The Tale of the Escaping Santas

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Ho! Ho! Ho! Hello there. Do you like stories? Then let me share a little story with you. I’m a Santa Claus. Not the real guy, but one of his representatives. Some people like to collect Santa representatives. I’m not sure why since they only want us to show up at certain times of the year. The rest of the …

The Blessing of Giving

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“For it is in giving that we receive.” (St. Francis of Assisi) As most of you know I’ve got a Christmas giveaway going. You can check out the prizes and how to enter on my News & Events Page. I invited those who wanted to enter to share about the best gift they’d ever received as a child or the …

The Spirit of Christmas Giving

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“One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas day. Don’t clean it up too quickly.” ~Andy Rooney Merry Christmas, everybody! I hope you had one of those glorious messes on your living room floor or if not on your floor then you witnessed the mess of Christmas gift opening …

Savoring the Christmas Spirit

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Figuring out the nesting Santa puzzle Christmas Day is past. The kids came, shared lots of laughter, food and fun and then went home. My daughter and her husband and their two dogs just took off about an hour ago. The snow was only a dusting here so no problem for them to go south.   Lots of chores waiting for me. Got …