Christmas Posts

As childless adults living far from our family members, Christmases at Chez Macey are pretty chill nowadays.  That’s not to say we don’t commit full force to the Christmas spirit; both John and I are huge fans of the holidays. …

Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas is a surprisingly philosophical little holiday special.  Of course, that’s nothing I would have considered when I was a little kid watching it for the first few times.  Back then, I was respondi…

Remakes have been around for as long as humans have walked the Earth, and I like to imagine that even prior to the arrival of humankind, amoebas and other life passed around the same stories as well.  Storytelling is in our DNA, whether you are…

In his quixotic quest to gift people with the greatest Christmas ever, Clark Griswold and I are soulmates.  There is no better feeling than the warmth you feel in the pit of your stomach while fondly looking back on your family holiday memories…

Yippee ki yay, and then you can fill in the blank.  Roy Rogers originated the phrase (the first part, that is) back when my parents were around the age that I was when I first saw Die Hard. I have never seen anything with Roy Rogers, but I will…