I really should rewrite my Weird Christmas Series

Yes, I really should rewrite my Weird Christmas posts, updating them to 2012. I just don’t think that’s going to happen any time soon. Our traditions are VERY much still the same. They look a bit different as the kiddos get older, but the essence of our...

Happy Belated St. Nicholas Day!

We usually celebrate St. Nicholas Day on December 6th. It’s December 7th and we officially haven’t had St. Nicholas Day yet this year. We’re going to share presents this evening I think. It’s been a crazy year. But Gram brought up a new St....

Advent 2011 & Christmas Series

December 1st already! WOW! That means Christmas-time is here for sure! I wanted to remind my new readers about a series I wrote a few years ago about how we celebrate the Christmas season, including Advent.  The basics are still the same, even though the posts were...

2010 Christmas Series and Advent Reminder

Sunday, November 28 is the First Sunday of Advent this year! I wanted to let my new readers know about a series I wrote a while back about how we celebrate the Christmas season, including Advent.  We do things quite differently at our house during Christmas-time and...

Advent Reminder

Wow – it’s almost that time already… let the weirdness begin!No, seriously, I love the Christmas season, and it’s well underway here in Canada – they skip right from Halloween to Christmas up here ‘cuz Thanksgiving is in Oct!As...