christmas

My wife loves making holiday goodies and it's one of my favorite parts of Christmas. But we'd never think of making our own candy canes. Turns out for good reason! The skill and time involved is incredible! One of the steps requires a 2,000-lbs metal table needed to diffuse the heat from the 300-degree boiling sugar!

My Christmas vacation starts tomorrow. So I picked up a few things from the store for some "holiday projects." Want to see what I made?

A top UK newspaper polled adults on their favorite toys from the past 50 years. The list is pretty comprehensive! How many of these did you own?

We all know Santa Claus is real -- and Smithsonian magazine doesn't disagree -- but it claims his appearance was created by Coca-Cola.

Yesterday I blogged about my Silver Streak sled I got in the 2nd grade and I still have in my garage. What Christmas presents from your childhood have you held on to, and why?

The land of the rising son is also the land of folded paper art. They also love minimalism and simplicity. Add those cultural traits together and you get a method for gift-wrapping presents that is incredibly simple and efficient! I've been wrapping like a sucker for years! Watch this!

The great thing about TBS playing "A Christmas Story" over and over is you can tune in at any point and have a good laugh. It's a riot from beginning to end. If you had to pick a favorite scene, what would it be?

I got this for Christmas in 1972. I was in the second grade. I had many fun years with it, but as I grew older it stayed in the shed. Now it's antique and I won't let my boys touch it. What should I do with it?

Raphie's yearning for an Official Red Ryder Carbine Action, 200-shot Range Model Air Rifle in the 1983 "A Christmas Story" is one of our favorite holiday traditions. The real story behind the film, however, is not so family-friendly!

Straight from the 4-H Mall website, these five ideas are great for anyone in 4-H! They also work great for club gift exchanges or ornament exchanges.

"Home Alone" is such a favorite and it's all over TV this time of the year. We all know that paint-cans-to-the-face would probably kill someone, but what do doctors say about all the attacks the Wet Bandits suffer?

The thing about Christmas tree lots is they don't always pop up in the same places every year. Below is our list of places Christmas trees have been sold in the past. I bought mine from a guy in the Costco parking lot last year. If you know of a place not listed here (or that one of my locations is for sure not hosting trees this season) I'll adjust the list!