My Son Loves This Part Of Christmas More Than Receiving Gifts

Posted by Gaylord Campbell

It's that time of year again. These are the happiest days of my son's life. He absolutely lives for the holiday season. While he likes Thanksgiving very much - he gets a lot of attention from family members - he knows that the end of Thanksgiving means the beginning of the holiday season. He sees all the Christmas trees and decorations and I even think he can sense the warmer vibes from family, friends, and strangers alike. Even when we were in the mall during the holiday season last year, he asked me why everyone was being so friendly. I asked myself if it was because they were trying to make sales, but I told him that everyone is just in a happy and giving mood around Christmas time. He simply smiled, which certainly warmed my heart. Of course, one of my son's favorite parts about Christmas is the presents. But he is different than most kids. His favorite aspect of Christmas is going to see Santa. Every year, we dress up really warm, put our boots on, set our home security alarm (ADT Security System cellguard), and head off to see Santa. Once we arrive, Santa seems to be even happier to see us than we are to see him. This makes my son very happy, which makes me very happy. We will be sure to see Santa again this year.

Broccoli, Healthy Food For My Son

My son loves to eat most of the vegetables, even the bitter melon that usually kids avoids to eat it because it's bitter. But there's one vegetable that he can't seem get enough of it, it's the broccoli. Every time i go to the store to buy some groceries, he always asks me to buy broccoli so he can munch it. He can just eat it even if i just blanch it and shake some salt and pepper with it, then it's good for him to eat. He really is a good vegetable eater, he prefers vegetables rather than eating something else like steak or maybe hotdogs.I just love to watch him gobbling the vegetables i cook for him. Even if i mix the broccoli to some other vegetables like when i cook stir fry, broccoli always gets eaten by my son. We all love broccoli, his dad, mommy and his little brother but we always save broccoli for him. It's good for him because broccoli has a lot of fibers and will make him healthy, although he is not a big framed boy. A lot of people i heard though that, the health of the kids can't be seen through the frame but through how active he is and what he eats. I am glad my boy eats healthy foods, not just junky like what most kids eats.

LEGO presents for the boy that has it all

Guest post written by Angela Hartman

Anytime that my son asks for presents for any occasion, like for his birthday and Christmas, the only things that he'll ever ask for are LEGOS. But the bad part about that is that he already has so many LEGOS that it's really hard to find something that he doesn't already have. So the Christmas season is even a bigger challenge because of that.

I started doing Christmas shopping online with our Clear Internet a few weeks ago, in hopes of coming across some LEGOS sets that he doesn't already have and would like. That was much easier said than done.

I've gotten a few little ideas for LEGO presents to get him. He's recently gotten into Harry Potter and is finally old enough to read all of the books so I thought that maybe I could get him one of the Harry Potter LEGO sets. It ends up that there are actually a lot of different Harry Potter sets, so there are lots to choose from that he doesn't already have! I think that I won't have to worry about not having anything to get him for a while now.

College Football Time Is Here

Author: Elias Massey

Its that time of the year again, and I am ecstatic to see the college football conference championship games! This year brings some of my favorite teams, and there is money on the line between me and my buddies. They think their teams are going to win, but the joke will be on them!!

veryone comes to my house to catch the games. In the den I have a 55 inch television that we plan to use to watch the games on Directtelevision with. With such a big television it makes the games so much better. And, when we get together, its going to be loud, its going to be fun, and we'll drink all the beer we can find!

Of course the best game of the year is going to be the MTSU Blue Raiders take on the rajin' cajun' Louisiana-Lafayette. Of course being from Tennessee, I am rooting for MTSU all the way. They're going to win, and we all know that. Its going to be fun to see it, and my hand will be held out so carefree to collect my $20!

My favorite Christmas treats

Thanks for the guest post by Donn Schroeder

My favorite Christmas candy or treat is marshmallow peeps just for Christmas time. They used to be only available at Easter but now are available at Christmas too. They come in little white snowmen and christmas trees. They have new flavors this year too. They come in mint flavored christmas tree shapes covered with chocolate. They are scrumptious. Another new twist on peeps is they have mint flavored christmas cookie shaped marshmallow star-shaped peeps. I think my new favorite is going to be the new gingerbread shaped sugar cookie flavored marshmallow peeps. I can't get enough of these things.

There is one other sweet treat that I like better than all of the great sweet peeps treats. Little Debbie cherry cordial treats. They are the most delicious treat and i wish they had them all year round. They are round and are cherry flavored and are covered in delicious rich chocolate.

My favorite treats make great stocking stuffers. I just today saw the commercial for holiday peeps while watching holiday specials on my satellite tv from bestchoicetv.com.

Shop 'Til We Drop

Guest post written by Gladys Stevens

It's finally December and even though the month just got here, my husband Bill and I are thinking about all the stuff we need to do to ensure that our family has a great Christmas. Thankfully, we've never had a problem with space-every year we can host our large family in our spacious condo. We live in Manhattan, and most of our family lives in Brooklyn and Queens, so it's a pretty central place for us all to get together. Plus, Bill and I live pretty close to central park and if the grandkids get a little restless they can always go over there together-gotta have those provisions, ha!

Our family is pretty large, so Bill and I always end up doing a lot of shopping and preparing. We started the shopping just yesterday after doing some Miracle Ear comparisons downtown, though we still have a ways to go. In all, we have four kids and they all have families of our own. Our condo gets pretty filled up, but it's always great to have everyone together under one roof. We are already having fun picking out things for our family, and we can't wait for our big Christmas bash. It's going to be the best one yet.

My VIP Kindergarten Boy

My son is excited today to go to school. Last week before he left his school his teacher gave him a special paper that he needs to finish and present it to his teacher by Monday, he is a VIP student today. That's what really made him excited because he will be the one to show his classmates about his VIP homework containing about him and his family and friend, what he likes to eat, his favorite color and where he likes to go all the time.It was so funny that he tried to do his homework just by himself which is really nice of him that he did not asked any help from Daddy and Mommy. But according to the paper that he brought home, it needs some picture to put on, but he instead drew us as his family and it looks so cute and funny lol! So i told him that we will help together to do his homework. I printed some pictures of us as his family, himself and his friend's picture too. I also printed pictures the fruit he likes to eat, which is grapes and the place that he likes to go to, which is the park. He even asked me if he was in the park picture, so that made me laugh because i only searched the picture in the net and printed it. Too bad i don't have a picture of a park that he was in there. Oh well, better to have the one i got for him than nothing though. Now, he's all ready to go and so anxious to get to school.

Adults Are Allowed To See Santa Too

Guest post by Jewel Cole

I am not your normal individual. I'm going to tell you that right off the bat. And when you read what I'm about to write, you're going to think all the wrong things. This is why I must stress that I am a firm believer in tradition. Nostalgia is also very strong with me. When I was a kid, my father used to take me to see Santa every year. He wasn't home much otherwise due to business travel, so this was a very special event for me. I didn't even really care about seeing Santa at the time, I only pretended to be. My real interest was in spending time with my dad. He passed away when I was young, so we never got to finish out those Santa-seeing days. That is why, as an adult, I go to see Santa on an annual basis. No, I don't sit on his lap. But I do pay my admission to see him and then explain to him why I'm there. Most Santas understand and nod their heads. This is all I need. Then I walk around the mall and think about my dad. This year will be no different than any other. I will wake up, eat my Lucky Charms for breakfast, set my home security alarm fromInhomesecurity.net, and go to the mall to see Santa. I'm looking forward to it.

Learning How to Ski

Authored by Raymond Whitney

Last month I went on my first skiing trip. I made sure to set my home security alarm (ADT security packages) before leaving the house. My boyfriend picked me as planned and we made our way to the airport. A few hours later we arrived at the Eagle Point Resort in Utah. I was a little nervous but my boyfriend was there to make sure I got the hang of everything. We rented the skiing equipment and were introduced to my skiing instructor. I wasn't aware that there were personal instructors for hire at the resort. I always assumed you already had to know how to ski. The instructor was a people person and had a great way of putting me at ease. He taught me some very basic moves and ways to make sure I keep myself safe while skiing. Before I knew it, I was coming down a slope and feeling very confident in my skiing abilities. Now that I feel more at ease with skiing, I believe I will make another trip to Eagle Point as soon as I am able to.

Back When it Was All About Santa

Guest post of the week by Brittany Booker

This year I am going to see Santa with my brother and his three children. It is going to be a great time for all of us to share together. We are all going to meet up on Sunday and head down to the mall together to see Santa. I am going to leave my house around noon after setting my home security alarm I found on this website. I believe we are meeting at the local gas station, so I do not have to leave any earlier. Once we all are there, we will pile into my brothers van and make our way to the mall. I am so excited to see the look on my nieces and nephews faces when they tell Santa what they want for Christmas. I remember the days when I used to believe in Santa. Those were also the days when the only issues I had was a scraped up knee and a lost piece of candy. I long to go back to those days when Santa was in my life and everything was perfect. But for now, I will enjoy watching them grow up believing in what I did and making the most out of their precious little lives.