We’re part of the Stream Team for Netflix and were compensated for this. All thoughts are our own. The Christmas season snuck up on us again this year. It really shouldn’t sneak up as it’s the same time line every year, but it somehow does. One element of the ‘sneak’ is that the family didn’t have enough time to watch some of our go-to Christmas movies. Now that the kids are older they actively enjoy some films and are old enough to know what they like. One such series of films, The Santa Clause, is back on Netflix and they’re good enough to watch anytime of the year.
Tag: holidays
Queen of the Hanukkah Dosas is family, culture, picture fun for 3 and up
Queen of the Hanukkah Dosas is a picture book that’s geared at elementary school students. It’s also geared to brothers or sisters who have a younger sibling that is always climbing things. Sadie is a 3 or 4 year old girl that loves climbing, songs and eating. The book is told from the perspective of her older brother, who is around 9 and really looking forward to making and eating dosas.
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The deluxe collector’s edition A Charlie Brown Christmas is legacy stuff
Few things merit the definition of ‘classic’ as much as A Charlie Brown Christmas. Since its initial broadcast in 1965 the show has spawned memes, products like A Charlie Brown Christmas Tree and many people consider it to the true start of the holiday season. This year there’s a new deluxe collector’s edition of the classic children’s book, A Charlie Brown Christmas.
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Win a classic DVD pack to celebrate The Man Who Invented Christmas
Let’s play movie association giveaway-with you getting the prizes. A Christmas Carol is the TV movie from 1984, The Sound of Music is the classic musical from 1965 and Beauty and the Beast is the live-action movie juggernaut that is destined to become a classic. All of these films have one star who is starring in the upcoming The Man Who Invented Christmas. The Man Who Invented Christmas is the story of Charles Dickens and the situations surrounding his creations of the classic book, A Christmas Carol.
Bah Humbug wasn’t always associated with Christmas and a grumpy old miser. It was a catchphrase from a book whose author was in the midst of a career slump. He had a family to take care of and ideas weren’t exactly flowing freely. It’s about three months before Christmas and the ideas start to come to him, but publishing wasn’t as simple as hitting ‘Enter’ in 1843. However, through his vivid imagination Dickens was able to pull it all together for the classic Christmas story that every kid over 8 knows.
The premise alone has us intrigued, but when you toss in Dan Stevens and Christopher Plummer we’re hooked. I’m guessing after this film Stevens will be able to shake the “guy whose character died in the car accident in season 1 of Downton Abbey” label. The Man Who Invented Christmas is in movie theaters on November 22 and is rated PG.
Win a classic DVD pack to celebrate The Man Who Invented Christmas
The giveaway for these three classic films, A Christmas Carol, The Sound of Music and Beauty and the Beast will end on December 1, so you’ll have them in time for the holiday season.
Santa’s Toy Factory: Play with toys, meet the Man at North Point Mall
Disclosure: I’ve partnered with Bloggin’ Mamas & North Point Mall to share these free family events with my readers, and am being compensated for this partnership. All opinions expressed are my own.
As a kid I was skeptical of going to see Santa. One reason I was anxious-and probably not behaving as well as I normally did was the fact that you had to wait in line. The giver of toys in a bright red suit combined with an unquantifiable period of time in line as you wait does not produce a happy child. Now parents can make appointments to see Santa Claus and this year he’s bring his toy factory with him. Through Sunday, December 24 at North Point Mall you can visit Santa’s Toy Factory and get a photo with the big guy in person.
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Here’s an Amazon Prime Boxtume for the heart of a cosplayer
This is a sponsored post; all thoughts are our own. Halloween is coming up and you want to be something clever, unique or that will surprise your friends and keep them guessing? The answer to your quest is as close as the Amazon Smile boxes you’ve been inadvertently collecting in the other room. As an additional bonus to children who are learning math, it’s also a chance to practice prime numbers. Make an Amazon Prime Guy (or Gal) boxtume costume that uses minimal resources, almost all of which are already in your house.
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If My Love Were A Fire Truck, gets dad love and more
In the kid lit book world it’s a thin line between sappy dad love and over the top machismo. Usually it’s the stereotype of a well intentioned dad trying to fix something that goes astray. It’s a close relative to the dumb dad that advertisers used to rely on far too much. If My Love Were A Fire Truck by Luke Reynolds with illustrations by Jeff Mack is children’s book that straddles that line with ease. It shows the father figure in the book doing all manner of activities with his son, albeit in his imagination.
With Father’s Day coming up one expects to see more than a couple children’s books aimed at dads. Some will succeed merely because they cater to dudes, while others will have heart, in addition to being able to be read by moms too.
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Dressing two kids to the holiday nines with OshKosh B’Gosh
This post is sponsored by Everywhere Agency on behalf of OshKosh B’gosh; however, all thoughts and opinions expressed are my own. For any parent one of true joys in the holiday season has got to be those photos. Those photos are the ones where the kids are at their seasonal best or you just happen to catch them when they’re trying to (poorly) disguise them from sneaking something. With our two boys it’s never quite clear which version you’ll catch. Ever since our kids were born we’ve made the trek to OshKosh B’Gosh to get their kid’s fashion on.
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