Hope. Peace. Joy. Love. These are the pillars of Christmas. For Christians Advent is a season comprised of the four weeks prior to Christmas. In the customary Advent wreath, each candle represents the pillars listed above. As a time of preparation for the coming of Christ, the true meaning of Advent often gets overlooked asContinue reading “The Holiday Quarter Wreath”
Category Archives: Holidays
Sugar Cookie Hacks
If your cut-out sugar cookies look like the ones above, then you may close out this tab and go on your merry way, skipping to your oven! Outside the world of baking championships on the Food Network, we common folk just want a decent-looking and tasting cut-out cookie, whether that cookie be homemade or outContinue reading “Sugar Cookie Hacks”
Unreliably Gothic
✔️ Creepy castle ✔️Shadows ✔️Monsters ✔️Lunatics ✔️Grand and eerie architecture ✔️Disease and torture Sounds like an Edgar Allan Poe story, right? Or maybe a Karloff movie? The Gothic movement began with architecture, but it has expanded through various medias, further defining the movement itself. In Gothic literature and film, unreliable narrators and characters spice upContinue reading “Unreliably Gothic”
Why Old Souls Like Fall
Leaves are turning and a chill is working its way into the neighborhood just as the birds are flocking out of it. Why do people like Fall so much? Here are a few old soul secrets from a fellow autumn lover. Fresh Start When the warm summer air slowly begins to chill, summer-lovers feel depressionContinue reading “Why Old Souls Like Fall”
The Star Wars Heresy
Ah, May 4th, the Christmas for Star Wars lovers. Have you ever considered the spiritual and religious references in the saga? What about heresy? Although the Jedi order isn’t exactly a religion, there are several similarities between it and spirituality, or the belief in a higher presence. First off, the light and dark sides ofContinue reading “The Star Wars Heresy”
10 Fictional Characters Who Believe in the Easter Bunny
If Candy Hearts Had Dated Sayings
Every Old Soul Needs Groundhog Day!
The seer of seers, the prognosticators of prognosticators. This morning on 2/2/22, Punxsutawney Phil forecasted six more weeks of winter, which is likely accurate as the northeast braces for another huge snowstorm. Do groundhogs actually predict weather? I’m not betting on it, but I’ll wake up and tune in every Groundhog Day at 7:15 am.Continue reading “Every Old Soul Needs Groundhog Day!”
Christmas Eve and the Missing Organist
Merry Christmas! Every year I treat my readers to a short Christmas story in a series called Heartwarming Christmas. As a kid, I loved making up stories for the figures underneath the Christmas tree. Last year’s story focused on the red lighthouse and a boy named Elias. Continuing with the same “town,” this year’s shortContinue reading “Christmas Eve and the Missing Organist”
Legacy of Band Aid
In 1984, the song “Do They Know It’s Christmas” took the world by storm, raising money for Ethiopian Famine Relief. Almost 40 years later, this track continues to be popular despite criticisms. In my second official video essay, I fact-check the song and prove that it is worthy to stand the test of time, whichContinue reading “Legacy of Band Aid”
Confessions of a Classic Soul 