It gets doubly oldy-timey when we encounter this word as yuletide, meaning the Christmas season. Merry English has lots of synonyms for happy: cheerful, jolly, joyful, mirthful and even content. But none of them are more closely associated with Christmas than merry. Merry dates back to Old...
Synonyms for WHIMSY: humor, notion, whim, impression, fantasy, vagary, caprice, bee, vagrancy, kink
Scattergories is a game of wits and words. In the game there are categories that players must think of answers to, but the twist is every answer begins with the same letter as your category. For example: Christmas songs that have names that begin with S. The game can be made more diffi...
Enjoying Christmas as a season (more than a day) can be a great gift, a gift that reminds us that no matter what, God is among us. No matter how we may observe the days of Christmas ourselves—whether quiet or loud, whether alone or with lots of people—Christmas is a liturgical and...
May the Story of the Christmas Guest inspire compassion and generosity during this holiday season and beyond. Merry Christmas — and may God bless us, every one! Share this post with someone you love… ENJOY THE BOOK.If you love readingAtkins Bookshelf, you will love reading the book —Sere...
The Magic of Christmas; Famous Faces and Famous Places: In Words and Pictures, We Sum Up the Best of the Festive Season
What they didn’t anticipate were the hysteric levels of demand after the toy sold out in the midst of the holiday shopping season. During the “Tickle Me Elmo Craze,” shoppers trampled store employees and engaged in physical battle all in the name of the Christmas spirit. 1997: Tamagotchi...
Ironically, or not so much with the Lord, I have struggled with even more physical weakness (a painful and limiting hip pain) but not without working toward being strong again. Months ago, in choosing “strong” as the word for this year, God knew. In this season still, I am reminded...
Equally beloved in New Mexico are cookies called biscochitos. Similar to southern snickerdoodles but with added anise, no Christmas season is complete without them and they are perfect with eggnog! If you’re from the coastal regions of the Southern US., oyster stew, rich with butter, milk...
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas — Redux ByHoward Cassidy-Moffatt ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when through the church house, All the creatures were stirring, including the mouse. The decorations were hung by the committee with care, ...