This will be our very first Christmas without Santa visiting one of our kids. She's 13 and I think that while she kinda knew he wasn't real years ago she believed so strongly in Santa and loved the experience so much that she kept her doubts to herself. Now, the [...]
My sister gave me a remote controlled steam train engine set for Grayson last week. It's the same train set that Grayson has played with the past 2 years at holiday get togethers at our relative's house. He absolutely loves it. Its been wrapped and in my trunk for the past week [...]
The clock is ticking, grown-ups. As of publishing, you've got only five days left to help the big Ho-Ho fulfill your child's great wish. But what are children asking Santa for this year? We asked the moms and dads of our Facebook community what their kids really want for Christmas, [...]
Nick’s Daughter has a new catchphrase, and Ben’s little one “Fears the Beard” this Holiday Season. Then they lay down the law of what makes a good Santa, and what happens when you only see one set of footprints. “Daddy, Don’t Break My Balls!”
I have seen a lot in my day, but this is the first time, that I can recall, that Halloween has ever been moved. I didn't know that you could do such a thing. Is there a Halloween commissioner? A Halloween MC? Does the Great Pumpkin send a message down [...]
As today's children are more savvy and sophisticated than their predecessors, (namely us), it has become increasingly more difficult to keep the Santa Claus illusion a viable part of the wonderful Christmas experience. Much as we may want to prop up the belief in ol' Saint Nick, so that our [...]
