Contributed by Merry Carey Here is a fine old Christmas story from 1914 about Calliope Marsh, a woman determined to gather her entire neighborhood under one Christmas tree. A Great Tree From Neighborhood Stories by Zona Gale (1914) I never had felt so much like Christmas, said Calliope Marsh, as I did that year. “I […]
It is Thursday, September 11th, 2014 and there remains only 105 days until Christmas. Today is Crosby and Bowie Day, celebrating the unlikely pairing of two generations of iconic musicians for the purpose of Christmas. The story of their coming together is now legendary. Bing Crosby, in the final months of his life during which […]
Target. Home Depot. Michaels. Neiman Marcus. What do these big store brands have in common? Credit card data security breaches, the most famous killing Target’s Christmas last year. For consumers it happens silently. They go shopping and swipe their cards. It doesn’t matter if they use a PIN code or merely sign for their purchase. […]
Howdy! It’s Wednesday, September 10th, 2014 and there are only 106 days left until Christmas. Today is Jose Feliciano Day. On this day in 1945 in the mountain home of the Garcia family in Lares, Puerto Rico Jose was born. Due to congenital glaucoma, Jose has been blind since birth. He received musical training as […]
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 […]
