Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

Christmas Cookie Exchange

About this time every year, my sister begins to feverishly bake Christmas cookie after Christmas cookie. There are the old standards she makes every year – but she also hunts up a few new recipes each year to try out.
And a few years ago she started holding cookie parties to share the joy & load of [...]

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

Mandatory Fun Day

[humor me - play the music]

But first an explanation…
It’s a concept brainstormed by the higher brass – the main purpose of which is to gather soldiers & their families together for a day of forced fun & frivolity in the hopes it will alleviate stress, loneliness & isolation.
Back in the states, these days fall through-out [...]

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

Korean Christmas

Bright, shiny, sparkly, electric, pulsating, LED Christmas….
Complete with Korean women singing American Christmas carols.
I suddenly felt like little Ralphie Parker being serenaded to before eating my Christmas duck.
“Fah rah rah rah rah…rah rah rah rah”
Quick! Name that movie.