Laura and Almanzo sat waiting. In the center of the sitting room a marble-topped table stood on a crocheted rag rug. On the wall was a large colored picture of a woman clinging to a white cross planted on a…
Tag: Holidays
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas!
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…
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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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Laura Fandom December 2012 Update
This time of year is probably not the first one that pops into your head when you think about Laura Ingalls Wilder, but it turns out that this December anyway is full of all things Laura. Click here and listen…
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Christmas Event at Rocky Ridge
Earlier when I did a post about the closing dates of all the homesites, I asked a follow up question about whether they’d be having a Christmas event. Mansfield thought they might have one, but weren’t sure yet at that…
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Preview of Hoover Christmas Exhibit
The 2010 theme of the annual Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Christmas Tree exhibit was Laura Ingalls Wilder. This preview will give you a feeling for what the exhibit was like. Hoover Christmas Preview Don’t forget to check out the video…
Craft yourself a merry Little House Christmas
From Aunt Eliza’s clove apple in Little House in the Big Woods to the embroidered picture frame Laura stitches in The Long Winter, the Little House books have always made Christmas crafting sound so appealing. But since I’m a lousy…
Laura Ingalls Wilder Christmas Video
Laura Ingalls Wilder has long been associated with Christmas, all the way back to when the series was originally coming out and children looked forward to getting the latest in the series under the tree. Every year the Herbert Hoover…
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What special Laura Ingalls Wilder gift did you get for Christmas?
Laura Ingalls Wilder has long been associated with Christmas. While the series was coming out, many children looked forward to getting the latest book in the series on Christmas morning. That tradition has continued with Laura fans today still getting…
Presents for the Laura Fan in Your Life
So you’re looking for an “eyes nearly popped right out of their head” present for the Laura Ingalls Wilder fan in your life? I’m going to assume that they don’t have a large Laura collection already. There are many more…
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