Category: Holidays
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Big Expectations for the Shortest Day of the Year
It started with a Celestial Seasoning’s Gingerbread Tea box: “Gingerbread has been a holiday treat for 2,000 years! The Celts marked the winter solstice by eating small gingerbread cakes decorated with images of the sun to celebrate the longer days ahead.” Hmm, thought I. That sounds wonderful. I love Winter Solstice. I love gingerbread. I…
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A Very Radiohead Christmas
Some of my favorite things to listen to and watch around the holidays weren’t created to be a holiday genre. For example, I got Radiohead’s THE BENDS on Christmas Eve in, oh, 1996 maybe, and even though it has nothing to do with Christmas, almost every time I listen to it, aside from making my…
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Memories in the Making
With a three-year-old running around the house, this is the first year I’ve felt the pressure of DOING Christmas since becoming a mother. The past couple years have been a bit lacking on traditions, explanations, gifts, etc. We saw Santa one year, getting the obligatory baby crying picture, but that was about it. This year…
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It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
This year, my sister and I exchanged an Advent calendar of sorts, but really, it’s more of a Christmas countdown, with tiny tokens and treats to open each day til Christmas. I was starting to feel a little guilty about it being all presents and not as much reflection, which is part of the ritutal…
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Full of Thanks, Full of Gratitude: 2012 Edition
{For 2011’s edition, I blogged it here.} I read somewhere (probably on Pinterest) that to be truly thankful, you have to get specific. During this year’s 30 Days of Thankfulness, I’m going to get pretty darn specific. That my friend Lanie is getting treatment through MD Anderson, the best cancer facility in the world. That…
Tapioca Dance 