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Jane Christmas -LRB- born 1954 -RRB- is a Canadian travel writer , who was a shortlisted nominee for the Stephen Leacock Award and the Word Awards in 2014 for her memoir And Then There Were Nuns .. Canadian. Canadians. Stephen Leacock Award. Stephen Leacock Award. The book chronicles a year she spent in various convents while discerning whether to marry for a third time or to take up a vocation as an Anglican nun .. Anglican. Anglican Church. In 2011 , she was accepted as an associate with the Canadian Anglican religious community , the Sisterhood of St. John the Divine .. Canadian. Canadians. Anglican. Anglican Church. Ms Christmas was born and raised in Toronto , Ontario to an Anglican father and a Roman Catholic mother .. Toronto. Toronto. Ontario. Ontario. Anglican. Anglican Church. Her father John Grimshaw was a reporter and editor .. Her mother Valeria was also a reporter and editor .. She was educated at St. Clement 's School and Loretto Abbey , and graduated from Carleton University with a Bachelor of Arts -LRB- English and History -RRB- .. Carleton University. Carleton University. She had a long career as a newspaper editor and journalist , including for Canadian Press , The Globe and Mail , the Hamilton Spectator and the National Post , and later as a communications manager in the public sector , before devoting her time exclusively to writing .. Canadian. Canadians. Canadian Press. Canadian Press. The Globe and Mail. The Globe and Mail. Hamilton Spectator. Hamilton Spectator. National Post. National Post. In 2012 , she moved to England .. She has also published three books of travel writing , and co-wrote A Journey Just Begun -LRB- 2015 -RRB- for the Sisterhood of St. John the Divine in Toronto .. Toronto. Toronto