Category: Holidays

  • Christmas Traditions—The BIG Day arrives!

    Holiday traditions are as wonderfully diverse as the families who practice them. In conjunction with my new release Bear Creek Christmas, allow me to share some of mine! ############## The following excerpt is taken from Bear Creek Christmas. Levi awoke to the wind’s moans and whistles as it tore past the cabin. Given the light…

  • Christmas Traditions—Decking the Halls

    Holiday traditions are as wonderfully diverse as the families who practice them. In conjunction with my new release Bear Creek Christmas, allow me to share some of mine! ############## The following excerpt is taken from my new release, Bear Creek Christmas. Levi opened the box from home and took out some strange looking do-dads and…

  • Christmas Traditions—Sweets and Treats (holiday snacking at its finest)

    Holiday traditions are as wonderfully diverse as the families who practice them. In conjunction with my new release Bear Creek Christmas, allow me to share some of mine! ############## The following excerpt is taken from my new release, Bear Creek Christmas. Knox produced matching holiday aprons from one of the bags, and they got busy.…

  • Christmas Traditions—Stockings (where they go and what to put in them)

    Holiday traditions are as wonderfully diverse as the families who practice them. In conjunction with my new release Bear Creek Christmas, allow me to share some of mine! ########## Taken from chapter 20 of Bear Creek Christmas “At length, Knox and Levi got up, turned on all the colored lights, and made a fire in…

  • Celebrate Spring – It’s May Day!

    Here in the United States, May Day isn’t celebrated as widely as some other holidays. Many, I’m sure, have no idea what it is or where it came from. Let me help you with that! May Day began as an ancient festival to celebrate the return of spring, and lies halfway between the spring equinox…

  • July 4 Memories

    Looking back, July 4th was always a fun family day with an evening cookout, homemade ice cream, watermelon, and fireworks! Before the sun set, Dad would dole out the snakes, smoke bombs and parachutes, since none of these were any fun in the dark. It kept us busy for a while while he set up…

  • Thanksgiving Memories

    Dear friends, If I had to choose one holiday as my favorite, it would be Thanksgiving. On the face of it, everyone could use a reminder to be thankful for family, friends, possessions, health, the beauty of nature, and so on. I also appreciate the spiritual underpinnings of the holiday, as we who are particularly…

  • Thanksgiving – More Than a Holiday

    Posted 11-21-18 George Washington proclaimed the first nationwide thanksgiving celebration in America marking November 26, 1789, “as a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favours of Almighty God”. Growing up, I loved Thanksgiving because it meant a big family dinner and time off…

  • Celebrating Independence Day

    Posted 7-4-18 “The Fourth of July – also known as Independence Day or July 4th – has been a federal holiday in the United States since 1941, but the tradition of Independence Day celebrations goes back to the 18th century and the American Revolution. On July 2nd, 1776, the Continental Congress voted in favor of…

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