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Favorite Holiday Memory Blog Hop @ElaineKAuthor

Blog hop banner featurung the cover of Sleigh Ride by Elaine Kaye.

Blog Hop Question: What is your favorite holiday memory?

(Includes Hanukkah, Kwanza, Yule/Winter Solstice, Christmas, etc.)

MY MEMORY: I have so many wonderful holiday memories. It’s hard to pick just one. My family has many traditions that I look forward to every year. Being married means that my husband and I alternate our holidays between our sides of the family and I look forward to the different traditions that come with each group of people.

I will say, though, that one side is a bit more lively than the other. There are years that I miss the pajama parties, karaoke, caroling, talent shows, and more. And while I have no plans to go on another cruise (definitely not with my whole family), we did have fun during dinner time when my side of the family took a Christmas cruise a few years ago.

Still, I think my favorite memory, at the moment, has to be a bit of a holiday fail that we all now look back on and laugh at. While I adore the National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation movie, several years back, my husband and I had a hard time convincing our family that it wasn’t as kid-appropriate as they thought, when not watching it on network television. Needless to say, there was lots of gasping and covering of eyes and ears during the viewing, at a time when all my sister’s kids were still in middle and elementary school. At least, now, as adults when we watch it we can all laugh and be grateful that the kids weren’t scarred for life.

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Definitely the look my mom made when she realized that watching this as a family was not such a good idea until the grandkids were older. 

New Picture Book Release from Elaine Kaye

BLURB: On Christmas Eve, Gregory and Sammy get a special visitor—Santa Claus! Santa brings them on a once-in-a-lifetime adventure around the world and to the North Pole. Bundle up and come along for the ride!

General Age Range – Kids 4-8 (Story Picture Book)

BOOK LINK:

Amazon / Barnes & Noble

Kobo / Smashwords / Goodreads

PLUS, A FREEBIE!
Get Pea Soup Disaster now!
Kindle / Nook / Kobo

See my review of the books in the Gregory Green Adventures Series here:

Pea Soup Disaster  4.0| Doctor Mom 5.0

Halloween Ride 5.0 | The Missing Alphabet 5.0

Sleigh Ride 5.0

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

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Elaine Kaye is the author of A Gregory Green Adventure series. She created Gregory Green after her son, who loved her homemade pea soup.

Kaye has worked as a library assistant and teacher’s assistant in elementary schools. She currently lives in Florida, but has called Michigan; Honolulu, Hawaii; and Okinawa, Japan home.

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Merry Christmas from #thetoiboxofwords!

If Christmas isn’t quite your thing, there’s a lovely December Holiday post over at A Small Gang of Authors, which hopefully has something for everyone.

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I did a lot in 2018. Some things I tried this year were huge successes while I’ve decided to count the rest as learning experiences. Here at The ToiBox of Words, I’ve cut down on my posts, but I haven’t disappeared. I’m still here and have no plans on leaving anytime soon.

The top post for 2018 was the September post of the IWSG blog hop, which I co-hosted that month. Plus, I featured 5 guest authors with either interviews or some other content. I’m really thinking of going back to featuring more authors next year.

In 2018, I also started the process of fulfilling a dream to start my own book fair, which is an extreme work in progress and I’m okay with that.

I also released two new books; a children’s book and a work of nonfiction.

I also completed my Goodreads challenge, even if I didn’t keep up with reporting it on YouTube (oh well, there’s always next year). In any case, my goal was to read 60 titles (not necessarily novel-length books, though I did read about 30 of those). And, for some reason, Goodreads counted one of my own books in the count, so it shows that I read one more book than I actually did. :/

2018 Reading Challenge

2018 Reading Challenge
Toi has completed her goal of reading 60 books in 2018!
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And lastly, it was a good year over at A Small Gang of Authors.

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For me, Christmas is more than just another holiday. While to some I come off as a grinch, others know this time of year is special to me. I love spending time with my family, remembering the birth of Christ, and having time to reflect on the year. I don’t like materialism, passing judgment and hate, insensitivity, and so much more.

It breaks my heart, that while I accept the fact that many people in the world don’t share my beliefs, there are others out there who hate me or people like me for choosing to believe. I have many friends who practice different faiths than mine and some who practice nothing at all, yet we’ve all found a way to accept each other. My hope for this Christmas, and for every day, is that people learn not to judge one person on the actions of others and that people learn to accept the differences of others and live in harmony.

Thank you for taking the time to read this post. If you like it let me know and share it with others. See you next time, Toi Thomas. #thetoiboxofwords

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Merry Christmas 2015

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I know not everyone celebrates Christmas. I also know that many who do celebrate it aren’t Christians.

I am a Christian and I celebrate Christmas.

Whether you are or aren’t, whether you do or don’t…

 I wish everyone good health, peace of mind, and joy on this day, and all days, throughout the year.