Holiday Blog Event: Shira Anthony – Generation to Generation
לדור ודור (“From Generation to Generation”) I grew up in a household with two non-observant (culturally) Jewish parents, but that didn’t stop us from singing Christmas carols or even having a Christmas...
View ArticleHoliday Blog Event: Amy Lane – What Santa Doesn’t Tell You
Kids and Christmas—What Santa Doesn’t Tell You Even though my oldest son was born on December 12th, let’s face it—that first Christmas was sort of a bust from his end, and the second wasn’t much...
View ArticleHoliday Blog Event: Melanie Marshall – Memories of Christmas Past
Memories of Christmas Past Christmas holds so many wonderful memories of family and Christmas past that when Andrew asked me to share something about Christmas especially in regard to families and...
View ArticleHoliday Blog Event: Lorraine Fico-White – A Sense Of Family
A Sense of Family When I think of Christmas, I think of family. Christmas meant going to my grandparents’ home on Christmas Eve with my aunts, uncles, and cousins to feast on an abundance of food...
View ArticleHoliday Blog Event: Rick R. Reed – A Favorite Christmas Memory
One of My Favorite Christmas Memories One of the greatest joys of my life is my son, Nicholas. He’s far away now, living with his husband, Tarik, in Montreal, but I miss him every day. Around the...
View ArticleChristmas ’13 Part 1 – Our First Holiday ‘Concert’
‘lil q had her first holiday concert on Friday. Yes, I’m one of those parents who took off work early to be there and to film it. She walked in with her class, looked around but couldn’t see us. I...
View ArticleChristmas ’13 Part 2 – Christmas Shopping With ‘lil q
Trying to shop with a toddler is like trying to herd goats – it sounds hard, but it ends up even harder. But with the Thanksgiving to Christmas time at under 4 weeks, we had to ‘multitask’. One of the...
View ArticleChristmas ’13 Part 3 –‘lil q’s Christmas Tree
Every year Mike and I have this debate with ourselves, should we get a tree or shouldn’t we? By the time we get around to buying one, half the Christmas season is over and we ask ourselves, do we...
View ArticleHoliday Blog Event: Becky Condit – Christmas Pajama’s
Christmas Pajamas When my children were small we fell into rather than decided on certain traditions. On Christmas Eve the children were each allowed to open one gift when we got home from Christmas...
View ArticleChristmas ’13 Part 4 – Christmas Cookies
As many of you have guessed from the Holiday Event I had on my blog this season, I love the different aspects of Christmas. I also want to create memories for ‘lil q like my parents and grandparents...
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