TOYLAND

photo by Graham Dean

Hall of Fame toys include Super Soakers, swings, Big Wheels, baby dolls, skateboards, Easy-Bake Ovens, and Legos.   Get or give any of these this holiday?  Personally we enjoyed (kinda?) something Nerf'y that shot and annoyed incoming family all day.   Classic.       story

Principle in the type:  "The only gift is a portion of thyself."  Ralph Waldo Emerson

YO! YO! HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

photo by Sputnik

Lovely, lovely, Christmas time.  It is a blessing to society!  Bask in the hope, and the love...  Thank you, Jesus.  Take the wheel. 



                                     
  

Principle in the type:  "What will you and I give for Christmas this year?  Let us in our lives give to our Lord and Savior the gift of gratitude by living His teachings and following in His footsteps."    Thomas S. Monson

                                                                                                Merry Weekend, Peeps!

ALL WRAPPED UP

I'm running on all Christmas cylinders!  How 'bout you?  Click here for
welcome perspective.  

Principle in the type:  "The grand and the simple.  They are equally wonderful."   Marjorie Pay Hinckley

JINGLE BELLS

photo by Tara Schmidt

Whether your thing is Christmas, or not, you gotta love the music, right?!  I kind of fancy that in 2016, Billboards top Holiday songs still include the classics.  Makes me feel like I'm in a black and white movie, Bing is singing, and turkey's in the oven.  This weekend enjoy the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.  They really know how to 'choir.'    news          

                           

                                   
 

Principle in the type:  "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.  I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future.  The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me.  I will not shut out the lessons that they teach."     Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol      

 












                                                                                        Happy Cheery Weekend, Peeps!

CHRISTMASTIME CHEER

photo by Tagosaku

Late on their payments and generally in debt, an elderly couple in Illinois had their car repossessed.  But parked around the corner with the car, repo man Jim Ford called the bank and paid them up to current.  The gesture made him think of his own grandparents.  Ultimately donations paid off the car in full.  "We raised most of it in the first eight hours," said Ford.   Just a good ol'fashioned feel good story.  Thank you, Illinois.       story           

Principle in the type:  "Doing good is a pleasure, a joy beyond measure."    Hymn

BING BOWIE

photo by 143d ESC

Merry Christmas Eve!  ---Of course you have already watched It's A Wonderful Life this month, right?  Good!   That said, enjoy an old'timey real beaut below.






                                  

Principle in the type:  "Maybe Christmas doesn't come from a store.  Maybe Christmas perhaps, means a little bit more."         the Grinch      

                                                                           Merry Merry Christmas Peeps and Peepettes!

GOOD CHEER

photo by Stefan

A New York college student has visited "the same Santa Claus for 19 years!"  Hey, it's what her mom wants for Christmas ---   " 'In high school it was really embarrassing, but now I think it's really funny,' "  said McKenzie Doig.     story 

                

Principle in the type:  "It is a glorious thing to have old St. Nicholas in our hearts and in our homes today, whether he enters the latter through the open door or creeps down the chimney on Christmas Eve.  To bring happiness to others without seeking personal honor or praise by publishing it is a most commendable virtue."   David O. McKay

MERRY HAPPY

photo by Disney / ABC Television Group

Mariah Carey's traditional "Christmas residency at New York City's 2,900-capacity Beacon Theatre" last Friday included a new song of her own creation and "freestyling . . . "  Carey said, " 'You guys know it's Christmas, and we make up Christmas songs when we're in a happy, jolly mood,' she told the audience."      story
             

Principle in the type:  "Happiness is the destination, but also the path."       Dieter F. Uchtdorf

TO BE

photo by Jim Simonson

Some people just have all the (Merry) fun:




                                 

Principle in the type:  "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players:  They have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts."                William Shakespeare  

                                                                                          Happy Weekend Peeps!

SUCH A DEAL

photo by Roland Tanglao

Not sure how much Black Friday'ing you did.   But know "some of those Black Friday "deals" are not deals at all.   In fact, you could end up spending more for an item."   A WalletHub report "has some hard and fast figures to back that up."     . . . Oh heck, you guys know this.   Keep your eye on the ball.    news         
  

Principles in the type:  "Were it not for challenges to overcome and problems to solve, we would remain much as we are, with little or no progress.           Thomas S. Monson