My favorite things about Christmas

My favorite things about Christmas Collectible Christmas Ornaments, Memories and Recipes

When do you start Decorating for Christmas?

Author: 2Eklectik | Filed under: Let's Decorate Thursday Nov 6,2008

Halloween is over, Thanksgiving is only a few weeks away, and then it’s Black Friday and the countdown of the number of shopping days left until Christmas. Typically, all our Christmas decorating is done during the long weekend after Thanksgiving - but there is so much to do, it almost takes the fun out of [...]

A Halloween table centerpiece

Author: 2Eklectik | Filed under: What about Halloween? Tuesday Oct 14,2008

Haunted M&M House

It’s only Columbus Day weekend, and already one of the department stores in a nearby mall, has opened their Christmas Store. Maybe I’m getting older , but it seems as though it opens earlier and earlier every year (although my wife insists that it opens on the same weekend every year). As we [...]

The first date that Cathy and I had was on October 11th. From there it was just a matter of time before I started meeting her family and being invited to Christmas dinner.
In the short time we’d been together, we talked about everything, and since at the time we were both living in our own apartments, we both [...]

Baking Christmas Cookies with Mom

Author: 2Eklectik | Filed under: Favorite Christmas Memory Monday Sep 22,2008

One of my favorite childhood memories was helping my mother make dozens and dozens of Christmas cookies. This was done over the course of many nights when one of the annual Christmas specials was on Back in the days before, TiVo, DVDs, and yes even VCRs, if you wanted to see Merry Christmas Charlie Brown [...]

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