Showing posts with label christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label christmas. Show all posts
Monday, December 28, 2009
Why Didn't I Know...
that she had a book? For the Advent and Christmas season? Now, do I wait for its re-release or not?
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Santa Tracker
Wondering where Santa's sleigh and reindeer are right now? Grab your kiddos and check out this nifty site from NORAD (yes, the air defense people) and see how much longer until Jolly Old St. Nick is in your neck of the woods!
And if there's a skeptic in your midst, have he or she check out Virgina's famous letter to the Chicago Sun-Times from over a century ago. It still rings true today, doesn't it?
If there is one thing true about Christmas it is that it was, is and continues to be a time for miracles--beginning with the birth of our Savior. Wishing you all the joy of the miracle of Christmas--today and always!
"For more than 50 years, NORAD and its predecessor, the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) have tracked Santa’s Christmas Eve flight.
The tradition began in 1955 after a Colorado Springs-based Sears Roebuck & Co. advertisement for children to call Santa misprinted the telephone number. Instead of reaching Santa, the phone number put kids through to the CONAD Commander-in-Chief's operations "hotline." The Director of Operations at the time, Colonel Harry Shoup, had his staff check the radar for indications of Santa making his way south from the North Pole. Children who called were given updates on his location, and a tradition was born."
And if there's a skeptic in your midst, have he or she check out Virgina's famous letter to the Chicago Sun-Times from over a century ago. It still rings true today, doesn't it?
If there is one thing true about Christmas it is that it was, is and continues to be a time for miracles--beginning with the birth of our Savior. Wishing you all the joy of the miracle of Christmas--today and always!
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Next Stop Bethlehem
Subtitled: Will I even stop re-running this when she's a teenager?
Next Stop--Bethlehem
Not only does this time of year leave me feeling a bit nostalgic and melancholy for warm family memories, it also leaves me reminiscing around my previous years' Christmas posts, which leaves you, dear friends, the bearers of my jolly finds.
From the Christmas ark-ives...
The vacant nativity scene should have been my first clue...
But sometimes, you just have to see things to believe them...
Could it be? Rather than the traditional long-eared donkey, Joseph high-tailed it into town driving Mary, the animals and the three kings on--dare I say--a big yellow school bus?
And how did the mother from the Fisher-Price family doll house get on board?
Look out, Oliver Stone. You've got nothing on a three-year old left to her imagination.
Next Stop--Bethlehem
Not only does this time of year leave me feeling a bit nostalgic and melancholy for warm family memories, it also leaves me reminiscing around my previous years' Christmas posts, which leaves you, dear friends, the bearers of my jolly finds.
From the Christmas ark-ives...
The vacant nativity scene should have been my first clue...
But sometimes, you just have to see things to believe them...
Could it be? Rather than the traditional long-eared donkey, Joseph high-tailed it into town driving Mary, the animals and the three kings on--dare I say--a big yellow school bus?
And how did the mother from the Fisher-Price family doll house get on board?Look out, Oliver Stone. You've got nothing on a three-year old left to her imagination.
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