Holidays – Page 2 – James Watkins: Hope & Humor

Fruitcake for the soul

November 26, 2020November 26, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments Christmas, Christmas poetry, Christmas reading, Fruit Cake for the Soul, Fruitcake for the Soul, Inspirational, Kmart, Macys

Pour a cup of hot chocolate, turn on the tree, and enjoy some sweet and some nutty Christmas poetry and

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The 12 Sites of Christmas

November 26, 2020December 27, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments Christmas cartoons, Christmas comedy, Christmas humor, Christmas poetry, Christmas quotes, Christmas videos, St. Nicholas is real, Twelve sites of Christmas

I may not be your “true love,” but I do have some hope and ho! ho! ho! with cartoons, videos

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Ten best–and worst–Christmas movies

November 25, 2020November 26, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments Best and worst, Best and worst Christmas movies, Christmas movies, Elmo Saves Christmas, Ernest Saves Christmas, Felix The Cat Saves Christmas, Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, Silent Night Deadly Night

I have in my right mitten, direct from my home office in wintry northern Indiana, tonight’s Top Ten Best—and Worst—Christmas

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Mary, Did We Know?

November 25, 2020November 26, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments announcement, Did You Know, Mary, Mary the Mother of Jesus, Mary's reaction to, The Annunciation

We don’t know what Mary was thinking when the angel proclaimed an outrageous proposition. Perhaps . . . “Greetings, you

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Have yourself an introverted Christmas

November 25, 2020December 6, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments Christmas, Christmas stress, How to Survive, Introverts, overcoming

While most people thrive on the holiday hustle and bustle of parties, crowded malls and family gatherings, we introverts would

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Top ten reasons Santa on naughty list

November 25, 2020November 26, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments Christmas humor, comedy, Santa not role model, Santa on naughty list

I have in my right mitten, direct from my home office in Corn Borer, Indiana, today’s category: Top ten reasons

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Putting the X back in Xmas

November 25, 2020November 26, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments The true meaning of Christmas, What does Christmas mean?

At the risk of sounding like “The Grinch,” Ebeneezer Scrooge, and Henry Potter all gift-wrapped into one big “Humbug,” I’d

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Top ten signs you’ve spent too much money on Christmas presents

November 25, 2020November 25, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments Christmas top ten list, extravagent spending, top ten lists

Direct from my home office in snow-swept Corn Borer, Indiana, I have in my bright red mitten: Top ten signs

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We wish you a PC Christmas

November 25, 2020November 26, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments Christmas, Christmas comedy, Christmas humor, PC Christmas, Politically-correct holidays

I have in my right mitten, direct from my home office in the frozen wasteland of Corn Borer,Indiana, this month’s

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A Christmas tree called Shrek

November 25, 2020November 26, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments Charley Brown Christmas, Christmas humor, Christmas trees, Shrek

I’ve been known to name my cars, and even my guitar (“Lois”), but never a Christmas tree—until last year. Christmas

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Thanks for nothing

November 22, 2020January 11, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments

Even though the fig trees have no blossoms, and there are no grapes on the vines; even though the olive

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Will Thanksgiving suck like a turkey baster?!

November 15, 2020January 11, 2021 jameswatkins 2 Comments not thankful, thanks for nothing, thanksgiving

Thanksgiving 2020 is going to look very different this year. No huge family gatherings. No large crowd at Macy’s Thanksgiving

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Giving thanks despite pandemic, supply chain crisis

November 2, 2020December 27, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments thanks for nothing, thanksgiving, Thanksgiving cartoons, Thanksgiving comedy, Thanksgiving humor, turkey trivia

Last year—in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic—I posted, “Will Thanksgiving suck like a turkey baster?” Thanks to masks and

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Hope and humor and Halloween

October 17, 2020November 2, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments Halloween, Ouija boards, real, Should Christians celebrate Halloween?

Hi, I’m Jim Watkins: author, speaker, and—for my grandkiddos—”Corn Stalker.” (It’s what we do in Corn Borer, Indiana!) Welcome to

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When praises turn to ashes

March 6, 2019February 5, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments Ash Wednesday, disappointments, disasters, Palm Sunday

Many churches burn the branches from Palm Sunday of the previous year to use for the current year’s Ash Wednesday.