It’s Christmas tree decorating season and I’m happy to welcome our ornaments back to our living room. They are a motley, rag-tag community of misfits (although ironically, neither Rudolph or that dentist wannabe elf is represented). They’re all so darn precious to me, I can’t throw any of them away, even the Irish step dancer whose […]
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Hey Christmas. I Will Take. You. Down.
Christmas is over at my house. It’s official, since the last sparkly red and green piece of man-made material has been removed, put into a marked bin and shipped off to the FitzAnnex, otherwise known as our storage unit down the road. There is nothing that makes you appreciate your house more than having […]
Homemade for the Holidays
Even a jaunty hat couldn’t turn Mr. Bill the Ornament’s pipe-cleaner frown upside down. At this time of year, I’m a sucker for heartwarming. So when my children were young, I worked hard at maintaining holiday traditions, some more successful than others. When we had a house full of babies, children and Michael’s […]
How’s Your Ornament Hangin’
Sorry if I seem to go on and on about Christmas. But it’s not as if you can ignore it. Driving into my neighborhood, you’d think you were on your way to Santa’s Land of Gumdrops ‘n Double Mocha Frappaccinos. Even the Liquor Barn and H&R Block are festive. This week we put up […]