For several years, my grandmother has been trying to send me home with items from her china cabinet. I think she’s always a little surprised when I pick out things like the tiny collapsible tin cup that belonged to my grandfather or a weathered aluminum cake carrier instead of fine crystal platters and silver pitchers. [...]
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Forget gift cards: Pay attention at Christmas
Posted in Christmas, Family, Uncategorized, tagged Christmas, co-workers, family, friends, gift cards, gifts on December 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
So … gift cards. The hip, hassle-free gift, the only thing that you KNOW your recipient will appreciate, etc. In theory, I have no problem with gift cards. Newlyweds can head to Bed Bath & Beyond and purchase the exact items they need, freed from the burden of first returning three s’mores sets. Teenagers can [...]
The ties that bind as I laugh at people wrecking golf carts
Posted in Christmas, Uncategorized, tagged Christmas, father, humor, mother on December 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Favorite moment of Christmas 2008: Watching my mom laugh at reruns of “Jackass.” It’s always good to know the source of what I choose to regard as inherited traits. I’ll chalk up my new-found “Guitar Hero” skills to my sense of rhythm, which I inherited from my dad. Inappropriate sense of humor? Thanks, Mom.
Please feed the reindeer
Posted in Christmas, Uncategorized, tagged brother, Christmas, grandfather, grandmother, tradition on December 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Like all hopeful kids, my brother and I left cookies out for Santa when we were young. Santa needed a snack, and our grandmother’s sugar cookies and a glass of eggnog fit the bill quite nicely. Of course, I realize now that Santa’s elves would have appreciated a gin and tonic much more. I also [...]
It’s gonna be a funky Christmas
Posted in Christmas, Uncategorized, tagged Christmas, father, Mojo Nixon, music, New Orleans on December 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This is the most offensive and irreverent Christmas album you’re likely to ever come across. If you can put up with some cursing in your carols and a couple of sloppy takes on Christmas classics, however, you’ll discover a few gems featuring distinctive bass lines, great sax-playing, and inspired piano riffs by one Pete “Wet [...]
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