Top 10 Children’s Christmas Songs From Boomer’s Childhoods

These 10 Christmas songs were hits when the baby boomers were kids or young adults, and are now classics.  These quality songs are still being played on the radio today, and the reruns of the television specials that many of them are a part of, are being enjoyed all over again by the boomer’s kids… Continue reading Top 10 Children’s Christmas Songs From Boomer’s Childhoods

Winter Needs Christmas

Many people are not religious, but they still love Christmas. Christmas has become more secular, and more spiritual. In those parts of the world where winter is cold, Christmas warms our bodies and souls from the inside out. Christmas is a time of expansion – we eat too much, spend too much, drink too much,… Continue reading Winter Needs Christmas

What is Your Favorite Holiday Decoration?

Sometimes our favorite holiday decorations are not the ones that cost the most money, or fit into a designer color scheme.  They are often the ones that catch us by surprise, and melt our hearts, because they were made with love by the hands of a child, who is so excited to give them to… Continue reading What is Your Favorite Holiday Decoration?

How To Make a Tealight Snowman

I went to a craft fair on Friday, and for $5.00 admission, I had a great time. I love supporting the work of local crafters and artists, and the creative atmosphere at the fair inspires me with ideas.  I bought some nice handmade shortbread cookies and hot chocolate, and l saw the cutest craft that I… Continue reading How To Make a Tealight Snowman

Favorite Practical Christmas Gifts

This year I am simplifying my Christmas gift shopping list and buying PRACTICAL gifts. These are the tools that the people on my list will use every day to help them feel or look better, be safe, comfortable, happier, healthier, inspired, warmer, cleaner, well groomed, organized, dryer, relaxed, entertained, and developed. This is an all-ages… Continue reading Favorite Practical Christmas Gifts

The Real Singer of The Grinch’s Theme Song

“The Grinch that stole Christmas” on vhs, was on constant rewind in the 1990’s at our house.  My three sons watched it at Christmas, in the spring, in the summer, and in the fall.  They loved Dr. Suess’s classic Christmas special so much, they wore out the tape from rewinding it so many times, that a… Continue reading The Real Singer of The Grinch’s Theme Song