Many thanks to Footnote Maven for hosting Blog Caroling! Heaven and Earth (Nebo i Zemlya) Heaven and earth, heaven and earth Now welco...

( Originally published in 2009; some material added in 2010. ) Music plays a big part in my family’s celebration of Christmas. When I was ...

My family did not attend Christmas services when I was a child. That left a big, empty hole in my experience of Christmas, but I did not kn...

( Originally posted December 2009 .) I had Christmas stockings as a child and I have them as an adult (though not the same ones, unfortunate...

( Originally posted December 2009 .) This is a topic with which I am somewhat familiar, since yesterday was the “big day” for me. If my birt...

( Originally posted in December 2009 .) Is there no one who loves fruitcake? I do. Kind of. If it’s moist (= has lots of booze). The frui...

For a number of years at our previous parish, my husband and I were involved in helping with the Saint Nicholas Day celebration put on by th...

All of my favorite gifts are my favorites due to a combination of practical and sentimental reasons. My daughters have made me a number of...

Or: “Other Decorations” “Other decorations”: not tree decorations or outside decorations, but simply other decorations we put up in our hou...

Did cookies play a role in our holiday foods? This is a real mystery to me – both the answer to the question and the fact that I really cann...

... that you can get one of these cute little guys (aka "USB Hubman") FREE with any gift card from Best Buy (I am not associated w...

Did you believe in Santa? Boy, howdy, did I ever. I was a faithful – and I do mean faithful – follower of Santa. He did not always bring ...

Above is the Christmas card my family and I sent out in 2009.  My mother did send out Christmas cards, and we displayed the ones we received...

[Reposted from 2009 with an update.] There have been several Advent Calendar posts by GeneaBloggers in which they describe their obsession w...

When the first star is spotted in the sky on the eve of Christmas, it is time to go in to have the last meal before the end of the pre-Nati...

Music plays a big part in my family’s celebration of Christmas. When I was growing up, this was not so much the case. We heard Christmas ...

I had Christmas stockings as a child and I have them as an adult (though not the same ones, unfortunately). My teenage daughters still have...

Many thanks to footnoteMaven for hosting Blog Caroling! Heaven and Earth (Nebo i Zemlya) Heaven and earth, heaven and earth Now welcome the...

There is both an Advent Calendar theme (for 15 December) and a Carnival of Genealogy topic on December birthdays and events. This is a topi...

Is there no one who loves fruitcake? I do. Kind of. If it’s moist (= has lots of booze). The fruit must not be old and the nuts should al...