Do you remember when the Christmas toys were new and exciting, even after Easter? Those were the good old days when a favorite toy lasted beyond the current TV season.
Like many parents, I try to get gifts each Christmas that will have staying power. Invariably, some of the toys don’t live up to the hype. [...]
My son wants to be a movie director…among other things. He asked for a green screen setup this year for Christmas, and we got it [...]
My son Zane got a tripod for his birthday. His birthday is actually on Christmas day, but wae celebrate early to keep them separate. Anyway…he filmed me reading “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” …and we thought we’d share. Enjoy:
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The “Cast of Dads” is back for our last recording before the Christmas Holiday, and it’s a doozy. Somehow our Holiday chatter leads us from [...]
Have you ever paid close attention to the classic Christmas television program Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer? Rudolph and Hermey are misfits and the misfit toys are marooned on an Arctic island. It seems people with differences are sort of dismissed. But what’s interesting is that the North Pole is actually quite [...]
Thanks to technology, our kids are growing up in an amazing time. Homework assignments that I would have had to use construction paper, crayons and [...]
You probably have already wondered how a title like this makes any sense. In today’s world it probably doesn’t. Of those five words, there is [...]
Preface: As a believer in Christ and one who celebrates a traditional American Christmas, this commentary is for readers who also celebrate the traditional American [...]
It’s that time of year. The holidays, Christmas, Chanukah and more are celebrated. Bright lights, holy symbols, and wintery decorations galore. It’s also become the season where folks no longer greet people with naming the holiday.
Parenting is tough. There are tons of things you want to teach your children. Tolerance should be at the top [...]
We are in that awkward time between Thanksgiving, and New Year’s, when the various “Holy Days” (a.k.a. Holidays) kick in. Â Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, [...]
In 1955 a Sears & Roebuck store in Colorado Springs advertised for children to call and talk to Santa. Only trouble was that the misprinted phone number connected the children to the Commander in Chief of CONAD, responsible for the tracking of possible incoming ICBMs over North American airspace. Colonel Harry Shoup happily gave [...]
Tis the season to be… inundated with religious debate. Â I’d like to lighten things up a bit and focus on how the Holidays can be [...]
As I begin my first blog post with Dad-O-Matic, first I just want to welcome you the reader, and acknowledge my fellow Dad-O-Matic bloggers, as well as Chris Brogan and Paisono. Without them we wouldn’t have this awesome community of parents.
Some background about me, I am a happily married husband of 11 years, and proud [...]
By Danny Guspie
This is my personal story and journey.
The first year that that my wife and I were separated was by far the most difficult [...]
How will you be celebrating this Christmas?
I’m not talking about the food. That wonderful banquet of smells and tastes. The turkey (that for us [...]
