Reporting on my de-scrooging effort, I can say that I did manage to stir up a bit of my Christmas spirit. Having created a spark this year, I plan to fan it into a healthy flame in 2007 – so check back! Meanwhile, I discovered more Christmas music. Look for a music sample on my … Read more
An important part of the Christmas holiday season had always been being full of a spirit of generosity. As I look at what the holidays mean to me now and seek to recapture the magic, I can see that generosity became one of the stumbling blocks for me as I descended into my scroogism. On … Read more
In a recent post, I referred to my husband as a “holiday scrooge” and described myself as having become disillusioned with the holidays at one point in my life never having recovered (very dramatic). However, I did not fully admit that what I had become was a holiday scrooge myself. Very easy to toss that … Read more