Santa’s Village: Leveling Up Christmas
Santa’s Village is the perfect holiday theme park.
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A Terraria Christmas Story: Hardmode Items from the North Pole
My 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.
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Santa Spoiler Alerts! Media to Avoid if You Want to Keep the Santa Story Alive
Once, during the middle of a long drive, my then-preschooler hit me with an unexpected question: “Mommy, is Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer real?”
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Get a Special, Personalized Message from Santa this Holiday Season
Get a personalized video from Santa for your kids or set up phone calls all holiday season with Portable North Pole.
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In Defense of Santa Claus
Maybe 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.
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Daily #DadJoke for June 16, 2015
Did you hear about the dyslexic devil worshiper?
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A Doctor Who Christmas Teaser
Ho Ho Ho! Look who the Doctor is visiting with this Christmas.
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GeekMom Holiday Traditions: Learning to Relax About Traditions
This year the annual visit to see Santa at Macy’s on 34th St. taught GeekMom Jackie and her family that sometimes simple is better.
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Let Your Kids Contact Santa at the Last Minute!
Did 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!
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GeekMom Holiday Traditions: Debating Santa Claus
All those times I tried to convince my parents that Santa Claus did not exist.
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Canon Makes a Facebook App!
Canon has released a new Facebook app so kids can send their drawings, photos, and wish lists directly to Santa!
Continue ReadingMerry Christmas in July!
The 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 ReadingAn App to Make Those Holiday Videos Better
We 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 ReadingEncouraging Your Geek Kid to Give Santa a Hand
I 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 ReadingEncouraging your Geek Kid to Give Santa a Hand
I 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 ReadingGeekDad Puzzle of the Week Answer: Logo Language Saves Santa!
A 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 ReadingThe 5 Best Christmas Specials, Ever
I 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 ReadingGeekDad Puzzle of the Week: Logo Language Saves Santa!
It’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 ReadingPortable North Pole’s Free, Personalized Video From Santa
I 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 ReadingA New Tradition to Consider – Helping Out The Chubby Guy.
I 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 ReadingThe Science of Santa: Doubts Debunked
Naysayers 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 ReadingAnother (Homemade) Advent Calendar
Jenny 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 ReadingSanta In Training: A Checkout Before The Big Flight
Tonight 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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