christmas 2016

The 2016 Garden of Lights runs through January 8 at the Gardens on Spring Creek. Todd and his wife visited the Gardens recently and got pictures and video.

I am a typical male. Whenever I try to wrap a gift it looks like I tried to wrap a wound. I should wrap all my gifts in Ace bandages. Here is video that may help. Sometimes we just need a little visual help and this guy makes it look pretty easy.

It is no secret that I am a mushball. I look like a character from Sons of Anarchy but am a big teddy bear who can cry at a commercial, beautiful words, sweet harmonies or even perfectly cooked bacon. This time of year really gets me. I get so filled with love, joy and appreciation that I use quite a few tissues at Christmas time.

I didn't think I would find anything that had more views than Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas" at 224,209,378, but I was wrong.

It is one of the questions that causes arguments all over the globe. We have all sung “Deck the Halls” thousands of times in our lives but have you ever counted the “La’s”? This sounds like it could be a very quick and fun holiday drinking game.

One debate I just can’t understand is “Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays”? Does it really matter? Are either of these offensive? I say not at all. Say whatever you want. If you celebrate Christmas as the birth of the baby Jesus, say Merry Christmas to everyone you meet.

This weekend the Christmas spirit was flowing in our home thanks to wife and grandsons. I love when my wife starts to feel Christmas. She decorated our tree beautifully and the smell of Christmas cookies was filling the air this weekend. In past years the secret ingredient to her baking cookies was vodka.

Hatchimals are this year's "must have" toy and many stores are running out of them quickly.

Sure, everyone loves ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’, ‘Miracle on 34th Street’, and ‘Elf’ during the holidays; but how about these two? Come on, let's go!

It might surprise you to find out what the most stolen item is this Christmas according to a Texas Christmas decoration store. It is the baby Jesus himself. There has been a steady stream of baby Jesus thefts throughout the years according to the store owners in a story done by 9 News KUSA in Denver.

We all know the song 'The 12 Days of Christmas' and sing it every year. I have always thought it was an odd list of items to buy someone for Christmas but sang along anyway. Each year they come out with a list of what the it would cost to buy all the items listed in the '12 Days' song.

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