GeekMom Holiday Traditions: Secret Santa Geek-Style
The basics for a Secret Santa gift exchange, along with some twists on Secret Santa themes for a grand geeky gift-giving gala.
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Tag: Christmas
Diving Into Christmas Movies Disney Style
Getting into the Christmas movie library with two holiday re-releases from Disney.
Continue ReadingGeekMom Holiday Traditions: Gamify Your Gift-Giving
A Yankee gift swap is a great way to save money while simultaneously entertaining all of the adults at your holiday party.
Continue ReadingBlack Friday Alternatives: Other Ways to Spend Your Day
If shopping isn’t your thing, we’ve got a few alternatives for how to spend your Black Friday weekend.
Continue ReadingGeek Up Your Holiday Cards This Year
Your love of all things geeky goes strong all year long, so why not geek up your holidays as well?
Continue ReadingWarning: Downton Abbey Christmas Special Is Spoilerific
Hey, Americans. Don’t watch the Downton Abbey Christmas Special until late February, even if it’s available for streaming early.
Continue ReadingThrough a Geek Lens: Not Your Typical Christmas Tree!
When thinking about Christmas, its pretty typical to think about a lovely evergreens filled with ornaments you have collected throughout the years. However, sometimes some of the most beautiful “trees” aren’t trees at all.
Continue Reading5 Ways to Sneak Math Lessons into Baking Christmas Cookies
Recently, I’ve acquired a couple of elves to help me bake Christmas cookies. My sons, ages 7 and 10, are old enough to do just about everything in the cookie baking process (with plenty of adult supervision). My youngest son loves cracking eggs, which is just the beginning of the educational value of this annual tradition. I offer to you five small math lessons that can pay dividends for any young person to have a fruitful future in cooking and baking.
Continue Reading6 Reasons Love Actually Is the New Christmas Classic, Even for Geeks
“Do you know it’s been almost ten years since this movie came out?” I asked my husband. I’d finally procured Love Actually through Redbox, in spite of trying every on-demand video service known to man and failing miserably, and now our holidays were complete. You’d think that this time of year, Netflix and Hulu and […]
Continue ReadingGeekMom: Comic Book Corner — December 12th, 2012
Happy Comic Release Day! Welcome to another installment of GeekMom Comic Book Corner, where we recap our adventures in comics for the week. We also have a special request from our comic book reader fans!
Continue ReadingThe GeekMoms Podcast #36: Deciphering Video Game Ratings
Not all video games are created equal, even with the same rating. This episode will help you figure out what is really okay for your kid.
Continue ReadingICE! at Gaylord Palms — The ‘Coolest’ Attraction in Orlando
This year, Gaylord Palms welcomes Merry Madagascar as their theme for this year’s ICE! attraction. At nine degrees Fahrenheit, it’s by far the coolest attraction in the Orlando area.
Continue ReadingMerry Christmas in July!
The past couple of years, my little family has been starting some of our own family traditions. At Thanksgiving we have a Charlie Brown Thanksgiving lunch. In June we celebrate May the Fourth Be With You. In July we celebrate Christmas in July. Why? Because it’s fun and any excuse to get out our Santa hats and Christmas movies is good enough for us.
Continue ReadingGiveaway: Hallmark Keepsake Ornament, Recordable Storybook and Text Bands!
Can’t make it to San Diego Comic-Con? All is not lost. Hallmark is offering a special Comic-Con Gift Pack to one lucky GeekMom reader who will get a pair of the new Hallmark Text Bands and their choice of one Keepsake Ornament and one Recordable Storybook from a select list.
Continue ReadingChristmas Movies You Don’t Want to Miss
I moved from England to Maine in 2003. During this time, as I discovered many new family traditions, I came to the realization that the movie/Christmas special traditions of this country were vastly different from what I’d grown up with. GeekMom Nicole’s post earlier this month reminded me of this: all of the specials that she wrote […]
Continue ReadingA Quirky Christmas in Walsall
Driving into work this morning, my husband commented on the abundance of giant cardboard boxes waiting for trash pick up. Giant cardboard boxes with pictures of flat screen televisions on them. It must be the gift of the year. I like the idea of a family Christmas gift. When my son was a newborn, my […]
Continue ReadingBest! Present! Ever!
I’d guess that the year of my best present ever was 1983. I was in 5th grade and I opened an object of great wonder and mystery that rocked my 10-year-old world. No, it wasn’t a Sears AM/FM clock radio, though I do look awfully happy about it in this old picture. It was an […]
Continue ReadingStart a New Family Tradition this Holiday Season
Even if you’re trying to reduce your use of gift wrap this holiday season, as I am, you can bet that a fair amount of wrapping paper will still cross your threshold. Instead of just recycling that paper this year, start making a gift wrap ball that you can enjoy during the next holiday season. […]
Continue ReadingShrek the Halls over to ICE! at Gaylord Palms
Gaylord Palms has opened up their hotel to Shrek and his friends! This year, the Gaylord Palms’ annual ICE! ice-slide-and-sculpture attraction is sponsored by DreamWorks, and Shrek and all of his fairytale friends from Shrek The Halls can be found throughout.
Continue ReadingSurvivable Holidays: Our Christmas in the Trenches
Last year my husband took ill just before Thanksgiving. He was out of work for about 10 weeks with severe damage to his inner ear. It came on suddenly, knocked him on his back and kept him there. I had a 15-month-old, a full time job and it was the holiday season. Thanksgiving was the […]
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