The True Spirit Of Christmas
People like Sarah Palin keep telling us we need to “keep Christ in Christmas.” Which is strange, because no one ever kicked him out or proposed doing so. They just invited more people to join […]
Tag: Christmas
It’s Not My Fault! It’s the Elf on the Shelf!
How do you know it’s the day after Halloween? Every suburban strip mall blitzes red and green, and declares that evil is SO yesterday and all the cool people are now into elves and eggnog. […]
Re-Thinking the Christmas Song Countdown
This weekend, we were on the road, and because it’s the Holiday season, we heard a lot of Holiday songs. Let me amend this: We heard a lot of Holiday AND Christmas songs. I don’t […]
A Thanksgiving Thank You
I’d like to report a chat I had today with Madam’s number two hairball pet—the cat. I’m referring to the Fluff Muffin Cat who tours around Minnesota like the dog, perched on the console of […]
Don’t Monkey With Holiday Traditions
Madam and I just got our Thanksgiving dinner food assignments. I’m in charge of bread, and she’s responsible for stuffing and sweet potatoes. Along with our menu instructions came a friendly Post It Note advising […]
Hey, It’s Christmas All Year!
I saw my first Christmas commercial five days before Halloween this year. Let me just go on record with this: I believe that Christmas doesn’t start until after Thanksgiving. End of story. Apparently it is […]
A Wal-Mart Thanksgiving
In an effort to thin out the Black Friday riots, big national chain stores are planning again to start on Thanksgiving Day instead. Wal-Mart is even going to launch the madness two hours earlier than […]
Ah, The Holidays
It’s almost Christmas, again. Ah yes, the season of cheer and office parties you can barely remember due to intoxication levels worthy of a pink-slip. But Christmas these days really means only one thing: Yup, […]