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 […]
By Jeff Westover It began as a simple, thoughtful gift. Back in 1964, Larry Kunkel’s mother thought he’d appreciate a nice new pair of moleskin pants. He didn’t. Living in Minnesota, the pants were prone to stiffness in the freezing weather of the winter months. So Larry pawned the pants off on his brother-in-law, Roy […]
By Elise Jenson He lived next door to me through all the years I was growing up and I thought he was the meanest man in the world. Mr. Kramer had thick, dark black hair and bushy eyebrows that dominated his tiny dark eyes. He was fair skinned, some would say pale. A prominent nose […]
Under the auspices of Santa’s Sleigh we run a simple effort every year that we call Operation Christmas Cheer. Operation Christmas Cheer aims to make the holiday season brighter for those folks who might be shut-in or otherwise unable to participate much in the festivities of the season. We look to bring the cheer to […]
Exciting news! ShowUsYourChristmas.com is coming to the World’s Largest Christmas Party on December 14th and they have a HUGE event planned. They will unveil the Christmas Video of the Year Award to the best video of Christmas 2014 during the World’s Largest Christmas Party — tentatively scheduled for 8pm EST on Sunday December 14th. ShowUsYourChristmas.com […]
