Story archives - tag: "Christmas"

a little bird

My Jewish family had a lovely Christmas dinner with a Muslim family talking about art, architecture, wine, and the world and yet there is still violence in the Middle East.

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2008-06-11 13:09:27 / Rating: 125.75 /

UnlikelyMom

Imagine my two girls as they opened up their exciting Christmas toy, squeezed goop into molds, put the mold into the oven, then waited, and waited, and waited, realizing that there was no heat, no light bulb, and would be no bug - just a bunch of disappointing goo.

tags: childhood toys Christmas humor [add]

2008-01-25 13:21:04 / Rating: 87.5 /

R

Standing next to my dad this Christmas, I realized for the first time that he's reached the age at which people begin to get shorter.

tags: age mortality adulthood Christmas parents dad [add]

2007-12-27 12:24:44 / Rating: 143.5 /

elenaf

Some of my friends made me so mad today that I think I just might keep the Christmas presents I just wrapped for them.

tags: anger friends Christmas [add]

2007-12-13 00:19:49 / Rating: 106.75 /

Roberto

My cousins and I hate our 4-year-old cousin so much that we're getting her an actual lump of coal for Christmas.

tags: brat coal Christmas [add]

2007-10-10 13:32:00 / Rating: 118.25 /

PHDrillSergeant

Christmas is nothing but loneliness followed by 365 shopping days until even more loneliness.

tags: Christmas loneliness [add]

2006-12-27 12:01:46 / Rating: 131.5 /