Christmas & Chrismukkah – Toulouse and Tonic https://toulouseandtonic.com Making my kids hate me one post at a time. Mon, 01 Apr 2019 17:39:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.17 39181224 Honest Wine Labels for Moms – Holiday Edition https://toulouseandtonic.com/honest-wine-labels-for-moms-holiday-edition/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/honest-wine-labels-for-moms-holiday-edition/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2015 19:13:10 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=7636 Buy Holiday Honest Wine Labels for Moms (and my other versions) on etsy. Let’s be honest, moms. We love drinking wine. We neeeed our wine. And there’s no time we need our wine more than the holidays. What with all the hats we already wear – and now we’ve got to wear a Santa hat too? So […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/honest-wine-labels-for-moms-holiday-edition/feed/ 1 7636 The Elf on the Shelf is Dead https://toulouseandtonic.com/the-elf-on-the-shelf-is-dead/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/the-elf-on-the-shelf-is-dead/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2015 14:00:39 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=5702 It’s been one year since our poor Mr. Jingles left us so tragically. A poor Elf on the shelf, gone way too soon. (For some people, but not for me.) Yes, it’s true. The Elf on the Shelf is dead. We are gathered together today to pay tribute to one of the fallen, Mr. Jingles. […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/the-elf-on-the-shelf-is-dead/feed/ 29 5702 The Proper Way to Accept a Gift You Hate https://toulouseandtonic.com/the-proper-way-to-accept-a-gift-you-hate/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/the-proper-way-to-accept-a-gift-you-hate/#comments Wed, 16 Jul 2014 17:37:37 +0000 http://toulouseandtonic.wordpress.com/?p=259 A couple of years ago, I gave my husband a Wii for Christmas.  He was very happy.  So happy in fact, that he played way into the wii hours (see what I did there?) of the night and was so focused on the TV screen, he almost burned down the house.  But more on that […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/the-proper-way-to-accept-a-gift-you-hate/feed/ 6 259 Once Upon a Time, I Drank Your Wine This Morning. https://toulouseandtonic.com/upon-time-drank-wine-morning/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/upon-time-drank-wine-morning/#comments Sun, 12 Jan 2014 18:07:46 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=5827 This. This photo made me do a spit take.  Like, a real spit take.  With hot coffee. And I keep laughing every single time I think about it.  So much so that if I’m out and about, people will look at me like I’m crazy cuz I’m just cackling away to myself, shaking my head […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/upon-time-drank-wine-morning/feed/ 3 5827 10 Things to Hate About the Holidays https://toulouseandtonic.com/10-things-to-hate-about-the-holidays/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/10-things-to-hate-about-the-holidays/#comments Thu, 19 Dec 2013 01:58:01 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=5774 Oh yes, my friends.  Mike couldn’t let the holidays go by without a little something for you.  And why yes, it IS a middle finger.  Seasons greetings! 10 Holiday Ass Whips What he said, by Mike Planned Celebrations – At work I am a planner, at home I like to just go with the flow.  So, […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/10-things-to-hate-about-the-holidays/feed/ 3 5774 A Jew, a Christian and a Christmas Tree https://toulouseandtonic.com/a-jew-a-christian-and-a-christmas-tree/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/a-jew-a-christian-and-a-christmas-tree/#comments Tue, 10 Dec 2013 16:45:31 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=5696 A certain sad-sack once rescued a forlorn tree from certain Christmas oblivion, giving it a home and a single ornament to call its own.  When Charlie Brown saw that sad, lonely tree, it spoke to him and he knew it was meant to be. This year, a tree spoke to my husband.  Just like that. […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/a-jew-a-christian-and-a-christmas-tree/feed/ 19 5696 The 12 Days of Chrismukkah (Sing-along!) https://toulouseandtonic.com/the-12-days-of-chrismukkah-sing-along/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/the-12-days-of-chrismukkah-sing-along/#comments Wed, 04 Dec 2013 03:13:59 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=5697 My husband is Jewish and I’m Christian. We’ve been married for 8 years so we’ve figured out a way to make the holidays work for us. We celebrate Chrismukkah. And here for you, whether you’re an interfaith couple or not, is our very special holiday song — The 12 Days of Chrismukkah.  It’s best sung […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/the-12-days-of-chrismukkah-sing-along/feed/ 4 5697 Show Me The Magic https://toulouseandtonic.com/show-me-the-magic/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/show-me-the-magic/#comments Tue, 25 Dec 2012 14:56:54 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=3977 That moment when your kindergartner wakes you up because Santa has come and you pad out in your socked feet just hoping to grab a cup of coffee before the paper-shredding begins and then you see something peeking in your front door and you knit your brows, puzzled, but it’s followed immediately by a delighted […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/show-me-the-magic/feed/ 7 3977 Holiday Wrapping (up) https://toulouseandtonic.com/holiday-wrapping-up/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/holiday-wrapping-up/#comments Sat, 22 Dec 2012 18:04:36 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=3933 I’m feeling so warm and fuzzy today.  Looks like your (sometimes) weekly newsletter will be short on the snark. Never fear.  My snark well runs deep and strong.  It’ll be back, probably by the end of this update. Last week, I got my husband tipsy and talked him into doing this:  The 12 Days of […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/holiday-wrapping-up/feed/ 6 3933 Latke NOTkes https://toulouseandtonic.com/latke-notkes/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/latke-notkes/#comments Thu, 13 Dec 2012 22:25:03 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=3858 Since my husband is Jewish and I’m Christian, we’ve been celebrating Chrismukkah together for years now.  We like to invent new traditions to blend our holiday cultures.  This year, for the first time, I decided make latkes with a Christmas twist… Just follow the directions below to make your own delicious Chrismukkah latkes. While you’re […]

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