I am extremely pleased whenever I come across an idea or a song that shows appreciation for everyone’s beliefs. This little song is insanely simple and ridiculously catchy. I’m sorry—it will be stuck in your head all day! (You might as well suffer as I am suffering.) What a fun and easy way to show…
Christmas
Feeling Christmassy?
Well, it’s that time of year again—the time when one of my local radio stations begins playing all Christmas music. And every time I accidentally click on the station, I yell, “No, no, no!” and frantically punch the buttons. Why? Because it isn’t time for Christmas yet. It’s not. We have Thanksgiving Day first. Sometimes…
Gotta Watch It!
I was pondering what to write about for today’s blog and looked for inspiration by searching the Internet for “historic events on December 18.” Amid a wealth of frankly depressing options, I found this little gem. On this date in 1966, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! aired for the first time on CBS….
Holiday Cards?
One day last week, I received three very special holiday cards. One card was from my cat. One card was from my pooch. The third card was from my neighbors who, each year without fail, thoughtfully send along this trio of holiday greetings. These days, fewer and fewer of my friends and family members mail…
Holiday Creep
So Thanksgiving is now nipping at the heels of Black Friday for the title of Biggest Shopping Day of the Year. What a shame. Many stores were playing holiday music to lull shoppers into a gift-buying mood when they were shopping for back-to-school, which itself now seems to begin sometime in late April. And I…
Merry “Thanksgiving-mas”!
During my morning commute, I flip between two different radio stations—back and forth and back and forth—looking for appealing music. About two weeks ago, one of “my stations” went to all Christmas music. I did a lot of grumbling and ranting and muttering about how we have to jump into every holiday way too early….
Time Off. Time for What?
While the Mayans sure did a bang-up job creating a calendar that includes more cycles than last year’s Tour de France, they don’t seem to have been interested in clocks or predictions. What time will the world end, Mayans? Will the world end, Mayans? My feet are firmly planted in the Garden of Don’t Believe….