Christmas tree

that my sister, mom, and I made ornaments by hand. And we started doing this because we found some old hand made ornaments from my great-grandmother. We started making ornaments on Thanksgiving break, because my grandmother liked to put up the Christmas tree and decorations the weekend after Thanksgiving. But making ornaments by hand requires a lot of devoted and money, and we eventually out grew the tradition. When we got too busy to make the ornaments, (because we were getting older and doing…

shattered by anything that contradicts a childish belief. It can be shattered by something as large-scale as poverty or as insignificant as finding out that Santa Claus doesn’t exist. When I was first told that Santa Claus didn’t exist, it was the Christmas Eve of 2007. I was eight-years old. Of course, I didn’t believe my brother when he told me this. Santa was practically a real-life…

people know, Hallmark has entered the amazing world of book publishing, and the first books they published were four beloved Christmas novelizations of popular Christmas movies that have previously aired on their network. One of these was A Heavenly Christmas, originally written for the screen by Gregg McBride, but adapted by Rhonda Merwarth as an ebook. Because Christmas was such a busy time, only recently did Rhonda have an opportunity to answer a few questions about herself and her books, and…

“ The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.” Every little kid's favorite time of year is the Christmas season with all the cookies, the presents, the candy canes, and especially going to sit on Santa Claus’s lap. But ever since last year, Macy’s Department Store in New York City made all that change. Last year Macy’s had a terrible idea to hire 5 women to act as Santa Claus and come have kids sit on their lap. They did this…

Christmas verses Halloween Holidays come once a year, but there are two holidays in particular where everyone for sure remembers the dates and is most get excited for. Christmas and Halloween and the two most widely recognized holidays in the United States as well as around the world. Both holidays are unique in their own ways but both are similar in many ways as well. Although different, they share many of the same qualities. Such as happiness, laughter, and treats. Many children go back to…

Year Round Around Christmas everything was usually all rowdy in the airport. You saw a big bright tree, you’d hear bells ringing, kids singing, jolly music playing, and you’d even smell sweets. However, this year was different, you heard lockers slamming, footsteps of anxious businessmen, elevator doors closing, and no music. The tree in the lobby was dull with one single gold star, and yellow flickered lights that indicated they weren’t going to last. It didn’t seem like Christmas this year…

time when I wasn’t asking my parents for a baby brother or sister. They refused to reason with me, so I took matters into my own hands. The upcoming Christmas I asked Santa Claus to bring me a younger sibling and he carefully considered my request. On Christmas day I was very disappointed when there was no bassinet with a baby under the Christmas tree. But little did I know Santa had in fact delivered my gift. At the beginning of February, I caught my parents whispering in the kitchen. I heard…

A Christmas to Remember The snow had fallen, December had come. The door to the basement had been flung open, and box after multicolored box was lugged up the stairs as the basement was expunged of every last piece of holiday decorations. Soon the fake evergreen was up, its green plastic eves slung with twinkling white lights, glistening red ornaments, and a patchwork of other mismatching baubles and family trinkets. The Christmas season was here. However, this Christmas was to be…

Every year during the Christmas Season, there are articles published that are critical of the song, Mary Did You Know. As expected, in early December, Fr. Robert McTeigue, SJ, published an article with the title, “The Problem With ‘Mary Did You Know.’” In the article, Fr. McTeigue criticized the following lyrics: “Did you know that your Baby Boy has come to make you new? This Child that you delivered will soon deliver you.” Fr. McTeigue’s complaint was that the lyrics imply that Mary was a…

National Lampoon’s: Christmas Vacation: A Worthy Classic Comedy In the film Christmas Vacation, there is a hilarious scene when Clark Griswold “played by Chevy Chase” and his family are out finding the perfect Christmas tree. They come across what Clark believes to be the family tree, but the family worries about the tree being too big. Clark reassures them that the tree isn’t big, it’s just full. Rusty worries about the tree not fitting anywhere, Clark tells Rusty the tree is not going to go…