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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:

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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:

Elaine Kaye author photo

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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Happy Valentine’s Day!

An English Victorian era Valentine card located in the Museum of London- Wikipedia

Today, I’m over at A Small Gang of Authors sharing a flash pop-culture lesson on Valentine’s Day. Check it out here.

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Reblog: A New Year and New Beginnings at #OurAuthorGang

Today, I’m hanging out with the members of a Small Gang of Authors sharing our thoughts and ideas on the new beginnings 2019 will bring. Please check it out.

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