For the past couple songs, we have talked about gifts. We talked about the gifts we do and should give. We talked about the gifts we desire. Well, it wouldn’t be Christmas without talking about the greatest gift of all. Like I said at the end of yesterday, that gift came wrapped in swaddling cloth…
All I want for Christmas is… How would you answer this question? I know, I know, if we are asked this we all tend to give some noble answer. I want peace on earth goodwill to men. I want our troops to come home. I want to be able to end hunger. Or extreme poverty.…
Have you bought all your presents yet? You’ve made the list. You’ve checked it twice. How do you determine what presents to give the naughty and the nice? For that matter, how do you determine what present to give grouchy old Aunt Matilda? No matter what you buy her, she’s gonna complain. Do you do…
Not every Christmas is this beautiful fairy tale of candy canes and mistletoe.
Frosty the Snowman. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. Santa. The Grinch. George Bailey. Good King Wenceslas. There was a time when I hated all of them. The Christmas Tree, mistletoe, lights, tinsel, the yuletide log. They were all a distraction and I couldn’t stand them. Well, lets be honest, I still hate tinsel. I am…
Family recollections
Sometimes the worst songs are the hardest ones to get out of our heads.
This Christmas season, like every Christmas season is going to be loud. It is going to be hectic. There will be plenty of chaos and, quite frankly, that is just how I love it.
Tell me your favorite Christmas songs. Share your favorite Christmas stories.
Help me this November pick what will be read in December.
I hate snow.
THE RIVER WALK 