Archive for the 'holiday fun' Category

Family Events for Christmas Time

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

Christmas time can be one of the few times where everyone is together so it’s important to make sure you do some fun things together. Here are a few ideas of fun things families can do around the holidays. 1. Sleigh Ride – What better way to take in the winter wonderland than to bring [...]

Christmas Ornaments for the Family

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

Decorating the Christmas tree is always one of the best moments of Christmas. Everyone in the family gets together and plays Christmas music as you hang ornaments, tinsel and lights on the tree. One thing that my parents always did with me and I have carried on to my kids is creating photo ornaments for [...]

A Doggy Christmas

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

Ok, you can think whatever you want about this video, but I just laughed when I saw this.

The Night Before Christmas

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there; The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads; And [...]

How to Say “Merry Christmas” in Other Languages

Monday, September 28th, 2009

Lots of people spend Christmas outside the U.S. so why not learn how to say Christmas in a few different languages? Here are a few ways to say “Merry Christmas” in other languages. Brazilian: Feliz Natal Chinese: Gun Tso Sun Tan’Gung Haw Sun Danish: Glædelig Jul Estonian: Rõõmsaid Jõulupühi French: Joyeux Noel German: Fröhliche Weihnachten [...]

Top 10 Christmas Songs of All Time

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

1. White Christmas – Bing Crosby 2. The Christmas Song – Nat King Cole 3. Jingle Bell Rock – Bobby Helms 4. Here Comes Santa Claus – Gene Autry 5. Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree – Brenda Lee 6. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town – Bruce Springsteen 7. Frosty the Snowman – Gene Autry [...]

The 12 Things That Make Christmas…Christmas

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

1. Loved Ones – You can have everything in the world, but with out loved ones around Christmas just isn’t the same. 2. Christmas Tree – The most recognized symbol of Christmas! Evey year millions of people put up their Christmas Tree, whether real or fake to help celebrate this holiday. 3. Snow – Not [...]

The Nightmare Before Christmas – What’s This?

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

The Nightmare Before Christmas is an interesting story of a character by the name of Jack Skellington who lives in “Halloween Town” and accidentally opens a portal to “Christmas Town”. While this is one of the more strange Christmas films, it’s still a great classic (at least sicne 1993 when it came out). This clash [...]

A Charlie Brown Christmas

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

Here is another holiday classic,  A Charlie Brown’s Christmas special. It’s hard not to go a single holiday season without seeing this all over TV. Made in 1965 this TV special was based off the popular comic Peanuts. It aired in 1965 on CBS and only appeared once a year around holiday time. CBS aired [...]

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer-Yukon Cornelius

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

This movie is by far my favorite holiday film. It’s the clay animation of Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer and I used to watch this every single holiday season. Christmas just wasn’t Christmas without our entire family sitting around the TV one night with some snacks and watching this film. I know this was made [...]