The (Christian) Month of December
Professor Warren Blumenfeld sees the privileged few and an excluded many during the “Holiday Season.”When people wish others a “Happy Holiday Season” or just “Happy Holidays,” what exactly do they...
View ArticleThank ALL the Veterans this Holiday Season
It’s easy to forget that living veterans from all wars and conflicts before 9/11 are still suffering from the effects of their service as well.The messages from friends and family start every year on...
View ArticleA Single Dad’s Guide to Traveling With Kids
The holiday season is the perfect time to pack up, go somewhere special, and bond with your family over fun activities. Make it memorable.Christmas. It’s both a stressful and wonderful time of year....
View ArticleThis Is Not A Pipe: Why I Stopped Tearing Up the American Flag
If that’s what it takes to pay the bills, an older and wiser Jim Jividen will kiss any flag that’s placed in front of him. About 15 years ago, I ripped an American flag clean in half.I should...
View ArticleMerry Amazon Box Day!
Surprise! I haz gifts!JJ Vincent loves being able to have the holidays delivered in discrete, brown-and-black striped boxes.I’m starting this with a disclaimer about Shop Local: I am a Small and...
View ArticleI Don’t Celebrate Christmas
Michael L. Stoller would like to wish everyone a very happy holidays. Shouldn’t that suffice?—–I do not celebrate Christmas. While that is hard to believe, not everyone celebrates Christmas. Over the...
View ArticleDecember and Christian Cultural Imperialism
The “Holiday Season” is a mine field of unequal social status for non-Christians–––When people wish others a “Happy Holiday Season” or just “Happy Holidays,” what exactly do they mean? This “season”...
View ArticleHoliday Wars? Sorry, You’ve Been Duped
Whatever happened love, joy, and good cheer?—If you’ve been caught in the crosshairs of the War on Christmas, I have news. You’ve been duped. Bamboozled. Had the wool pulled over your eyes. There is...
View ArticleThe False Conflict of Starbucks and the Red Cups
Halloween is barely over, and we’re already sparring about this ongoing, fictional “War on Christmas.” Is this real life?—By now you’ve probably caught wind of Donald Trump’s announcement that “Maybe...
View ArticleThe War on Christmas Isn’t a War. Or a Thing.
Mike Reynolds digs deep into the fabricated war, and tells us what is behind the phrase “Happy Holidays.” —On October 24 I saw my first IT’S MERRY CHRISTMAS NOT HAPPY HOLIDAYS! image shared over on...
View ArticleA Dad’s War on Krampus
Jeremy Barnes, AKA, Thirsty Daddy, has noticed a lot of wars being declared this holiday season. He has started one of his own. The War on Krampus. He explains. —Besides this week’s Star Wars, the war...
View Article“Yule” Be Glad You Read This
DiaryDad celebrates this season of light.—My family loves a good celebration. This fact makes December quite a fun month for us. There is so much to celebrate. I am fond of using the term “Happy...
View ArticleThis Year, I Wish You A Merry Chrispiness
Holiday greetings don’t make sense. But harketh, A creative solution is just a few words away. ___Do you ever wonder about how to greet people at Christmas? Then this greeting guide is exactly what...
View ArticleThe (Christian) Month of December
Embed from Getty ImagesThis “season” usually begins around Thanksgiving and lasts through December until the first day of January, “New Year’s Day.” Thanksgiving in the United States commemorates that...
View ArticleMerry Christmas (But Not the Way You’re Thinking of Christmas)
Embed from Getty ImagesI am a comedian, and I talk about things that make me impassioned.Every so often during my act, a fetish of mine will connect with someone in the audience and that drunken...
View ArticleThe Mistake We Make in Our Closest Relationships
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View ArticleAn Ugly Truth About Ugly Christmas Sweaters
It’s ugly Christmas sweater season. I usually don’t think much about ugly Christmas sweaters. They seem harmless enough. But as a public school teacher, I have learned that there are few things that...
View ArticleThe Top 15 Indispensable Christmas Songs
Due to the brisk response I received to my “Top 10 Christmas Shows” post, I decided to tackle a song list. As a music guy and a Christmas freak, it was impossible for me to narrow it down to 10, so I...
View ArticleKids Fail Jimmy Kimmel Lie Detector Test!!! [Video]
By Beleaf In Fatherhood . h . Y’all, my kid’s Christmas list ideas are hilarious! The things they come up with never fail to make me laugh and I know it’ll help brighten up your 2020 Christmas. In...
View ArticleThe Case For The Grinch & Scrooge
I’m Not Okay The Grinch. Ebenezer Scrooge. We know their stories. Two isolated, lonely, and angry-at-the-world men see the light on Christmas as a result of some kind of ego realignment. For Scrooge,...
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