I wrote 14 posts this year. Sometimes I wonder if I’m still a blogger. What can I say? It’s been a hell of a year. A lot of this is...
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Finessing Christmas
When I was young, our Christmases were extravaganzas. My parents weren’t Clark Griswold/Christmas store-style decorators, but we had lights on the house and a big, full tree that was overdecorated...
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Christmas Eve
Every Christmas, one of my mother’s cousins gives her family members a new ornament. She’s extended that tradition to Baguette, and I share it with all of you. Have a...
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Keeping the Holiday Stress in Check
Impossible, you say? A lot of people would agree with you; the Washington Post reports that holiday stress makes this the most challenging time of year for many women. I...
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Happy Christmas to All, and to All a Good Night
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Deck the Meme with Boughs of Holly (updated)
This holiday meme was stolen from Katherine of Somewhere in the Middle. Enjoy, and pass it on. 1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? Hot chocolate, definitely! 2. Does Santa wrap...
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Wish List
The other day, my dad asked me what I wanted for Christmas. I told him that I had thought of something a few days earlier, but I’d forgotten what it...
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Holiday Traditions: Opening Gifts
I’ve written about what we eat, and how we’re trying to balance different gift-giving philosophies. But what about the actual gifts? Mr. Sandwich’s family would get up and go for...
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Have a Holly, Jolly, Blurry Christmas
I’ll probably post again before the weekend, but as we’re midway through our various celebrations, this seems as good a time as any to hurl holiday cheer into the Internet...
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Holiday Traditions: Food
Growing up, we ate nothing in particular (well, something, not just anything specific) on Christmas Eve. Christmas morning was usually sour cream coffee cake with eggs and bacon. For Christmas...