SNL’s Take On Kids Holiday Clothing Is What Every Parent Is Thinking
Like many clever SNL skits, you don’t even know it’s not an actual commercial until you’re 20 seconds in. All of a sudden you see…
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Mom Wouldn’t Want Me To Just Survive Christmas—She’d Tell Me To Embrace the Joy
To love Christmastime is to love my momma. Everything bright. Everything sweet. Everything happy. She was the embodiment of it all. Her childlike…
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This Christmas, Our Family is Going Stress-Free
For years, on Christmas morning, my little brother and I woke up before the sun and sat excitedly at the top of our staircase waiting for our dad to…
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To the Single Parents at Christmas, God Sees You
To all the single parents this Christmas, I see you. I don’t walk in your shoes, but I’m watching. And so are others, especially your children. I…
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From My Grieving Mama Heart to Yours, Please Give Your Children These 7 Gifts This Christmas
I was enjoying getting lost in the large store, books piled high on every shelf. It seemed it didn’t have an end as I navigated my way through the…
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If Your Heart is Hurting This Christmas
Maybe this is your first Christmas since you’ve lost a parent. Maybe someone close to you is sick, dying or struggling with substance abuse. Maybe…
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Social Media is the Sears Christmas Catalog of Our Youth
I pull the magazine from the mailbox. The moment my fingertips brush the slick paper, I am lost in nostalgia. Walking to the house, I’m transported…
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Our Parents Already Have Everything—Here’s What We’re Giving Them For Christmas
Each year, after the gifts I’ve selected for most of my family have been wrapped and set under the tree, I’m left with the same unchecked…
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Your Kids Will Remember How Christmas Felt Not How It Looked
As much as I hate to admit it, I’m a stickler when it comes to decorations. Once, when my older girls were toddlers, I thought it would be so…
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2-Year-Old Wins the Internet Starring in His Dad’s Hardware Store Christmas Ad
As soon as that way-too-big beige apron went over 2-year-old Arthur Jones’s head, I was done for. The toddler is the star of a new…
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