by Raylene | Jan 15, 2008 | Celebrate, Traditions, Why Do We Do That
Christmas-time at our House: part 10I have mentioned several times that we have our big Christmas gift exchange actually AFTER Christmas Day. Weird, I know. But here’s why.The focus of Christmas Day is on the birth of Jesus. We have a big...
by Raylene | Jan 10, 2008 | Books, Celebrate, Music, Reviews, Woman's Life
On our little holiday away I was surprised to find some really great new ‘things’.First off, actually a little before we left for our trip, I discovered the value of good outerwear. My sweetie bought me a new Wetskins jacket – it’s kind...
by Raylene | Dec 24, 2007 | Celebrate, Traditions, weird, Why Do We Do That
Christmas-time at our House: part 7Only 2 sleeps until Christmas Day. My kiddos are terribly excited!We already started talking about how we’re going to decorate – streamers, balloons, a nice party table cloth. The menu for the day is pretty standard...
by Raylene | Dec 14, 2007 | Celebrate, Traditions, Why Do We Do That
Christmas-time at our House (a.k.a. Weird Christmas!): part 6We have a few Nativity Scenes around our house:This one was made in Indonesia (Papua I think) from a coconut shell.My sweetie brought this back from a trip overseas a few years ago.This one we bought in...
by Raylene | Dec 14, 2007 | Celebrate, Traditions, weird, Why Do We Do That, Woman's Life
Christmas-time at our House (a.k.a. Weird Christmas!): part 5My alarm went off at 6:00am this morning. I rolled out of bed, grabbed my robe, and headed for the kitchen. I was on a mission, and time was a-ticking.Today, December 13th, is Santa Lucia...
by Raylene | Dec 13, 2007 | Celebrate, weird, Why Do We Do That
subtitle: Christmas-time at our house – part 4This is the 4th installment in my Christmas-time at our House series.In my last post, I started talking about Santa, and why a Christian family might want to get away from the hype of the...