Until recently, I was under the impression that suicides spike around Christmas time. It's a very emotional time for a lot of people who miss family, spend Christmas alone, or just don't feel up to being jolly.
It happens A LOT. You see those kids that are thrilled about seeing Santa Clause. It took a long time for me to get those kind of kid with Santa pictures.
Christmas is a magical time of year and it is a time to make memories. Families all over the world celebrate Christmas with certain traditions. Some are fun and festive and others are just plain weird. However, we all have our traditions we love and here are a few from our friends here in Amarillo.
Some folks set aside their diets between Thanksgiving and New Years, After turkey day, there are Christmas parties to attend. Food starts showing up at the office, and some are baking, frying, and stirring up their own concoctions to give away as gifts.
This holiday season, I will be sending a package or two through the mail and it's good to know when those packages have to be in the mail to make it under someone else's tree in time. Here's a great reminder on those US Post Office shipping details.
Legend has it, every year, Santa's elves take the big sleigh out for an early test run to blow off the dust. But this year, something went wrong and they lost a bag of Santa's presents.
Once or twice in a lifetime you have to have a real tree in your home for Christmas. There's something magical about having that amazing tree standing in your home, holding all your precious ornaments. The perfect place to get that tree is Troop 80 Treeland.