A few years ago I helped set up for the Care for Real toy drive distribution day. This involved sorting donations by age and placing them on the appropriate tables. The age range with the most gifts was 0-3. Those toys were piled onto a row of tables with many more waiting in back for replenishing throughout … Continue reading Older kids often overlooked in toy drive donations
Category: Christmas
What is the perfect Christmas gift for the person who doesn't need anything? There are certainly people in need for whom new things are a luxury, but many of us have plenty of stuff, in some cases more stuff than we can keep organized already. The idealistic solution for those who really want more stuff would be … Continue reading 8 Christmas gifts for people who don’t need more stuff
People used to live here. It was a nice neighborhood. Now it is ruins. There used to be a thing called Black Friday. On the day after Thanksgiving, stores would have big sales. Some stores opened super early in the morning with special early bird prices. People lined up outside the doors waiting to get … Continue reading The final Black Friday sales
Santa's Workshop has been a target of misogyny accusations and harassment claims largely surrounding the treatment of toy developer Missy d'Elf. Missy and her supporters have been threatened, and their personal information has been posted online. Many argue the harassment is more evidence of the notoriously anti-feminist culture in the toy-making industry. Opponents say the … Continue reading Misogyny accusations raise tensions at Santa’s Workshop
Warning: This post contains adult language. Actually, after this introduction this post is basically just a string of profanity. If that's not your thing you should probably skip reading this. If, however, you love swear words I've got a special Twelve Days of Christmas song for you. I did warn you that there would be … Continue reading The Twelve Days of Christmas with Swear Words
Kim Z. Dale 