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    A time to celebrate

    Dec 01, 2021 5 minutes
    WORDS by TIFFANY DUNK
    “We need to create more adventures in 2022, that’s the plan.” – Wippa

    Michael “Wippa” Wipfli with Lisa, Theodore, Jack & Francesca

    With kids aged six, five and 18 months, Christmas is a time of high excitement in the Wipfli household. Two Elves on Shelves have been out since November 1. “So they can keep an eye on them the entire time,” explains Michael “Wippa” Wipfli. “Because the requests are bigger – iPads and Nintendo Switchs, bubble machines, blow-up toys for the pool. You’re going to need to be really good to get something like that.”

    Christmas has always been a big part of the NOVA breakfast radio host’s life. Growing up, his family had, “a classic Christmas room. One no one ever used until Christmas”. Wippa recalls racing downstairs ahead of his sisters on

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