GloucesterCast 105 Featuring Kim Smith, Nichole Schrafft and Toby Pett With Host Joey Ciaramitaro Taped 11/23/14 #GloucesterMA

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GloucesterCast 105 Featuring Kim Smith Nichole Schrafft and Toby Pett With Host Joey Ciaramitaro Taped 11/23/14

Topics Include: New GloucesterCast Subscriber Contest Number 2 Click Here To Subscribe and Enter– One Of The First Ten New Subscribers To The GloucesterCast Will Win a New Copy of Kim Smith’s Book Oh Garden Of Fresh Possibilities, A $35 Value, Winner Must Pick Up Book At the Dock and Will Be Announced On GloucesterCast 106, Kim Smith’s Monarch Film Trailer, Kim Smith’s Kickstarter Campaign For Her Monarch Film, Collin Keegan Science All Around Us, Tom Ellis, Nubar Alexanian, Last Week’s Podcast Subscriber T Shirt Winner Is Robert Lukach, Donna Ardizzoni Is Everywhere, Eating Like a Dock Worker, Passports Wine Dinner, Nichole Schrafft Let’s Down the Entire Readership and Baby Orphans Are Dying Because Of It, Paulie Walnuts Is Back (Surprise Surprise), Turducken, Big Green Egg, Nichole Schrafft, Chinese Food For Jewish People On Christmas, Mench On A Bench, Elf On The Shelf, When Do You Have Your Christmas/Hanukkah Shopping Done?, Trader Joe’s Amaretto, Trader Joe’s Frozen Fish Is Disgusting, Trout Is Like Poison, Detroit/Newark/Cincinnati, Energy Efficiency Discussion, Toby’s Gorton Review, The Food and Gift Emporium, Jessica Brand, Request For Nichole To Put Together A Children’s Gift Suggestion List, Grandpa Gave All the Cousin’s Hatchets When We Were 7 Years Old, Report On Finn’s Status After His Horrible Fall, Participation Awards and MVP Awards, The Game Ball,Happy Thanksgiving 🙂
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Ziggy Stealing Heat From the Chandelier and The Noble Family Elf Dougie

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Hi Joey..Here are some pictures of Dougie, the Noble Family Elf….

Dougie DecoratingDougie going to climb the Tree

Careful Up On That Ladder Ziggy!

Ziggy wanted to make some minor adjustments to bulb placements apparently.

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Our Elf On The Shelf Ziggy

Coming Up With New Spots For Ziggy To Reappear Each Morning Can Be A Challenge.

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By The Time Christmas Rolls Around I’m Guessing He’ll Be In The Fridge A Time Or Two, The Top Shelf Of The Pantry, and Hanging From The Chandelier.

Our Elf On The Shelf Ziggy

Every Morning When He Comes Back From The North Pole After Reporting On The Girls Behavior He Turns Up In A New Location.  This Morning He Was Riding Some Decorative Fish Dishes.

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Put some fun into the Holiday Season with Elf on the Shelf!

I must say when I heard about Elf on the Shelf, I was skeptical (probably due to the $30 price tag). This year we are all about the season and decided to go for it.

For folks with little ones or true believers like Joey C, this adds a whole new element to the season. It goes like this -You read the book, name the elf and move him every day from December 1st to Christmas. Kids can’t touch him and the best part is he is watching over and reporting nightly back to Santa.  The kids are of course well behaved, freak out each morning with the new found spot and you get to drink wine and come up with fun hiding spots. I call this a Win – Win!

I love the great names the kids come up with. My little ones named him FRICK the ELF!

I called a few places, but could not find it in Gloucester. It is available at Learning Express in North Beverly and of course  on Amazon. If anyone knows other places locally, please post in the comments. And Yes, the person who self published this is a millionaire!

Letter To Santa Christmas 09

In case you’re wondering,  Ziggy is the Elf on the Shelf who reported for duty in our house.
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Elf on the Shelf
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Elf on the Shelf is a Christmas tradition begun in the 1970’s by Carol Aebersold. The tradition began when Aebersold’s children became curious about how Santa was able to determine who was naughty and who was nice. Aebersold answered their question by introducing her children to a toy elf and explained to them that the elf was one of Santa’s scouts and that every night he made a trip to the North Pole to report on their behavior. Every morning, after completing his journey, the elf was found in a different location in their house.

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