- 1. Christmas Morning... or Rather, Afternoon
- (Chris's Blog)
- And I'm still waiting to open anything. I've attempted to wake the sleeping giant at least 4 times, but all he does is mutter something unintelligible and roll over. I have since gone out, gotten breakfast, ...
- Created on 25 December 2007
- 2. Step One: It Puts the Lights on the Christmas Tree
- (Chris's Blog)
- I just returned from my friend Keith's birthday party, which he conveniently has each year ON his birthday, the 23rd of December. What would complete my evening? Getting the friggin' Christmas tree decorated ...
- Created on 23 December 2007
- 3. It's sad to say this..
- (Latest)
- ... Dave’s greatest loves of Christmas time... the 12 ft Christmas tree will grace the front windows one last time. But it’s the end of May right now and there is a lot of planning to do, many things to ...
- Created on 27 May 2010
- 4. A Sigh of Relief
- (Chris's Blog)
- He is RISEN! Oh, sorry, wrong holiday. What *IF* Christmas Eve had the same tone that Good Friday does? (Assuming you are Christian, which being Catholic as I am, I must assume, for if you aren't you ...
- Created on 26 December 2007
- 5. Step Two: Fill Those Damned Bare Spots
- (Chris's Blog)
- The Christmas tree was 'fully lit' last night, as was I when I finished... which explains my 'Lies, Lies, LIES' piece. Today, after recovering, I once more braved the chilly, but not completely CRAPPY weather ...
- Created on 24 December 2007
- 6. Lies, Lies, LIES!
- (Things You Have Always Wondered About)
- ... by Rudolph, and was convinced that the whole episode of the 'Foggy Christmas Eve' would blow over and soon he would be an outcast again. No matter what my poor mother told me I cried and cried about Rudolph' ...
- Created on 24 December 2007
- 7. I'm Santa Claus, Bitch
- (Social Commentary)
- Two days before Christmas, 2007. It's been a craptacular year. And it's a craptacular day! Snow? Not here! We don't get snow on Christmas anymore. I'm sure it's God's punishment for something. ...
- Created on 23 December 2007
- 8. Cataloging Our Culture
- (Social Commentary)
- Holly Jolly, Bahoo Dorey, and all that. It's 'Black Friday' and we find ourselves once more at the beginning of the Christmas rush. The madness. The mania. The wrapping paper, sugar-coated, tinsel twinkling ...
- Created on 23 November 2007
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Woodsmoke Lane At Dusk
I loved the sky on this night as we left my brother's house. It had been raining...
Marshall Square Park
We had been at the hospice with Dave's mother all that week. I stopped to take this as we...
The Little Things
The idea of Memorial Day weekend wasn't even on my mind when we decided to travel a month...