Post Views: 2,650 Do any of you find it fascinating, as I do, that many of the christmas traditions we know and love often cross that thin veil that separates […]
Post Views: 3,182 If Clement Clark Moore is primarily responsible for our literary description of Santa Claus with his poem T’was The Night Before Christmas. Thomas Nast is responsible for […]
Post Views: 3,475 Regular readers of my blog will know that I love the Halloween season. I also love bonfires. I always strive to find some odd fact every year […]
Post Views: 4,760 As far back as I can remember my mother had always helped us decorate for the xmas holiday by taping up brightly colored art prints known as […]
Post Views: 5,011 I love to dig deeply into holiday and secular traditions. Learning new things is what give life its spice. Speaking of spice I ran across a fantastic […]
Post Views: 7,767 I like to explore the cultural connections between the holiday of Halloween and people that invented it. One of the more interesting legends I have run across […]
Post Views: 4,655 I had the distinct displeasure of sitting within listening distance of a family at dinner tonight. My ears were assailed with the most incredulous conversation regarding tattoos […]
Post Views: 3,911 This year’s celebrations are truly filled with a great many “firsts” for me. With this in mind I wanted to list them out and note my gratitude […]
Post Views: 3,982 I have empty nestlings. It has really been a long time since I have written anything and I must confess that writing something that does not involve the […]
Post Views: 7,336 Modern Santa Claus is known to be an amalgam of influences, not the least of which is the Germanic god Odin. It is important to realize that there […]