December 17, 2012 Christmas is usually a time for family, friends and a home cooked Christmas meal. But if you are going to be on the road this Christmas or perhaps looking for a place to take the family rather than prepare a meal your self here are some suggestions
As a way to address this past Friday's unfortunate tragedy in Newtown, CT, 'Saturday Night Live' opened their most recent episode -- hosted by alum Martin Short -- with a heartfelt performance of the Christmas classic, 'Silent Night.'
On Christmas morning, there's nothing worse than getting a bad reaction to one of your presents. This is especially prevalent among the younger crowd, particularly those under age 12. Why? Well, the kiddos don't necessarily have an understanding of faking appreciation and re-gifting later, so it just comes off as bratty behavior.
Here's your daily dose of cute -- Santa pretending to sleep for a picture with a sleeping baby.
64 percent of homeowners say they are going to put up Christmas decorations this holiday season. Of course "decorations" can be anything from a simple candle in the window to a blinding and all-encompassing collection of flashing lights.
No matter what the holiday, we always love getting extra festive. It's not like we need an excuse to wear awful Christmas sweaters or take part in a harmless snowman prank, but doing that stuff during the season makes us look a little less crazy. The season also provides the perfect excuse to go way overboard in the decorating department.
December 15, 2012 This weekend, we're making Christmas cookies in the Greg "Splashin'" McShea household. (I have the most important job, tearing off sheets of wax paper). We usually make homemade sugar cookies in holiday shapes. If you're more adventurous with your baking and want to make gingerbread men from scratch, I've got a simple how-to video that will help.
December 14, 2012 We know that Santa fills "stockings hung by the chimney with care", but sometimes he gets a little help from us. I don't know about you, but it seems to me that it's ten times more difficult to figure out what to fill those stockings with, rather than the bigger presents under the tree. Here's some help.
Here's a little video to get you into the spirit of Christmas, if you're kind of trampy. Nate, Caitlin and Stuart set up shop on the campus of Brigham Young University to trick as many people as possible into kissing them by using a sprig of renegade mistletoe that drops down at a moment's notice. They are braver than we -- the whole time we watched this all we could think was "Herpes! Herpes! Herpes alert!"
December 13, 2012 Although the favorite holiday film in the Greg "Splashin'" McShea household is "White Christmas", number two on the list is "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation". Clark, Cousin Eddie and the whole Griswold Christmas clan will be on ABC Family TV tonight at 7:00 p.m. And if the kids can stay up late enough, it's followed by "Polar Express" at 9:00 p.m.
December 13, 2012 If you were at FrogFest this past summer, you may remember Ethan Harris who sang the National Anthem. As a holiday treat, he's recorded an acoustic version of 'O Holy Night' and shared it on our Facebook page to wish us all a blessed holiday season. Love his dad's comment. Can you tell he's a proud papa?
