Category Archives: Christmas

Christmas in War Time

Posted on December 25, 2018 by jenorv

This was originally posted in 2015, but as many American men and women remain in war zones, I offer it again as I do each year at this time. Christmas is such a family time, its easy to forget that … Continue reading →

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The Great Divide – Real vs Fake Christmas Trees

Posted on December 14, 2017 by jenorv

America it seems is divided into two opposing camps – those who have real Christmas trees and those who don’t. Even within our small family this dynamic played itself out, and I might add still does today. We always had … Continue reading →

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Every year Santa came until 2015

Posted on December 5, 2017 by jenorv

Since 1971, Santa Claus has come to my house.   That was the first year that a 12 inch-tall standup Christmas card of Santa, holding a pipe with a heart applique in the billowing smoke, arrived in the mail. It … Continue reading →

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Santa is Sad this year

Posted on December 7, 2016 by jenorv

For  44  years my old Air Force friend and I  sent the same Christmas card back and forth in an ongoing tradition.  This began when he sent the card to me, before I was married,  when I was in flying … Continue reading →

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Special Gifts

Posted on December 9, 2015 by jenorv

Did you ever get a really special Christmas ornament? Now this can be a good or bad question. For example, when our children were small they often made “special” ornaments in school. Like most parents we displayed them on the … Continue reading →

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Christmas Cards

Posted on December 20, 2014 by jenorv

The Christmas cards have been coming in very slowly this year. That may be for many reasons: email **, cost of postage, the fact that many of our relatives are no longer with us, or it could mean something else. … Continue reading →

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A Norvell Family Christmas Vacation – or the holidays from h…

Posted on December 9, 2014 by jenorv

Chevy Chase as Clark Griswold in National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation: “Nobody’s walking out on this fun, old-fashioned family Christmas. No, no. We’re all in this together.” In 1989 my mother came to visit with us for 6 weeks (that’s 42 … Continue reading →

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