Santas Debate Christmas

In exactly five months millions of people around the world will celebrate Christmas… or maybe not. If Santas and elves from Europe, Australia and Japan have their way, the date of Christmas could be changed from December 25 to either December 24 or even January 6 or 7. This controversial topic was...

Denying Christmas in July

Can anyone be blamed for longing for Christmas in this heat? I read with interest this blog about a man and his wife who received their first Christmas catalogue on July 10th. Is there something wrong with that? I don’t know a thing about Gooseberry Patch, the retailer that sent him the catalogue. But...

Girl Toys

I have six daughters ranging in age from 5 to 21. Unlike the dark ages when I was growing up with my sisters, today’s girls live in a world of toys, gadgets and games that are vastly unlike the Barbies and Easy Bake ovens of yesterday. A girl today still has the feminine flair that makes them distinct...

Fred Claus: Preview of a Bad Movie

Can’t we all just agree that Hollywood is just incapable of making a great Christmas comedy without making Santa look juvenile? Isn’t it time to admit that nothing is left sacred from today’s movie makers when they try to have fun with a Christmas theme? Making the rounds online and in...

Messing with A Christmas Carol

As the news broke this week of Robert Zemeckis working on a “motion capture” rendition of A Christmas Carol I briefly thought it might be good news. Zemeckis has brought us some good films in his time: Back to the Future, Forrest Gump and in the Christmas genre specifically, Polar Express. In...

What Christmas Means to Me…

There’s much in this life that is beyond my control. In fact the list of things that I can control is a short one, the list of those I can’t is not. Life gets confusing and scary and overwhelming…I feel unworthy when things get good, and unaccepting when they get bad. All in all I’m...