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11 Facts About Bagpipes That’ll Make Your Hair Stand On End Bagpipes were considered a weapon at one point because they were used to frighten the enemy The bagpipes took the place of trumpets in battle in 1549 at the … Continue reading11 Facts About Bagpipes That’ll Make Your Hair Stand On End
Outdoor Family Fun To Wrap Up The Christmas Season During the winter it’s easy to hole up inside like a pack of bears hibernating. However, humans are not bears and there’s a lot of fun to be had outside. This … Continue readingOutdoor Family Fun To Wrap Up The Christmas Season
Goodbye 2017 Well, it’s been a fun year but we’ve got to say goodbye. Christmas may not be over yet, but 2017 will be at midnight tonight. Why not party down while the clock ticks away? If you like the … Continue readingGoodbye 2017
Not My Santa TXT Stories gives us a glimpse at a parallel universe where Santa has no sense of direction. I’m really glad our Santa doesn’t have these problems! TXTMAS #11 – SANTA’S LOST | by txtstories TXTMAS EP. 11 … Continue readingNot my Santa
Let the music play One of the many special things about Christmas is the music. No other holiday or season is attended by a month of 24×7 radio stations dedicated to playing music specially dedicated to the season. This extended … Continue readingLet the music play
Elves’ Day Off Well, we probably don’t need to know this much about elf dating but the folks at TXT Stories decided to follow the rabbit hole as deep as they could go. TXTMAS 2018 #7 – ONE NIGHT OFF … Continue readingElves’ Day Off
Nativitygram My goodness, can you imagine if they had text and social media back in Bible times? The creative folks at TXT Stories have their ideas of how that might go. TXMAS 2018 #5 – NATIVITY SCENE | by txtstories … Continue readingNativitygram
I’m going on the Naughty List …and I’m PROUD of it! Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha! Okay, let’s review the history of Christmas. Certainly, there’s the Nativity Scene aspect of it, but there’s also the secular or pagan aspects of the holiday. Going back … Continue readingI’m going on the Naughty List
What Star Is This, With Beams So Bright The Gospel of Matthew 2:9-11 9 After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it … Continue readingWhat Star Is This, With Beams So Bright
This Endris Night The earliest manuscript containing this traditional carol is from 1475 in the period of the later reign of Henry VI and the beginning of the reign of Henry VII. “This endris night” is a term from the … Continue readingThis Endris Night