Years That Answer

I'll be making fudge this year. I usually don't. However, it's been a year that requires some indulgence at the end, so here I g...

I started baking for the holidays today. I've been going to bed each night for a week vowing to start the very next day, and then I don...

I'm baking, but not cookies. Nope, NOT making cookies. I made a couple loaves of braided cheese and onion bread, and I just finished rol...

When I was a young wife and mother, my grandmother was poor as a church mouse, but she once slipped me $20 so my cranky grandpa couldn't...

Last night I dreamt I was going someplace with a friend. I stood outside by the car waiting for her to come out of the house. She walked out...

Now go decorate any way you want, or not at all.  

Christmas Eve is always my favorite time part of the holiday, and this one was especially festive and fun. We went to our daughter's hou...

For the past 24 hours the tree has been up and the lights have been strung. I'm almost sure I will summon the energy required to put the...

I just wrote a variation of this email message to a few old friends. I thought it would do as a Christmas message to the blogosphere. You ca...

Well, we put the tree up and I'm glad we did. The lights work the magic. Now I'm in the holiday mood. I guess it has always been tha...

Every year I think "I'm not going to bother putting up a Christmas tree, it's too much work."  Same with Christmas cards. ...

Certain of my mother's grandparents came from Germany. Mom grew up in a home where German was still spoken. In later years, when Mom was...

I love colored lights! The Surly Republican across the street goes all out decorating and illuminating his house. Every night I open the doo...

Christmas Eve was the high point in my youth. My large family exchanged presents from siblings on the night before Christmas. We would have ...

The older I get, the more Christmas becomes a life gauge. Each year I touch and consider my past. Owl ornament my ornery friend Maggie gi...

In the time-honored spirit of excessive winter holidays, I made a killer brunch on Christmas day. It was delightfully over the top. Of cours...

I can't help but notice Christmas brings out the best in people. So, why can't that last? During weeks leading up to this holiday,...

The other night, while driving our 6 year old grandson home, we made up silly and a slightly naughty lyrics to Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindee...

Yes, I am bone tired. I am back from the family wedding that warranted my new haircut. I had a great time, filled with family, old friends, ...

OMG! (loud and breathless, like a teenage girl) I had the all-time worst experience making a gingerbread house with my grandson. I received ...