I don't think anyone would ever accuse my family of being staunch traditionalists. We are more concerned with doing what we like to do as a family over the holidays rather than what "tradition" might dictate makes for the essential holiday experience. Not that we don't have "family traditions" - we most certainly do. But [...]
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Now that is a blue light special!
I am old enough to remember the days of K-mart blue light specials. Those were the specials that they announced over the store speaker while you were shopping that lasted for a short period of time (maybe 30 minutes to an hour) and that you had to go to the blue light location to get [...]
My letter to Santa…
I received an email from my friend Katherine that included a whole series of funny holiday cartoons. My favorite cartoon from the email was the one below...somehow I identified with that one the most. 😉 The cartoon reminded me that in all the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, I had yet to write [...]
Pimping Christmas…
I know I am not alone in my dismay over the increasing commercialization of Christmas. I do believe that my bitterness may be becoming more noticeable than others around me though, as I have now taken to referring to the huge retail push for sales that begins earlier each year as the pimping of Christmas. That's right. Retailers are [...]
From me and mine to you and yours…
WARNING- this blog contains a holiday wish from me and mine to you and yours - stop here and retreat if you were hoping to Bah Humbug your way through December 25th. You have come to the wrong place if you are aspiring to diminish the joyous voices of the Whos in Whoville - we [...]
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas – New Forty Style
In honor of Christmas Eve, today I add my own twist (or twisted point of view - however you want to put it) to Clement Clark Moore's classic poem - A Visit From St. Nicholas - more commonly known as 'Twas the Night Before Christmas. You see, even those of us in the new forty [...]
The sounds of the holiday…
Well, it's that time of year and the familiar sounds of the holiday abound - the sounds of Salvation bell-ringers...of shoppers' shopping bags rustling...of cheery holiday greetings - they are all out there gearing us up mentally for the holiday. But my personal favorite holiday sound - the one that really alerts me to the [...]
THE NEW FORTY 