Holidays « Bruce Littlefield's Life 101

Holidays – Groundhog!

Happy (?) Groundhog’s Day, the day Punxsutawney Phil climbs out of his burrow in Pennsylvania at 7:20 a.m. in front of a crowd of 40,000 visitors to predict whether winter will “end” early. Today, he scurried back inside, indicating we’ve got another 6 weeks. But, um, he’s accurate only 39% of the time, which [...]

Holiday 101 – My Survival Guide

Vital Juice asked me some great questions about how to survive the season a little jollier… Consider it your Holiday First Aid Kit. Between the parties, the presents and the nosy relatives, ’tis the most stressful season of the year. So we asked lifestyle guru Bruce Littlefield (pictured), co-author of the new book The [...]

2011 – Oh, what a year!

Ho ho ho! I don’t know about you, but I felt 2011 was the year of work work work… Here’s hoping the last two weeks are filled with FUN for you and yours. If you want some holiday reading: Check out Shark Tales with Barbara Corcoran (for the entrepreneur), The Bedtime Book for Dogs [...]

Merry Christmas America!

I don’t know about you, but boy are these busy times. I’m on deadline finishing a book. In the meantime, enjoy this tale from my book, Merry Christmas America:

My first memory of Christmas is of electric lights—electric being the key word. I was three years old, tinkering with lights beneath the bottom [...]

Decorating – Gingerbread Houses

When I was a kid growing up in South Carolina, I always insisted on making a gingerbread house as the centerpiece of our holiday table. Each year, I did my best to recreate the witch’s house in Hansel & Gretel and inevitably my brother would pick off some of my gumdrops, leaving a hole [...]

Holidays – Gifting 101

I stopped by WGN-TV in Chicago to help host Steve Sanders with his holiday list. Check it out here. Three gifting DON’Ts: #1 DON’T give a fruitcake unless its a gag gift. #2. DON’T give anything that poops or pees. #3 DON’T just throw it in a gift bag. Three gifting DO’s: #1. [...]

Life 101 – Create a memory

One of my greatest childhood Halloween memories (besides winning the local costume contest as a dog catcher) is opening our door to the “Trick or Treat” of a golden-aged couple wearing Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia masks. “Aren’t you a little old for this?” my dad asked the pair. Luke and Leia shook their [...]

Life 101 – Halloween candy

Halloween is a dentist’s favorite holiday. Why? Would you believe that over $2 billion is spent each year on Halloween candy?! That’s a whole lot of scary cavities. But since you’re going to run out and buy some (and be judged by the kiddies), let me tell you that chocolate candy bars are rated [...]

Holidays – Halloween in 1 Week!

So, Halloween is one week from today. And… I’m sure you have your costume, right? Okay, okay. Calm down. Let me think…. The whole costume thing came from the tradition of Celtic young men dressing up in white costumes to humor evil spirits. So, blame them. Life 101 question is: Are you going to [...]

Dinner Party Talk – For your weekend

Short is sweet. It’s a brief one this week. I’m recovering from a hurricane… and getting ready for the last hurrah of summer! I hope your weekend is fabulous fun. Do something memorable. Labor Day off! The first Monday of September became a federal holiday in 1894 after the deaths of workers at the [...]

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