I’m spending the day with my family over at my little sister and her family’s home which is only a few minutes from my home. Brian, Lauren, and Liam and my parents will be there too. I love Thanksgiving!!! We have so much fun, although it is a lot of work getting ready.

I’ve got most of my gifts purchased already. Now I just have to get them wrapped. There are a few people, all male, that didn’t have their lists ready yet but I’m on it and will wrap it up this next week, I hope!

Speaking of Christmas, have you heard of Cinnamon Bear? It was an old radio show with 26 episodes that aired in ’30’s, ’40’s, and ’50’s. It aired 6 nights a week beginning Thanksgiving night and went until Christmas.

It is an adventure of Paddy O’Cinnamon. Here is a synopsis if you want to know more details. On this webpage you will find all 26 of the audios. Finally, they are also available on this page, and if you go down to Now Try Download Land, you can download the original coloring book (mind you they are very childish drawings) that your kids can color while listening or later for fun.

The episodes are very short so you should be able to find a few minutes, even during the busy days of December, to listen to an episode. If you do happen to get behind, they are short enough that you can easily catch up again. My sister didn’t make it through last year, even with the extra days between Thanksgiving and Christmas but she says this is their year.

One word of caution though, this does have Santa Claus in it. I sure wish I could find the old You Were There Nativity series. I listened to it once a LONG time ago on the radio and have never heard it since. Well, that’s a topic for another time. For now, go download the audios and make some memories with your kids.

Until next time, God bless,
Michele ºÜº