Today was the big day for us, our Christmas celebration. As we do every year, we marked today on the calendar as our day to share our gifts, a big meal, and our time together as our big gift to each other. I’ll walk you through each part of our day, one by one, as… Continue reading Forty-Two: Our Family Christmas
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Forty-One: Green Pipe Cleaners
Old Man: “You know, Zudock just bought one of those brand new… green plastic trees.” Tree Guy: “Oh no!“ Old Man: “Darn thing looks like it was made out of…green pipe cleaners.” [Both men laugh.] Mom: “This is a very nice tree.” Tree Guy: “I’ll throw in some rope and tie it to your car… Continue reading Forty-One: Green Pipe Cleaners
Forty: Christmas Traditions
Our big family has many Christmas traditions, both big and small, but there are too many to list completely here. That being said, I’m going to tackle at least a few of them for those of you who might be curious about what we do as a big family each Christmas. Of course, this year… Continue reading Forty: Christmas Traditions
Thirty-Nine: The Christmas Season Begins!
As Catholics, we believe the liturgical Christmas season begins on Christmas Day with the season of Advent preceding it. But for this dad, Christmas begins after Santa shows up at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade at the absolute earliest. No pre-thanksgiving Christmas nonsense here. Thanksgiving deserves to shine on its own. Even then, Christmas usually… Continue reading Thirty-Nine: The Christmas Season Begins!