When I was a kid, my parents did the whole cookies-and-milk thing Christmas Eve and we wrote letters to Santa detailing the page of the Sears catalog where he could find our most coveted toy. While I was never big on the whole Santa deal (I figured it out when I was five… Santa and [...]
Mommy Brain~ condition that makes everything foggy, forgotten and questionable if it’s really happening, supposed to be happening, or already happened? Hell, I’d bet my reminder list that most of us are in the throes of it at this very moment. Me, I am on the verge of a full-blown case of sundowners of the [...]
I don’t care how tough you think you are. Your child’s holiday pageant will take you down. The adorable costuming, the tiny voices raised in an incomprehensible, wind-chimey chorus, the fact that you are experiencing holiday fatigue and are ripe for a breakdown: all of these ingredients combined will make you a sobbing wreck.
Halloween has the Headless Horseman. Growing up, we had the Headless Angel. Our mutilated tree-topper is not a tale about two broke ass parents hoping their children could look beyond the special angel and hug them with gratitude over the bountiful gifts beneath the tree. No way, there was no hugging in my house. The [...]
So we have established that my birthday falls on Christmas Eve (happens every year). And we have established that as a holiday birthday person I gravitate towards the color plaid and the flavor peppermint. There is one more unique quirk associated with my birthday – I am in love with Shamrock Shakes. It took me [...]
Dear Santa, I’ve got some seriously complicated feelings that I gotta get off my chest. Back in the day? You were the harbinger of Christmas, a jolly good man armed with a shit ton (it’s metric) of toys, and I believed, Santa. With every bit of my little, innocent heart. Then, virtually overnight, you became [...]
Ahhh, the holidays. Many of you might be related to geeks and, likely, are generally scrambling about what to get them for the holidays. There are a few major problems with shopping for geeks: You can’t shop months ahead of time, because you’ll be out of date by Christmas, and everything they want is astronomically expensive. [...]
Well happy December everyone! This is the best month of the year not just because everyone realizes that peppermint is awesome, but because there’s plaid ALL OVER THE PLACE. There is also a chance that if you are a religious type you will have some sort of to-do this month. You know what else happens [...]
My parents weren’t ones for holiday decor. They’re much more the teak and polished silver crowd. Which means that my garish taste rarely goes unnoticed – or unmocked – by them. I’ve gotten used to it over the years and, in fact, I take great pride in being the most tacky member of my family. [...]
My 5 year old boy watches too much TV. Actually, I don’t think he’s that bad—well, not when you compare it to how much time he spends on theWii/Playstation/other electronic device—but he is being subjected to the onslaught of holiday commercials showcasing the very latest in ‘must have toys’. Squeezed in between the countless episodes [...]
Ah, Black Friday. The day after Thanksgiving. The unofficial start of the Holiday Season. Many folks get up at the butt crack o’dawn to venture out to get the good deals and special items before anyone else. It’s such a glorious morning. Plenty of parking! Awesome deals! Plenty of stuff in stock! Happy employees! The [...]
Ah, the holidays! I can see it all now: The turkey on the table, the stuffing steaming next to it. The laughter of small children as they run around the table. Chuckles filling the air as Uncle Bob tells the annual story of how Uncle Pete once fell off the roof pretending to be Santa. [...]
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