Greetings, it is Tuesday, September 9th, 2014 and there remains only 107 days until Christmas. Today is Michael Buble Day. On this date in 1975 the Canadian big band singer and songwriter was born. Buble’s ties to Christmas have become obvious with his now annual Christmas television specials and classics of Christmas re-spun in Buble’s […]
Life in the desert or tropical climates can make a Christmas freak feel a little lonely. When you get that hankering for frosty air, roasting chestnuts and one-horse open sleighing it is hard to be merry when sand is your snow and the heat of the sun has you hanging lights in shorts. Nothing, but […]
If there is a part of Christmas I cannot stand it is the complaints. It starts in September when people get on their soapbox about “Christmas creep” just because they see trees and lights for sale at Costco. It culminates in November when Nordstrom’s puts up their snotty sign declaring “We celebrate one holiday at […]
Talk about your twisted logic. Sony Pictures has signed on to develop a new animated feature based on the Bible nativity story. However, the film will shoot for laughs and will feature an all-animal cast, with Jesus portrayed as a lamb. Word is just reaching blog and media outlets on this project but broad speculation […]
Today is September 4th, 2014 and there are just 112 days left until Christmas. It is National Shop Early for Christmas Day. It is not in force now but way back in 1918 as a World War I wartime measure the national Council of Defense urged early shopping and practical gift-giving. In July of 1918 […]
Time is slipping away! We only have 100 days left to put together the greatest Christmas Party ever. How will you be taking part? The World’s Largest Christmas Party is a not-for-profit-no-money-involved-non-commercial effort to just celebrate a little Christmas together all over the world. Every website and every social media page or feed is invited […]
Time is slipping away! We only have 100 days left to put together the greatest Christmas Party ever. How will you be taking part? The World’s Largest Christmas Party is a not-for-profit-no-money-involved-non-commercial effort to just celebrate a little Christmas together all over the world. Every website and every social media page or feed is invited […]
For many people there is a real disconnect between the seasons and spending money. Many folks after all are just recovering from the double sting of back-to-school shopping and summer vacations. Spending money, especially with the holidays fast approaching, isn’t on the to-do list. But you might want to check that at the door. I […]
Today is Monday, September 1st, 2014 and there are only 115 days left until Christmas. Today is Gene Autry Day in honor of the man who brought not one but FOUR songs to Christmas greatness: Here Comes Santa Claus, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman and Up on the House Top. We celebrate […]
By Fran Holmes Buy your tree early in the season. Why? Christmas trees that are bought from a tree lot are all cut at the same time. The longer your tree sits in the lot, the longer it goes without water and the drier it gets. Try to select a tree from a lot that […]
By Brad Knight My first experience in hanging Christmas lights taught me a lot of lessons. Newly married and mostly broke, we did not even have the money to get a tree. So I decided to surprise my bride by outlining our basement apartment window with a string of Christmas lights. I bought them at […]
By Shirley Van Otten We have always given gifts as a family. When I was a kid my parents would take us out one night each year to Woolworths to do all of our Christmas shopping. There were four of us kids and Dad would take two and Mom would take two and we’d roam […]
