chocolate and treats on page 47 are made without eggs, milk or nuts – yeah!!! So let’s put some of those in the stockings!
You may have a leash for you dog, maybe for your toddler, bud did you know you could get it for your baby’s stuff too? The Kael&Kaed Sophie/Toy/Sippy Leash on page 29 will save you from having to pick up an clean many passifiers!
The magazine features many more neat and unique gift ideas but also has some articles on a variety of topics, so it’s certainly worth taking a peak!
The girl’s story was also featured on king5.com in December last year. They visit schools to talk about their accident and what the kids can do to avoid it happen to them. Their “STAY ALERT & STAY SAFE” campaign can be found at www.stayalertstaysafe.com.
The number one Halloween safety concern: Drivers not seeing trick-or-treaters. This witch is well equipped with safety reflectors for being seen by drivers!
If you suddenly feel the urge to have more reflectors on hand for your kids this Halloween, you can still order funflector® safety reflectors in our web shop, but please don’t wait much longer. Our FREE SHIPPING includes standard mail via USPS. Please contact us if you need express shipping.
Halloween costumes rarely have zipper pulls to attach reflectors to, so later this week, we’ll offer some ideas of what to do instead.
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