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5 Myths about Christmas
In keeping with our own holiday tradition of supplying you with conversation-starters you can spring during lulls at family get-togethers, we offer a handful of common misconceptions about Christmas.
Battery Powered Kids: Motorized Surfboard
My twin toddler girls are obsessed with surfing. This would probably cause some consternation for a lot of dads, given the reputation of surfers in popular culture, but I'm pretty stoked about it. I would love to spend time riding waves with my girls someday, if I'm still sufficiently spry by the time they're big enough to paddle out. I'm sure they won't have any chance of getting caught up in the testosterone-fueled aggression and partying associated with surfing as long as they always show up at the spot with an elderly kook on a 10-foot longboard. Right?
Know How: To Build an Igloo
You don't need to be at the Pole to be build a wicked cool fort in the snow.
Battery Powered Kids: The Dinosaur that Wasn't
You can talk about good intentions and the best laid plans all you want, but at the end of the day the only thing that often matters is results. It may be all well and good to put together the pieces of the puzzle, but you're not doing it for the love of fitting cardboard joints together; you're doing it because you really want to see the picture.
Battery Powered Kids: Galloping Gearbox
I may be handy in a lot of ways, but the miniature is not, generally speaking, my milieu of choice.
