christmas

Here's everything you'll be looking for on Christmas Eve on one page.

This year's "Christmas for Children" was the most successful in nearly a decade! Lutheran Social Services is wrapping the gifts today and reported back enough toys were donated to give every child in foster care in Benton and Franklin counties at least two! Our hearts were especially touched by the sacrifice of a child named Emily.

Dawn Otis is the lucky winner of $1,000!

My wife loves making holiday goodies and it's one of my favorite parts of Christmas. But we'd never think of making our own candy canes. Turns out for good reason! The skill and time involved is incredible! One of the steps requires a 2,000-lbs metal table needed to diffuse the heat from the 300-degree boiling sugar!

My Christmas vacation starts tomorrow. So I picked up a few things from the store for some "holiday projects." Want to see what I made?

We all know Santa Claus is real -- and Smithsonian magazine doesn't disagree -- but it claims his appearance was created by Coca-Cola.

Yesterday I blogged about my Silver Streak sled I got in the 2nd grade and I still have in my garage. What Christmas presents from your childhood have you held on to, and why?

Stacy Lee thinks they're gross: warm cheese sitting in storage for weeks. Mystery sausage and stale crackers? BUT I LOVE THEM!

The land of the rising son is also the land of folded paper art. They also love minimalism and simplicity. Add those cultural traits together and you get a method for gift-wrapping presents that is incredibly simple and efficient! I've been wrapping like a sucker for years! Watch this!

I got this for Christmas in 1972. I was in the second grade. I had many fun years with it, but as I grew older it stayed in the shed. Now it's antique and I won't let my boys touch it. What should I do with it?

Raphie's yearning for an Official Red Ryder Carbine Action, 200-shot Range Model Air Rifle in the 1983 "A Christmas Story" is one of our favorite holiday traditions. The real story behind the film, however, is not so family-friendly!

This time of year we all love seeing fantastic holiday light displays. This WHOLE neighborhood is into it! Check this out: