These days Christmas morning starts a lot later than it use to. In fact we usually have to wake the kids up now that they are all young adults. But when they were little we use to buy ourselves a few extra minutes of sleep and Santa would leave their stockings outside their bedroom door. [...]
Visits with Santa – a Family Tradition
December 23, 2008 By 13 Comments
Back in 1985 a tradition was born. In Portland, if you want to see the “real” Santa, you go to Santaland at Meier & Frank (now Macy’s). So of course when we took our first baby to see Santa, off to Santaland we went. As a six month old Logan thought nothing of the funny, jolly old [...]
Breakfast With Santa and Buttermilk Pancakes
December 22, 2008 By 10 Comments
When my children were younger one of our favorite holiday traditions was to have Breakfast with Santa downtown at Meier & Frank each year. We probably did it for 10 years or so. It was fun to get dressed, eat breakfast in the beautiful Georgian Room, enjoy the entertainment and of course see Santa. Sadly, [...]
