I tried, I really tried to avoid it…but I can’t control myself any longer. Where is there one surefire place to find tacky, useless gifts for all and sundry? Lillian Vernon. Where can you get anything and everything from a toilet seat to a garden gnome personalized? Lillian Vernon. Who resembles, at worst a cult…
Hanukkah Present Day 5 1003 Great Things About Being Jewish One of those easy-reading trivia style books that are popular gifts for the holidays. This book lists a variety of reasons why Jewish people kick some major tukis (see yesterday’s post if you’re confused). Including such observations as: “Everyone knows that kosher hot dogs rule.”…
Hanukkah Present Day 4: A Hanukkah Ham!!! You may be thinking, “Well, what could be wrong with a perfectly nice ham for the holidays?” Apparently this was the same thought of a fancy food store in Greenwich Village NY, who posted signs advertising that their hams were “Delicious for Hanukkah!” Someone finally took mercy and…
Hanukkah Day 3: Shlock Rock Now, I thought listening to the band at my cousin’s wedding perform Men At Work’s Land Down Under in Yiddish was a once in a lifetime experience, but apparently, I can relive the delight of that memory. Their most recent release (the 27th!) includes parodied versions of hits from Green…
Whaaaaaa? You might say. And then you realize – it must be time for the next installment of my super-awesome gift guide! Hannukah (or Hanukkah, or Chanukkah or…) Day #2: Gigantic Holiday Fortune Cookies. Because, who wouldn’t love to crack open a cookie “dotted With Blue And White Sprinkles And Decorated With Torahs, Stars Of…
That’s right, I am one of those lucky few to celebrate both these December gift-giving (& receiving!) holidays. My mother’s side of the family is Jewish, so we celebrate more out of tradition and respecting/preserving our heritage than anything else. Christmas is still the big deal around here. Growing up our house was the one…
So we have established the fact that Santa only brings one gift to each child since he can’t fit more than that in his sack of presents. (Besides, we want some of the credit, glory, and gratitude of the delight of Christmas morning!) So Aishtyn knows that she asks Santa for the one thing she…
Ok – so I know that when you’re pregnant you have all these extra hormones racing around and aside from making you nauseous, tired, crabby or all of the above it can make you have some pretty freakin’ weird dreams. Last night the dream was more unsettling than freaky. I dreamt that my new baby…
Some kids have a favorite blankie. Some kids suck their finger or thumb. Some are attached to a pacifier, nuk, doo-dah, whatever you call it. Others have a favorite stuffed animal. For my daughter – her source of comfort and object of self-soothing is her belly button. From the day she found it, Miss A…
In the words of Aishtyn, who has issues with articulating the letter “F” (hence, she wears “shlip-shlops,” likes to eat “shrench shries,” and calls people on the “shone”…however she says “flamingo” perfectly clear, so I know the child CAN do it…) anyways, as Aishtyn, says, “soon there will be shour of us.” Yes, that’s right.…
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