My daughter was annoyed with Mrs. Claus — and let her have it.
I took my daughter on the Essex Steam Train's North Pole Express last night. For those of you unfamiliar, The Essex Steam Train is a 100-year-old operating steam train and…
The cat peed and pooped and vomited on our Christmas preparations, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
My wife and I left about 80% of our Christmas preparations until December 24. At the beginning of the day, we had only one gift for each child. We needed…
Santa Claus spent the day at an abomination of a grocery store, and he was BRILLIANT.
My wife and kids ran into Santa Claus at Stew Leonard’s last week. Stew Leonard’s, if you’re not familiar, is an abomination of a grocery store built to make the…
The Moth: No Santa
The following is a story that I told at a Moth StorySLAM at Housing Works in New York City in 2014. The theme of the night was Secrets. I told…
7 serious problems with the Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer television special
As well as the Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer television special holds up after 50 years (I still adore it), there are admittedly some serious problems with the special in…
Saying yes to Santa Claus and everything else
I dressed up as Santa Claus yesterday in order to entertain a room full of children at a neighborhood Christmas party. A colleague hosts the party each year, and about…
Megyn Kelly of “the very powerful” Fox News is an expert on Santa Claus according to Megyn Kelly. She’s also despicable, at least based upon her non-apology.
“For all you kids watching at home, Santa just is white.” Wow. Though the Santa Claus who I grew up with was white, I have seen more than enough African-American…