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December 25, 2007 - Number of Comments » 1

It’s bright and early on Christmas Day and I want to wish all of you a very very merry holiday!
Our tradition usually involves a frenzy of excited unwrapping followed by overloading on sugar and an eventual food coma. Towards evening we always wrap things up with a viewing of our favorite Christmas movie EVER.
If […]



December 24, 2007 - Number of Comments » 1

Merry Christmas!
And if that offends you, then this is for you…
“Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, our best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of […]



December 23, 2007 - Number of Comments » 4

Yesterday I made a quick run to the post office to pick up a package. The woman in front of me asked for some Christmas stamps, to which the clerk asked “religious or non-religious”.
Now I can totally understand that, as we do celebrate Christmas in our home, but I am definitely not religious.
However, […]



December 22, 2007 - Number of Comments » 2

Every year around this time I feel a deep need to watch the movies that remind me of holidays past.
Times spent in happy coziness with my parents, childhood friends, college roomies, and nowadays my Honey and the kids.
And just in case you’re looking for a little holiday cheer yourself, I’d like to recommend […]



December 21, 2007 - Number of Comments » 1

My gal pal S called me up this afternoon and said I had to come and see this!
Curious, I stopped by her house on my way home from work. And there, right in the middle of her living room, was a tower of friggin chocolate 3 feet high. I kid you NOT.
Yep - […]