My sisters and I were raised on TV, and Christmas was no exception. Our Grammy used to save the insert in the newspaper with the entire schedule of Christmas specials. We would circle the ones we wanted to watch, usually starting the Friday after Thanksgiving with It’s a Wonderful Life and ending Christmas day with [...]
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Slow Christmas on your television. No really.
Posted in busy parents, Christmas porn, goodwill toward men, saving money, slow parenting, spending time, tagged A Christmas story, Charlie Brown, Dr. Seuss, Grinch, holidays, newspaper, Rudolph, Santa Claus, Thanksgiving, tv on November 18, 2010 | 11 Comments »
My love-hate relationship with Christmas cards
Posted in busy parents, Christmas, free range kids, gift ideas, goodwill toward men, holidays, homemade, saving money, simplicity, slow parenting, spending time, tagged arts & crafts, carbon footprint, charity, Christmas cards, e-cards, environment, feminism, Martha Stewart, upcycling on November 12, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I love the idea of Christmas cards. But reality always gets in the way. Finding the perfect card or taking a family portrait, asking for everyone’s street address (and giving away the surprise), buying stamps, licking envelopes, and the general errand-generating nature of the whole enterprise. It can feel like you’re checking a box, earning [...]
The fall of Rome
Posted in Christmas, saving money, simplicity, slow food, slow parenting, spending time, tagged baking, Christmas, cupcake, gingerbread house, green, hot buttered rum, Rome, tea, Thanksgiving, turkey on November 9, 2010 | 5 Comments »
There are over 200 theories for why Rome fell. Listen to this one from Edward Gibbon: “The decline of Rome was the natural and inevitable effect of immoderate greatness. Prosperity ripened the principle of decay; the causes of destruction multiplied with the extent of conquest; and as soon as time or accident had removed the [...]
How to make doughnuts
Posted in busy parents, Christmas, free range kids, holidays, homemade, recipes, saving money, slow food, slow parenting, spending time, tagged breakfast, coffee, cooking, dessert, doughnuts, Fall, farm, hack, hot chocolate, Joy of Cooking, kitchen, parenting, recipe on November 6, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Since it’s early in the season, this is as much a fall recipe as a Christmas one. There’s nothing better than doughnuts and cider in the fall, preferably after raking leaves or visiting a U-Pick farm. If the prospect of making doughnuts from scratch intimidates you, worry not. It’s the easiest thing in the world [...]
The Slow Christmas season has begun!
Posted in Christmas, gift ideas, holidays, Slow Movement, spending time, tagged Christmas, deer, Fall, Shenandoah, sugar plums, wildlife on October 31, 2010 | 2 Comments »
It’s official, Slow Christmas has returned! Oh friends, I’ve missed you so. I’ve had visions of sugar plums dancing in my head since the hottest day in July, and now the time has finally arrived. Fall is at its peak around here. I was in the Shenandoah Valley recently, where the evergreens are standing behind [...]
Resolution: Slow Christmas meet Slow Life
Posted in busy parents, simplicity, slow food, Slow Movement, slow parenting, spending time, tagged simplicity, slow food, Slow Movement on January 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
First day back at work? Don’t want to return to your regularly scheduled life after slowing down for Christmas? Fear not! I have a message for us from Carl Honoré, an expert in living slow during the rest of the year: “Well done, Slow Christmasers, for slowing down the holidays this year! Christmas has been [...]
The Best of Slow Christmas
Posted in busy parents, Christmas, Christmas porn, gift ideas, goodwill toward men, holidays, homemade, local food, saving money, simplicity, slow food, Slow Movement, slow parenting, spending time, tagged best of, Christmas, gift ideas, holidays on December 23, 2009 | 4 Comments »
You did it! You kept Christmas slow this year. Before you go enjoy it with your family and friends, I want you to bask for a moment in the glow of your creativity and warmth. You made Slow Christmas a success: over 6,000 people visited the website and the Facebook page this year, and it [...]
Down to the wire: 3 steps to Christmas sanity
Posted in simplicity, Slow Movement, spending time, tagged american history, Christmas, errands, holidays, little women, paul revere, stress, stress management, wedding planning on December 16, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Holiday parties, last minute errands, speeding up at work to cram all in before year’s end: these are the hallmarks of the week before Christmas. I don’t know about you, but I find it much easier to keep Christmas slow on December 1 than on December 15. This week is when it all comes down [...]
Bookmarks, and I don’t mean the web kind
Posted in busy parents, Christmas porn, free range kids, gift ideas, holidays, homemade, slow parenting, spending time, tagged bookmarks, Christmas, crafts, family activities, gift ideas on December 13, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Looking for something to give the bibliophile in your life, or maybe an activity that’s fun for kids and adults? Make bookmarks. My mom is a thwarted artist, and she’s always drawing on something, loose leaf margins, the back of receipts, whatever’s around. For years when we were little, on the weekends leading up to [...]
Peanuts Charlie Brown 18-inch Artificial Christmas Tree, $7.99
Posted in Christmas porn, goodwill toward men, holidays, Kristmas Krap, Slow Movement, slow parenting, spending time, tagged artificial tree, Charlie Brown Christmas, Christmas, real tree on December 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Want to celebrate the spirit of the Charlie Brown Christmas special? Now you can buy a replica of Charlie Brown’s forlorn little tree that’s machine-calibrated to be imperfect! Now might be a good time to ask: why do we love A Charlie Brown Christmas so much? Maybe it’s because we see a little of ourselves [...]
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