Ruby was very excited to be in the Christmas pageant at church on Sunday afternoon. Since she is in kindergarten her role was a small one, but she took it very seriously. The younger kids were to play animals at the manger scene, and sing the first verse of “Away in a Manger” all by […]
Category Archives: Christmas
Gingerbread House Making Party
Some time ago, a year? two years? my wife discovered a blog wherein an annual tradition was described. This family held a gingerbread house making party every year, and we have been talking about doing one ever since. This year we finally got our act together and put one on. Six houses, six families, two […]
Making a Christmas List When You Don’t Want Anything
It’s that time of year again. The time of year when people start asking you what’s on your list. The time of year when friends and family members wish to show their appreciation of you through commercialized gift giving and the purchasing of “stuff.” And they expect you to be ready with several items that […]
How I Killed Magic: The Polar Express
Every year in Vermont (and possibly other places too), The Vermont Children’s Trust Foundation puts together a ridiculously awesome holiday experience known as “The Polar Express.” The event is based on the now-classic children’s book by Chris Van Allsburg, and not really based on the creepy and weird, but for some reason now also classic, […]
Prosperous Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving. Happy Birthday. Happy New Year’s. Happy Valentine’s Day. Merry Christmas. Hmmmmm. Why does Christmas get a special greeting? You know, in England they just say Happy Christmas. You can tell this from watching Harry Potter movies. So why did we choose “merry?” Why not just leave it at “happy?” Well, because merry just […]
The First Annual Christmas Eve Scavenger Hunt
This year, we started a new tradition with my wife’s family. In past years we had played a Shop and Swap Christmas Game on Christmas Eve, where everyone goes somewhere, splits up, and buys a little gift (under $5) for every other player. At the end, we would go home for lunch, wrap the presents, […]
Cookies S01E04 – Cornflake Wreaths
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone! This is my last posting before the big event, and so I would like to leave you with this gift: a special Christmas episode of “Cookies.” In reality, Ruby and I made several types of cookies this Christmas, including several batches of caramel bars, candy cane cookies, peanut butter […]
Christmas Delilah
I’m not sure how many of you out there are familiar with Delilah, the syndicated radio hostess who runs a romantically themed call-in show, but I personally think that her show is ridiculous, and I do not listen to it. At least, I don’t listen to it during 11 months of the year. During those […]
Yes, Ruby, There Is A Santa Claus
So Ruby came home from school the other day and said something horrifying. She said “Van told me that Santa Claus isn’t real.” Seriously!? She’s in pre-school! I didn’t think I’d have to deal with this until at least kindergarten! Well, I just leaned back and said “Now why do you think he said something […]
A Peninsula, Island, or an Isthmus
You will all be happy to know that I have been hard at work on my latest informational video, and it is finally finished, just in time for the holidays! This is good news, because it sort of has a holiday theme, Sort of. But basically, it seems that some people have a hard time […]