Tag: Christmas
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Midlife Margaritas: Host’s Guide to Keeping Your Drunk Relatives out of The Mistletoe!

POV: You’re attending or hosting the annual dysfunctional family holiday gathering. You need some help on how to survive without murdering drunk uncle Dave. Well, I got you. Read on… If your family is a nice normal traditional family with no one in rehab or jail, this post is not for you. But feel free…
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The Baffling Christmas Story Explained

The post reflects on the bewildering aspects of the Christmas story, including Mary’s age, the lack of inn reservations, and the Wise Men’s gifts. It humorously questions these events while acknowledging their deeper spiritual significance. Ultimately, it emphasizes God’s love and encourages finding joy and connection during the holiday season.
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From Middle School to Midlife: The Ever-Evolving Christmas Questions That Make Us Feel Weird

Remember those hazy days of middle school, when the Christmas story seemed both magical and utterly baffling? You know, the one where a 13-year-old Mary (seriously, 13?!) gets pregnant by…God? And Joseph, bless his soul, just goes along with it? I mean, talk about a trust fall. Then there’s the whole “no room at the…
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A Midlife Christmas: Empty Nest, Let’s Reminisce

Well, here we are again. Another Christmas season, another year older, and another year of our kids living somewhere else. It’s the classic midlife Christmas dilemma: a mix of relief and melancholy. The Amazon Christmas Remember the days of frantic mall trips, fighting crowds, and wrapping paper cuts? Those days are long gone, replaced by…
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Midlife Margarita’s Night Before Christmas

‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, except for my spouse. His snores like a foghorn, a symphony loud, While I tossed and I turned in a hot-flashy cloud. The stockings were hung on the chimney with care, (Though I suspect he’d forgotten, the lazy old bear).…