Santa’s Village: Leveling Up Christmas
Santa’s Village is the perfect holiday theme park.
Continue ReadingSanta’s Village is the perfect holiday theme park.
Continue ReadingMy 7-year-old son is really into an open-ended 2D sandbox game on his iPhone called Terraria. In fact, he is so into it that this Christmas season on the top of his list to Santa was “the best items in the game”. I honestly expressed to him my doubt that Santa could deliver, since most presents are made in the elves’ workshop, and that Terraria on the iPhone has no “creative mode” to add items at will. “No, daddy,” was the reply, “Santa can hack!” Oh yes, this was going to be interesting.
Continue ReadingOnce, during the middle of a long drive, my then-preschooler hit me with an unexpected question: “Mommy, is Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer real?”
Continue ReadingGet a personalized video from Santa for your kids or set up phone calls all holiday season with Portable North Pole.
Continue ReadingMaybe the Christmas Spirit would be purer if, instead of less Santa, we had more Santa– if we all had the courage and the heart to give regardless of what we might get back.
Continue ReadingDid you hear about the dyslexic devil worshiper?
Continue ReadingHo Ho Ho! Look who the Doctor is visiting with this Christmas.
Continue ReadingThis year the annual visit to see Santa at Macy’s on 34th St. taught GeekMom Jackie and her family that sometimes simple is better.
Continue ReadingDid your kids forget to send their letters to Santa? Do you want them to get responses to their letters? Maybe you just want Santa to answer the phone. All these things are possible!
Continue ReadingAll those times I tried to convince my parents that Santa Claus did not exist.
Continue ReadingCanon has released a new Facebook app so kids can send their drawings, photos, and wish lists directly to Santa!
Continue ReadingThe past couple of years, my little family has been starting some of our own family traditions. At Thanksgiving we have a Charlie Brown Thanksgiving lunch. In June we celebrate May the Fourth Be With You. In July we celebrate Christmas in July. Why? Because it’s fun and any excuse to get out our Santa hats and Christmas movies is good enough for us.
Continue ReadingWe all take video during the holidays. Every iPhone, iPod and iPad will be filming the look of delight as junior rips the wrapping paper off his new bicycle or when uncle sets fire to the Christmas tree again … …
Continue ReadingI am sure we are not the only family who used to dread all the new toys that would flow into our house in the holiday season. Sure, it’s fun to see their little faces light up when they see …
Continue ReadingI am sure we are not the only family who used to dread all the new toys that would flow into our house in the holiday season. Sure, it’s fun to see their little faces light up when they see that perfect toy, the one they’ve been dying to have for months (or at least […]
Continue ReadingA couple months back, I got to interview Georgia Tech mathematician William Cook — an expert on the venerable Traveling Salesman Problem. He looks at the problem from an interesting angle: Instead of trying to find the shortest tour, he …
Continue ReadingI love all the classic holiday stuff you see on television each December. Even though I have most of my favorites on DVD there’s something special about seeing them when they’re actually being aired. It doesn’t count if you record them or stream them later. I’m talking about the random channel surfing that suddenly turns up […]
Continue ReadingIt’s Christmas Eve and a dense fog engulfs the bucolic village of Kisseonawack! This is a job for…well, it looks like Rudolph’s had one too many eggnogs to be guiding any sleighs tonight. So instead of reindeer, Santa’s only hope …
Continue ReadingI think the magic of believing in Santa Claus is one of the best things about Christmas. My daughter is three this year so she is starting to understand and believe in Santa. So she was really excited when I told her we had a video from Santa Claus just for her. Portable North Pole […]
Continue ReadingI was surrounded by carts, full of books that needed to be checked in at work today, and a co-worker came over to tell me that she’d read my blog post about my youngest child finally giving up the Santa tradition. She shared with me that her family didn’t include Santa in their holiday celebration […]
Continue ReadingNaysayers of the existence of Santa have been rather vocal in years past. They come armed with all sorts of defenses as to why a single man in a red suit could never accomplish all he claims to do each and every Christmas Eve. Everything from the toys to the sleigh to the reindeer to […]
Continue ReadingJenny put a post up last week about Advent calendars and I thought that in the spirit of of calendars, I’d share mine. We just put up our Christmas decorations this past weekend, and this Advent calendar has been part …
Continue ReadingTonight is a big night for a certain big guy. Santa Claus has already begun his ride and folks all over the world expect this night be smooth. But how can we all be so sure Santa is ready? In …
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