Advent Calendar 2011 – Holiday Travel

Each year around 5pm on Christmas Day we went to Aunt Bobbie’s house, which was about five miles from our house.  It wasn’t far, but it’s the only travel we did for Christmas. Aunt Bobbie, my paternal grandmother’s sister, was one of the...

Advent Calendar 2011 – Volunteer Work

I got up this morning with the intention of writing my blog post first thing.  That is, until I saw the topic.  That reminded me that I had a flyer due today before Roundtable.  What is Roundtable, you ask?  Roundtable is a monthly meeting for Cub Scout Leaders.  I am...

Advent Calendar 2011 – Other Traditions

Growing up in a small suburban town with a fairly large Jewish population, I had the opportunity to learn a bit about some other customs.  In school, it was not uncommon to sing the dreidel song, play dreidel, and learn about the menorah.  Sadly, political correctness...

Advent Calendar 2011 – Elf on the Shelf

As we’ve already discussed, things have been changing and Santa has been modernizing some of the ways that he handles things.  One of these new programs includes the implementation of an army of spies dubbed Elf on the Shelf.  These little elves arrive at some...

Advent Calendar 2011 – Christmas Cookies

COOKIES!  One of my favorite subjects.  My mom is a phenomenal baker.  I’m not so bad myself.  I think my mom learned it from her mom who learned it from her mom and probably on back until the beginning of time, with the rise of the first baker somewhere along...