When you were a kid, did you try to stay up late at night to catch Santa in your house? Millions of children have tried to catch the jolly old elf, but somehow his magic only seems to work when you’re asleep. But with today’s high technology, you’d think there would be a way...
Are you dreaming of a green Christmas this year? If so, here are a few easy ideas to make your season greener. 1. Get a Live Christmas Tree Artificial trees are convenient because don’t need to worry about falling needles and you only need to buy one and you’re ready for Christmas for years...
Each year, Americans send millions of cards during the holiday season, and most of them are traditional folded greetings or flat photo cards with faces of smiling families. Want to break out of the mold this year? Here are some unusual Christmas cards that pop up, play music, fold out, simply look a little...
- by Debora Dyess We all identify with characters we see in movies. Who you see yourself as says a lot about you! Which Nightmare Before Christmas characters do you identify with? Read the descriptions below to see who you’re most like. Have fun – this is not scientific or psychological test, nor does...
An Angel’s Special Christmas Gift By Steve Brunkhorst Towering ponderosa pine trees reached up to touch a blue December sky. Their top branches waved to billowy white clouds sailing over the snow-covered Colorado forest. Sniffing the sweet-scented Ponderosa bark filled my head with the aroma of Christmas candles and butterscotch cookies. I lowered my...
When I first saw the previews for “Elf”, the 2003 movie starring Will Ferrell, James Caan and Ed Asner, I was skeptical. A movie about a full-size man being adopted by elves and then leaving the North Pole to find his family just seemed like an idea doomed to failure. Even though the movie...
“Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer” is a novelty Christmas song written by Randy Brooks and originally recorded Elmo and Patsy in 1979. The song is about a grandmother who gets tipsy from drinking too much eggnog and is run over by Santa’s reindeer when she returns home to get her medicine. The...
