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Time shifting the holiday season

This was a post I had begun late Thanksgiving evening, after the Tryptophan had kicked in, after the football had been played out. Often before the bird is even sliced, people are charting out a course of action for tackling Black Friday doorbuster deals and Cyber Monday online steals. While half of the family is toiling in the kitchen cleaning up the pots and pans used in preparing the Turkey and all of its' accessories, the other half of the family may have made its' way outside to begin hoisting lights up on the house. We made it a point to begin placing our village pieces out early, to really enjoy them for the entire Thanksgiving to Christmas holiday. Little did we now our boy would be sick for 10 days with some cough and stomach bug. Needless to say, our plan would come off course for a few days. We ended up getting the tree decorated by the week before Christmas (we displayed a half-decorated tree for our Tree Trimming party on Dec. 5th!) and we created two small vignett...

Much to be thankful for

* I am thankful for my beautiful son Liam and the amazing smile he posseses. * I am thankful for my wonderful wife Rachael, who is the most radiant and caring Mother I have ever seen. * I am thankful for my brother and sister-in-law and their incredible sense of family. * I am thankful for my large group of friends who have grown with me since college to parenthood. * I am thankful for my workplace, a business of compassion, integrity and creativity. * I am thankful for many other things, many of which seem too trivial to include in this list. Happy Thanksgiving to all!

A Wicked Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to all! I mention " Wicked " because my wife and I just went to see it at the Hartford Bushnell , and it was unbelievable. The stage props and design were out of this world. The singing was great, too, even though it was on Sunday and we saw the understudies in some of the roles. It's highly recommended. If it comes to your area, definitely book some tickets. Speaking of the great and powerful Oz, Department 56 does a great job with their Wizard of Oz items as well. Some of my favorite pieces: Wicked Witch's Castle Wicked Witch Scares Dorothy and the Scarecrow