christmas

  • McFadden

    My sister in law, Tania, had visited Ireland and Scotland a few times. One year she just decided she needed to venture further into the world and went off on a vacation by herself. She loved it so much, she kept going back. She and my husband had been told…

  • Christmases Past

    This year, with my Christmas preparations, I went from being completely unprepared (on the 13th having just started the shopping) to completely ready in the shortest time span in my history of Christmases. I will be doing some deliveries tomorrow to drop off the festive packages. I even had some…

  • Holiday Season

    My husband said to me the other day, ‘so when are we getting a tree?’ I proceeded to look at him like he has three heads. This was November. And Mr. Bah-Humbug is chomping at the bit to get a Christmas tree? I have always been the bringer of Christmas…

  • Tradition

    I was sitting on a little chair, looking at the decorations that were to go on the tree and inconspicuously observing my family around me.  Jordan was working on a word search on the back of the advent calendar, Owen was placing a decoration and Jay had the hockey game…