“Then Thanksgiving was past and it was time to think of Christmas.” ~Laura Ingalls Wilder, in On the Banks of Plum Creek I find it interesting that 130+ odd years ago, it was considered time to think of Christmas once…
Tag: Holidays
Please pass the parched corn…
Thanksgiving dinner was good. Pa had shot a wild goose for it. Ma had to stew the goose because there was no fireplace, and no oven in the little stove. But she made dumplings in the gravy. There were corn…
Gift Exchange
For a number of years now, friends of Laura have been exchanging Christmas gifts over at the Laura Ingalls Wilder, Frontier Girl message board. How it works: During the month of December, participating members are sending Little House related gifts…
Laura Ingalls Wilder Christmas Exhibit
Today I got the flyer for the opening and Laura Ingalls Wilder Christmas Tree Exhibit at the Hoover Presidential Library. A Little House Christmas November 20 – January 2, 2011 Twenty trees decorated in the traditions of Laura Ingalls Wilder…
A Little House Christmas Swap
There’s just something awfully cozy about the thought of a Little House Christmas, isn’t there? And as the weather has just turned quite chilly in my part of the country, thoughts of Christmas are beginning to fill my head anyway.…
A Little House Christmas Tree
There’s something about Christmas that makes people think “Little House.” Something about those Christmases of long ago that people connect with. The simplicity… the joy… it’s what people want their Christmas to be like. And yet so often it’s not,…
Yes, Mary and Laura, There Is a Santa Claus
“Ma!” Laura cried. “There IS a Santa Claus, isn’t there?” “Of course there’s a Santa Claus,” said Ma. She set the iron on the stove to heat again. “The older you are, the more you know about Santa Claus,” she…
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