Christmas

My favorite memories growing up as a kid and even an adult were getting in the car with my Mom, Dad, Grandma and Grandpa and driving through all the neighborhoods with Christmas light displays! We would grab hot chocolate and spend the whole evening going around town...

Halloween wasn’t even over yet and Christmas items were already in stores around town.  It’s just hard to get in the holiday spirit when it's 65 degrees and some of the leaves are green.  If I were you I'd wait to see how next Tuesday goes before you start to splurge on Christmas...

That is the question asked by my son Ashton last night. I came home from work to find him playing with a loose front tooth in his mouth. It was a bit of a shock to me considering everything looked fine to me when I left for work yesterday morning...

Elf On A Shelf is one of the best holiday investments I've ever made. I am guessing that, sadly, this will be the last year my little girl believes in this elf and how it magically flies around at night. Of course, once she stops believing, it will stop flying...

Christmas is basically here and my kids could not be more excited. They are not only thrilled to see what Santa will bring them Christmas morning but also for our family Christmas Eve tradition that we do every year. The night of Christmas Eve, we like to gather as a family and play board games...

I am one for the big show. Lots of lights, computerized music that runs the light show and plenty of decorations. I actually feel really behind this year because we haven't done that much with our house. Nonetheless, we are decorated, the lights are up and have been ever since Thanksgiving...

I can honestly tell you that this year has been a little tougher than normal when it comes to making Christmas happen for my family. A new baby in the loop, adding to the numbers and with prices that seem to be going up and up, it was a little harder to swallow that bill this year. ...

It's an age-old debate. When do the Christmas decorations go up and when do they come down? We are into the week of Christmas now and I have my own beliefs about how to handle these issues. I usually put the lights up right after Thanksgiving and take them down the day after Christmas...

U.S. average gas prices dropped below $2 per gallon Monday morning for the first time since March 25, 2009, according to AAA.

It's no secret that we live in a world that is run more by social media than it should. Heck, even our enemies use social media to plot attacks and recruit against us. It will only get worse as time flies into the future. How we use these tools is important though...

Oh the happy couples, God bless them. You know the ones I'm talking about, the happy couple that thinks everyone else should be part of a happy couple, too. I'm not going to get all Grinchy on them. If you're in a loving relationship and it's the holiday season I get how it can feel  pretty magical...

Just think, in one week and one day Christmas will be here. OK, you probably didn't want to realize that just yet. Still lots to do, right? I can understand that. Forget about the presents for a moment. This is supposed to be a time for family, being together and loving one another, you know, the reason for the season...