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Holiday Watch: Crazy For Christmas

A lot of Christmas movies can be downright dour while others are such treacly fantasies that they positively make your teeth ache. Crazy For Christmas isn’t one of those movies.

When In Doubt, Throw Hard Candy (aka, The Santa From Hell story)

This is a story by my friend, Toni McGee Causey (Charmed and Dangerous, Girls Just Wanna Have Guns, When a Man Loves …

The Thankful Thing, 2009 Edition

Here we are. What am I thankful for in this past year?

All I Want For Christmas

My take on this week’s group blog topic: All I Want For Christmas. The rules are simple: Post your ideal Christmas list…money is no object.

Making a Memorable Valentine’s Day

In a world filled with love in all its guises: requited, unrequited, kinky, quiet, romantic, and scores more, memories abound of Valentine’s Day. I have not been immune. I, too, have a Valentine’s day memory to share.

Christmas Food-fest

I didn’t intend to spend Christmas getting reacquainted with the porcelain appliance, but we don’t always get to choose how life’s events unfold.

A Calm Christmas

I’m having to get used to a new Christmas routine this year. As much as we cling to tradition, so too much we embrace change when it happens. This year, I’m apparently embracing change…whether I want to or not.

Why Chrismukkwanzolstivusuledays Matter

The shopping crush. The mounting credit card bills. Traffic jams. Filled parking lots. Screaming kids. Carols repeating over and over. It seems like every December we feel we have to endure so much, and for what?

The Dreaded Holiday Question

I got hit last night with that most dreaded of holiday questions. The one that sparks fear and terror in even the stoutest of souls. The question that causes tongues to tie and brains to seize. A query so insidious in meaning and yet so innocent in tone.