Santa Service
Five minutes to midnight on Christmas Eve. After downing half a dozen spiked eggnogs, I woke up from a nice doze and yawned, my mouth wider than a pelican’s beak chugging a menhaden. I was groggy, but hey, it was … Continued
My Hallmark Life – Part IV (a Visit to the Christmas Tree Farm)
Four weeks into my Hallmark challenge and I’m right on track. My goal was to turn my life into a Hallmark Christmas movie by copying the tried-and-true Hallmark formula, and so far that’s exactly what’s happened. Formula recap: an ice … Continued
My Hallmark Life – Part III (the Christmas Cookie Bake-Off)
Three weeks into my Hallmark challenge, things were going well. My goal was to turn my life into a Hallmark Christmas movie by copying their tried-and-true formula, and so far I’ve succeeded. Here’s the formula: an ice carving contest; two … Continued
My Hallmark Life – Part II (the Snowball Fight)
I was on my way to re-creating Hallmark year round, but I still had a few boxes to tick. Just to review, an ice carving contest; here’s the formula: a snowball fight; a mild misunderstanding following a half-overheard conversation; an … Continued
My Hallmark Life – Part I (the Ice Carving Contest)
The end of this year’s program of Hallmark holiday movies once again marked the beginning of my annual Hallmark withdrawal, and all of the damaging symptoms that attend it: the winter mopes, the no-sugar jitters, the waning of my Christmas … Continued