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Seeing Santa

Today was special. It was the date of the annual Christmas party at our bank. They do a nice job and everybody shows up for the celebration. There’s just something about small towns at Christmastime that make you feel right at home. Everybody knows everybody else and it’s like old home week at the bank. There’s hot cider and homemade cookies, fresh fruit, gifts, goodie bags for the kids, and of course, Santa comes to visit. This year Mrs. Clause was also in attendance. The kids get to sit on Santa’s lap and have their picture taken while telling him … Continue reading →

Holiday Scrooges: No Santa For Kindergarteners And Problems For Pancake Lovers

SANTA BAN Kindergarteners in Vienna, Austria won’t be getting a visit from Ol’ St. Nick this holiday season… at least not at school. Local officials are banning Santa from city kindergartens and the reason why may surprise you. City leaders say it’s not because of religious reasons; rather the reason the chubby elf won’t be making an appearance is because city officials say he sends the wrong message to children, who are told not to accept gifts from stranger. So as to not appear as total scrooges, government leaders are allowing schools to hold Christmas parties–as long Santa is nowhere … Continue reading →

Is Santa Real?

Tuesday Tyler came home all excited because Santa was going to call him. At first I didn’t understand what he was talking about until he pulled a form from his folder and gave it to me. The form needed to be filled out by parents and then returned to the school. The school then sends the completed forms to an organization that will make calls to kids allegedly from Santa. I am familiar with Santa letters but had never heard of calls from Santa. Since Tyler still believes in Santa I filled out the form and returned it to school … Continue reading →

Is Santa Coming to Your House?

Warning: You may not want to let young children read this! How does your family know when Santa’s been to visit? Are the cookies and milk all gone when you’re kids get up? Does Santa bring all the presents, or does he just fill the stockings and add a few items along with the other gifts already under the tree? Are there more gifts from Santa or from Mom and Dad? Maybe there is just one special gift from him. Perhaps he brings a few but his gifts are separate from the others. Does he use different wrapping paper and … Continue reading →

Holiday Boredom Busters

Sometimes, being off school sounds awesome, but then it can be a little boring. You get so used to being busy that not having any planned activities can quickly lead to boredom. TV and video games are fun sometimes, but you can’t spend all your time in front of a TV or monitor. So, here are some ideas of things kids can do during school vacations: Picture This! Here’s a fun game you can play that Mom and Dad will probably like too. It’s based on a TV game show called Win, Lose, or Draw. It’s simple and all you … Continue reading →

The Roots of Christmas Traditions

As I warned in my introductory blog to this series, I likely won’t take prize for popularity. So, here I am being a scrooge. So where is it our Christmas traditions come from? Christmas Tree I touched on the festival of lights a bit in my last blog. Now I would like to address the beloved and adorned Christmas tree. In Egypt it was a palm tree that was used to represent the bringing forth of the pagan messiah Baal-Tamar. In Rome a fir tree was used to bring forth Baal-Berith or “lord of the covenant”. The mother, who was … Continue reading →