christmas

Apparently, upside-down Christmas trees are trending this year. It seemed stupid at first... an upside-down Christmas tree?! But the more you think about it, it KINDA makes sense if you have very little space for a tree.

Nobody really wants to see these any of these dishes at Christmas Dinner!

If you need some help figuring out what Christmas toys are the biggest this year, check out these handy guides!

Christmas -- or at least a Christmas tree -- is on its way. A 40-foot spruce will arrive at Millennium Plaza in downtown Yakima around 10 a.m. Monday.

The Toys for Tots bike run with the United States Marine Corps and the Salvation Army was fantastic this year!

My next-door neighbors still have their Christmas decorations up, and as far as I'm concerned, they are 363 days early! Just joking! However, when Christmas is over, it's over.

Every single year of my life I have always gotten a fruit cake gift. I take a quick bite so I do not make the person feel bad. Then I set it aside. The next day I look at the fruit cake and it is as hard as the floor. There it is. The hard fruit cake that isn't going to be eaten. It has to have some purpose. I have discovered two practical uses for this pesky Christmas cake.

Do You Decorate Your Car For Christmas? I've seen a few of those cars and trucks on the road with "reindeer antlers" on them. It cracks me up, but it also makes me want to get some for my car! I want my little car, "Commodie," to get in the holiday spirit, too...

You're out Christmas shopping, wandering through a store searching for the perfect gift when out of the corner of your eye something shiny and blingy catches your eye. You veer straight toward the item. When you reach it you discover that while it would be the perfect gift for a certain person on your list, it would be great for someone else: YOU!

I went to a Historic Front Street Association meeting the other day at North Town Coffeehouse. Front Street is the setting for our Downtown Summer Nights concert series, and I always love going there. It reminds me of when I was a kiddo and my mom and dad and I used to visit faraway places by taking the train.

Always an excellent time with the United States Marine Corps! Toys R Us donated a ton of money to go shopping for the USMC's Toys for Tots program! Each one of us took age groups for boys or girls. I got the 3-5 little girls and 7-9 boys! The boys got a lot of "Star Wars" stuff. Then, we decided that those little girls needed Barbies and fun little jellies to dress up in!

Can I get a job at Hilcorp Energy? The privately owned oil and natural gas exploration company decided that they wouldn't give their 1,381 employees a $500 holiday bonus or even a new car. This year Hilcorp Energy is hooking the employees up with $100,000 each for Christmas!