Life In Pleasantville
Food, Travel, Life
And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice-cold in the snow, Stood puzzling and puzzling: “How could it be so?” “It came without ribbons! It came without tags! “It came without packages, boxes or bags!” And he puzzled three hours, till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before! “Maybe Christmas,” …
By Brandy Reid As a former young adult librarian, putting a list together of my top ten YA novels to give this Christmas was quite a challenge. There are just so many fabulous reads out there that is was difficult to narrow it down to just ten. So, here you have a list of …
I live by a simple credo — friends don’t give friends fruitcake. Maybe that explains why I have so many good friends, because I’ve never given any of them a damn fruitcake. In fact, if I gave fruitcake to someone it would be the equivalent of the mob handing over a dead fish. Read: there …
By Candace Derickx So there’s this store here in Canada that releases their “special” holiday ice cream every year and it causes mass hysteria. Okay, maybe I exaggerate, but it certainly gets a lot of people excited. Except me. See, I think that it tastes like mouthwash, and has a terrible aftertaste. Being the …
Do you have a person in your life who is passionate about doing good? Shopping for someone with a bleeding heart and discerning ethical standards can be a challenge (oy…the look on their face as they consider whether the gorgeous shirt you bought them was stitched together by a child in a sweat shop), but …
Every year around November 1st, the debate kicks off: is it too early for Christmas? Once upon a time I would have raised an eyebrow at lights before Remembrance Day. But now? Oh my dear, sweet child, all bets are off. The world is a lot right now, and if cranking Mariah Carey the minute …
I had heard of The Osborne Spectacle of Lights before but off in the periphery, not really paying attention to it, and like a boob I thought it had something to do with Ozzy Osborne. Like I half expected to see Ozzy,Sharon and family parading down the street on a float with lights going off …
Ummm, this ain’t no ordinary, come in a box gingerbread house. No sirree bob, this house is a true original that takes two months to build. This is what you’ll need to build a Gingerbread house Disney style. Recipe provided by Disney’s Grand Floridian. Grand Floridian Gingerbread House Disney 1,050 pounds of honey 800 pounds …
