Posts Tagged ‘christmas’

Watch This: Lloyd Miller (of the Deedle Deedle Dees) “Silent Night”

Tweet I’m always surprised by just how much I like this particular Christmas tune.  It’s got an “Amazing Grace” quality that soothes and pleases me to no end, in spite of it’s religiousness. Lloyd Miller of the Brooklyn...
December 8th, 2010 | OWTK Kid's Music News | Read More

OWTK’s Favorite Christmas Books

Tweet I couldn’t help myself.  The last trick-or-treater had just walked away as I pulled down the basket of Christmas books from the Bear’s closet. Christmastime is far and away my favorite time of year; the smell of pine, the anticipation...
December 1st, 2010 | OWTK Children's Book Reviews | Read More

The 2010 OWTK Holiday Gift Guide

The 2010 OWTK Holiday Gift Guide
Tweet When selecting a gift for a preschooler, kindergartner or grade school-age kid, I’d like to think that you couldn’t go wrong with anything I’ve featured here on OWTK (especially the music). That said, below are some choice...
November 18th, 2010 | Holiday Gift Guide, OWTK Children's Book Reviews, OWTK Kid's CD Reviews, OWTK TECH REVIEWS, OWTK Toy Reviews, PRODUCT REVIEWS | Read More

2009 Christmas Gift Winners and Losers

2009 Christmas Gift Winners and Losers
Tweet The OWTK Christmas Tree The Bear and Mouse each received, roughly, 7 gifts from Santa and 8 from The Mrs. and I.  That doesn’t include the 2 joint gifts from the jolly ol’ elf and another pair from us, stocking stuffers here or...
January 5th, 2010 | Musings on Parenting | Read More

The Sweetest Gift

The Sweetest Gift
Tweet No idea when she planned/prepared this, but The Bear gave The Mrs. and I a gift on Christmas Day.  It was a postcard that she’d purchased in Newport, RI during the summer.  It had been lying around her room ever since.  At some point...
January 3rd, 2010 | Musings on Parenting | Read More

The Muppets + Fallon + The Roots = Christmas Awesome

Tweet The Muppets joined Jimmy Fallon and The Roots to sing “12 Days of Christmas”.  Fallon looks genuinely unnerved at first, but warms up a bit.  Pretty sweet stuff.  Check it:
December 24th, 2009 | OWTK Kid's Music News | Read More

A Christmas Tradition Worth Sharing and Keeping

A Christmas Tradition Worth Sharing and Keeping
Tweet Kids grow up, get married, and start families of their own.  It’s at this point, or maybe it actually happens earlier – during the growing up bit – that kids start to become detached from their parents.  Phone conversations...
December 8th, 2009 | Hodgepodge, Musings on Parenting | Read More

Putumayo Presents “A Family Christmas” CD Review

Putumayo Presents “A Family Christmas” CD Review
Tweet Putumayo Presents “A Family Christmas” The Sound: An eclectic (although less so than other Putumayo World music compilations), mostly mellow mix of Christmas standards along with some lesser known holiday tunes you definitely...
December 4th, 2009 | OWTK Kid's CD Reviews | Read More

Quickie Visitors Guide to Holidays Shows in Atlantic City

Tweet We were just in A.C. for a college basketball tournament, to cheer on my MSU Spartans.  While in the East Coast gambling mecca, we hit a couple of the well-promoted family holiday events.  Here’s my quick take on what we saw: The Tropicana...
December 4th, 2009 | OWTK Getaways, So Much Time So Little To Do | Read More

The Story of Christmas Storybook and Advent Calendar – OWTK Giveaway

Tweet …just in time for the Advent/Christmas season…  Here’s your chance to win a sorta collectible advent calendar that is comprised of 24 full color miniature storybooks, each 4 pages long, that also double as Christmas tree...
November 25th, 2009 | OWTK Giveaways | Read More
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