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November 2015

November 09, 2015

Pretend you’re Starbucks.

So far, I have met zero Christians who are mad at Starbucks. My Facebook feed...

June 2015

June 24, 2015

Make homemade vanilla extract now for Christmas gifts!

Last year, we gave a bunch of people homemade vanilla extract for Christmas. Was it...

January 2015

January 02, 2015

Epiphany, you’re on your own.

"Keep that tree up until Epiphany!" they keep saying. "It's still Christmas, you know! Don't...

December 2014

December 25, 2014

Mother and Child: A Christmas Gallery of Original Art

Merry Christmas, everybody! I offered up Midnight Mass for all of you, especially for anyone...

December 22, 2014

Cheap and Easy Christmas Things that Even You Can Do!

I assume you're already doing all the religious stuff, and have already bought, made, figured...

December 18, 2014

Gift-Giving is so Catholic!

We don't want to convey to our kids that love can be bought on...

December 16, 2014

Loving the adult Jesus

Christmas is the infancy of the Faith, and most people find it pretty easy to...

December 15, 2014

Zero Foolproof Gift Ideas for the Man You Claim to Love; or, Simply Having a Wonderful Chickentime

Is it my imagination, or is the Catholic internet just bristling with lists of gift ideas for men this year? Are...

November 2014

November 30, 2014

Fifty Christmas presents our kids loved

We sure do buy a lot of presents around here. Today seems like a good...

December 2013

December 26, 2013

At the Register: Why busy parents should always go to midnight Mass

And it has nothing to do with "misery loves company!"

December 26, 2013

Irene’s Silent Night

Doesn't know the words; doesn't let it slow her down. (Ugh, thought I had fixed...

December 24, 2013

At the Register: The Light of the Child

A poem, a tune, a painting for Christmas. May the baby who brings us warmth...

December 21, 2013

What’s your roast beast?

My favorite part of How the Grinch Stole Christmas is where he brings back the...

December 10, 2013

At the Register: Advent for Adults

Advent and Christmas aren't meant to be only for children. Here are some ways adults...

December 09, 2013

Let the little kittens come unto me

File under Things Jesus Would Be Okay With: [E]very year, a colony of feral felines...

November 2013

November 30, 2013

Advent chains – a very easy Advent activity!

My sister Abby Tardiff is once again providing a template for advent chains. 1....

December 2010

December 31, 2010

Christmas Group Shot

Silly me, I thought we would never get around to taking a group photo this...

December 17, 2010

Thursday Throwback: sRANTa Claus

It's posts like the following, written a few years ago, that make me realize that...