I’ve been listening to some Christmas music the past week or so. Here’s a few samples.

I’ve always been a big fan of The Smithereens, and I recently got this new Christmas album from eMusic: Christmas With The Smithereens. If you’re not a fan of the band, it may not be that interesting, but [...]

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Just a few things on this Friday before Festivus…
Early Christmas presents
While growing up, nearly every Christmas my siblings and I would always plead with our parents to open just one Christmas present early. We already opened some presents early anyway - on Christmas Eve. I had 3 siblings, and we would open our [...]

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I wrote about hard rock/heavy metal a few days ago, and the following night I see none other than Twisted Sister on Leno. Now, that may be disturbing to some, but what’s disturbing to me is what they were singing.
O Come All Ye Faithful.
Did you say…
Yes, I did.
Even more disturbing is that there’s more. [...]

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Let me ask this: why is it that, when I visit Kroger, Wal-Mart, etc. these days and buy 2, maybe 3 items, I get a receipt that’s roughtly 18 inches long? Why is this necessary??

Duke 57, Holy Cross 45
Recap
Boxscore
Quotes
Notes
Duke looked horrible in the first half last night against Holy Cross. That may have [...]

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Slices
A couple items from the Slices section over at Relevant Magazine:
The cost of the items mentioned in the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas” has gone up 3.1% since last year. Evidently rising labor costs are to blame, particularly for days nine through twelve. The cost for maids-a-milking, however, remained constant.
TV Land has [...]

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Christmas
No doubt we’ll hear more and more about the “war on Christmas” as the day approaches. I responded to this last year, and here’s a post by Diana Butler Bass over at God’s Politics blog about this year’s war on Christmas, although it’s from a different angle than usual.
Speaking of Christmas, Shaun Groves answers [...]

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Joseph, son of Jacob, soon-to-be husband of Mary, first appears in the first chapter of Matthew, when, after finding out that Mary was pregnant, is considering what to do next. 
The birth of Jesus took place like this. His mother, Mary, was engaged to be married to Joseph. Before they came to the marriage bed, Joseph [...]

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After watching It’s A Wonderful Life and Miracle On 34th Street this week, I was thinking about my favorite movies that always show up this time of year. So, I decided to list my favorite holiday movies - well, I’m not limiting this strictly to movies, but am also including the Christmas specials you see [...]

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One of the things I’ve learned in the last six-and-a-half years is that your children can ask really hard questions. Sometimes that’s because they are questions you don’t know the answer to. Sometimes it’s because it’s difficult to explain the answer to them in a way that they will understand. Then there are questions like [...]

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Last night was a night my daughter has been waiting anxiously for - the new American Girl movie, Felicity : An American Girl Adventure. She loves all things American Girl. She saved up last year and bought her first American Girl doll. And so we settled in last night after dinner to watch the movie [...]

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