Posted in Holidays, Miscellaneous on Dec 25th, 2009
I hope you all are having a wonderful holiday season, whatever you celebrate. As for us, we’re in the middle of a blizzard out here in the middle of nowhere, U.S.A. Rather cozy, at this point, though I’m sure cabin fever will strike eventually. We’re all nestled in and have had a nice, relaxing day [...]
Posted in Gripes, Holidays, Miscellaneous on Dec 22nd, 2009
I nearly told my boys last week that there’s no such thing as Santa. I’m all for using one’s imagination, but I have serious problems with the whole Santa fantasy. You see, I never believed in Santa as a child. He was just an imaginary figure who represented Christmas, similar to The Easter Bunny being [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Nov 30th, 2009
So Christmas and Hanukkah are well on their way. Can I just say how ridiculously fast 2009 has gone? Anyone else? I don’t believe in spending a ton of money on my kids for Christmas; after all, that’s not at all what the season is about. However. Their dad and I do like to get [...]
Posted in Holidays on Dec 21st, 2008
Just before my tenth Christmas, my parents announced that we would be celebrating it differently from then on. Rather than opening all of our gifts on Christmas Day, as we had in the past, we would observe the twelve days of Christmas instead and open one present every night. The twelve days lead up to [...]
