Picture a man who so loved celebrating Christmas with his children and grandchildren that he spent months at a time preparing gifts and planning gatherings. When Christmas Eve arrived he engineered a party that included the singing of songs about Christmas and Santa Claus, the hanging of stockings and telling of the stories of Jesus […]
The legend of Santa Claus has many elements, one of the oldest being a letter or a wish list sent to Santa to share what one wants for Christmas. The idea has ancient roots in the origin story of Saint Nicholas, the benevolent 4th century Bishop known for kind acts and generosity. As Saint Nicholas […]
The United States Postal Service has released information regarding their 2024 offering of Christmas stamps. The new stamps sell for $0.73 each, reflective of postal price increases put into effect in July. The new stamps shown below go on sale September 14, 2024. That is a full three weeks earlier than new releases in years […]
The best part of looking back at Christmas 100 years ago is that we see both change and lasting tradition. As with many things, only Christmas gives this unique perspective. In 1924 Calvin Coolidge was president, the average income was about $2,200.00 and the average home cost about $7000. Consumer products that were launched during […]
Many are the ways of sneaking Christmas. It is heralded by some, booed by others. For the critical media, it’s something called Christmas Creep and they drag it out every year. Right after Christmas-in-July is over the stories start to pop-up of Christmas trees for sale at Costco and how horrid that is. But the […]
Years ago I had an epiphany listening to the SBMX Christmas Podcast about ancestral Christmas trees. The idea was simple: have a theme tree dedicated to your ancestors. My first impression was “Why didn’t I think of this?” After all, I’m a family history freak. This idea is just a natural for me. Before the […]
As we have been wrapping up yet another site redesign and a series of upgrades at MyMerryChristmas.com it dawned on us that 2024 is a milestone year: this fall marks 20 years of the Merry Forums at MyMerryChristmas.com. That’s 20 years of Christmas Card and Ornament Exchanges, 20 continuous years of tracking Santa together, 20 […]
Pumpkin spice season is officially upon us. The media blitz has begun. They have announced that Starbucks will begin selling the granddaddy of all pumpkin spice products, the Pumpkin Spice Latte, on August 22,, 2024. Not to be outdone, and perhaps to ride on the coattails of rabidly popular pumpkin-whatever beverages, 7-Eleven has announced the […]
Jeff, where have you been? Boy, is that a loaded question. For the better part of three years things have lagged a bit on MyMerryChristmas. That’s my fault. I’ve been aware of it the entire time. Hardly a month has passed where I’d make a list, check it twice and I just failed to find […]
The 20th Annual Christmas Card Exchange at MyMerryChristmas is now open for sign-ups. This is our most popular Christmas event of the year. Imagine it: right after Thanksgiving your postman begins a daily trek to your mailbox. At first, it’s just a few. Then it turns into a flood. Christmas cards from all over the […]