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Advent calendars were not a thing in my Catholic 70s and 80s childhood. We dutifully made Advent wreaths on little pieces of styfoam in our CCD class. We were supposed to light the candles each Sunday, but even parents of Gen X kids realized it was a bad idea to put a flame near styrofoam […]
In early November, I published a list of holiday things that I’d like to do this year. My plans were unexpectedly derailed when I learned that my 13 year-old dog has cancer. In fact, just today he had surgery to remove the growth and will spend the next two weeks recuperating. So my holiday things-to-do […]
For the first time in a decade or longer, I’m not working on a holiday gift project of some type like a toy drive or a food or blanket drive. No drives. Organizing a drive or a giving tree is exhilarating and rewarding, but it consumes hundreds of hours. My personal seasonal activities were usually […]
