Happy Holidays from all of us here at Beyond Little House. 1880 Train Christmas Song Tracy Lawrence “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” from Martin Fischer on Vimeo. Enjoy the Christmas greeting in the video while admiring the beautiful footage…
Month: December 2012
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas!
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Christmas in the Big Woods
In the morning they all woke up almost at the same moment. They looked at their stockings, and something was in them. Santa Claus had been there. Alice and Ella and Laura in their red flannel nightgowns and Peter in…
Snowed In
Where I live in Iowa, we just survived our first big storm of the winter. (Which is a good thing because we were dry all summer and we’ve actually set a record locally for the longest time between snowstorms.) It…
Annual Christmas Shopping Guide 2012
This is the third year that I’ve put together a shopping guide to help you find the perfect present for the Laura Ingalls Wilder fan or Little House fan in your life. The first year I created a list if…
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A Rose in December
When Laura opened her eyes, the lamp was still shining brightly over the room, and Ma was bending over her with the doctor standing beside her. And in the bed by her side was a warm little bundle. “See your…
Buy Goods Worth the Price
We were speaking of a woman in the community who was ignoring the conventions, thereby bringing joy to the gossips’ hearts and a shock to those persons who always think first of what people will say. “Well of course,” said…