Is Santa Getting Lazy?
Gene GlotzerPhoto by Sincerely Media on Unsplash The past two Christmases I've noticed something. It's not really a big deal, just a little odd. This is only the past two years,…
Our Tree Is Finally Up
Photo by kevin turcios on Unsplash It's late on Christmas Eve Eve and we just got our tree up. We should have done it earlier but just haven't had the…
Our Tree Isn’t Up Yet
Photo by Morgane Le Breton on Unsplash It's December 17th and we haven't put up our Christmas tree yet. Don't worry, I don't think Christmas is a humbug or anything…
A Christmas Post (Sort Of)
Photo by Rodion Kutsaiev on Unsplash It's December 8th and I haven't done a single Christmas post this year. In the past, holiday posts have been a staple of my…
My Christmas Wish
Photo by Valentin Petkov on Unsplash Don't worry, this isn't going to be about peace on earth or anything like that. Not that there's anything wrong with wanting peace on…
Christmas Eve Shopping
Photo by Bing HAO on Unsplash I have a longstanding tradition of shopping on Christmas Eve. It's the one day a year where I can honestly say I like to…
Cool (Christmas) Blues
Charles Brown is a fascinating figure in American music. He's great, first of all. Absolutely great. He's legendary in the blues and traditional R&B worlds, but most people now probably…
All I Want for Christmas Is for Everyone to Stop with the Mariah Carey Memes
There's one holiday tradition we need to end. Every year, we can't go on social media in December without being inundated with memes complaining about Mariah Carey's "All I Want…
Elf on the Shelf
Photo by Misty Ladd on Unsplash I work in a school. One of the students was telling me all about her family's Elf on the Shelf. He's apparently very silly.…
Mistletoe
Photo by Paul Zoetemeijer on Unsplash One of the standard tropes in movies, songs, television shows, books, basically in all of media, is kissing under the mistletoe at Christmastime. If…