Holidays

December 25, 2019

The kids made a periodic table of me! So great! 🤩

White t-shirt hand-drawn with a periodic table of elements themed around a person named Daisy including coffee, Tetris, beer, Minnesota, biking, and dog

December 25, 2019

Have a very Merry Christmas!

Personalized gingerbread house Christmas ornament with four named figures in Santa hats hanging on a decorated tree, dated 2019.

December 24, 2019

Got my BUG-A-SALT 2.0 for Christmas! Bring it on houseflies! Salt spray pattern on tinfoil is pretty tight. 🤣

Smiling man in gray polo shirt holding a yellow Bug-A-Salt 2.0 salt gun while seated indoors near holiday wrapping paper

Close-up black and white photo of salt granules scattered across crumpled tinfoil in a circular spray pattern

December 22, 2019

Enjoying Home Free “Dive Bar Christmas Tour” at Mankato Civic Center! 🎶

Five performers on a holiday-decorated stage with red and green lights under a Home Free neon sign at Mankato Civic Center.

Concert stage bathed in purple and pink lights with performers in front of shelved backdrops and a crowd of silhouetted attendees

Five performers in dark suits seated on stools on a blue-lit concert stage performing for a large crowd at an indoor venue.

December 22, 2019

St. Paul Union Station looks great for Christmas! 🎄

Tall Christmas tree covered in white lights stands in snow outside the columned facade of St. Paul Union Station at night.

December 22, 2019

I greatly enjoyed the European Christmas Market in St. Paul! I even bought two of the Herrnhut Stars that are in the picture.

Crowd of bundled-up shoppers browsing wooden market stalls decorated with greenery, string lights, and large yellow Moravian stars at dusk.

December 14, 2019

Holiday movies — watched Christmas With the Kranks. Pretty funny! 🎄🎬

Movie poster for Christmas with the Kranks showing two adults in winter coats dragging luggage through snow while neighbors confront them

December 14, 2019

Cabin is decorated for Christmas now! Tree is cabin themed. Christmas at the lake is one of our favorite family times. 🎄

Christmas at the Cabin ornament shaped like a log cabin hanging on a decorated Christmas tree with lights.

Close-up of a lit Christmas tree with cabin-themed ornaments including a campfire, gingerbread man, marshmallow, and a deer.

Glass ornament shaped like a University of Minnesota winter beanie hat hanging on a Christmas tree

Three black bear figurines sledding on a red sled ornament labeled Magic Pines Est. Jan. 6 2015, hanging on a Christmas tree.

Felt raccoon Christmas ornament with plaid scarf hanging on a lit pine tree

December 7, 2019

Holidazzle

We went to Holidazzle for the first time in years and years. Last time we went it was still a parade. It was fun, but there were a lot of people and big lines.

Enjoyed winter fireworks at Loring Park for Holidazzle tonight!

Large crowd gathered at night beneath trees wrapped in bright green, purple, and pink holiday lights, with city buildings in background.

Outdoor choir of young adults in winter coats and hats performing on a stage decorated with garland and lights, with illuminated Christmas trees behind them at night

Crowd of silhouetted people watching colorful red and green fireworks explode over a snowy urban park at night

December 7, 2019

13th Annual New Standards Holiday Show

A Christmas tradition — the 13th Annual New Standards Holiday Show today! Great show with new and returning special guests!

New Standards Holiday Shows: 2023, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2013, and 2012.

See list of The New Standards shows.

Orchestra and performers on a ornate theater stage lit in blue with confetti cannons shooting glitter into the audience

Large ensemble performing on a purple-lit theater stage with one musician in a Santa costume playing guitar at center

Ornate gilded theater interior with a packed audience watching costumed performers on a lit stage bearing a Love One Another banner

Large ensemble performing on an ornate theater stage with dramatic stage lighting, musicians playing guitar, bass, and piano before a seated audience.