How the Whole Family Can Survive Christmas and New Years at #DadChat

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Bruce Sallan

@DabneyPorte is co-hosting this week!

This week, WE helped create an “A Dad’s Point-of-View” column. The result was Tips and Thoughts on How to Survive Christmas, New Year’s, and the In-Laws. We shared our favorite tips for making the holidays less stressful and more joyful. I’m selected the best of so many and included them in the above-mentioned column. Dabney Porte co-hosted (DabneyPorte.com and socialmediagirlfriends.com). Also, everyone had the opportunity to get a FREE Kindle AND PDF version of my new book, The Empty-Nest Road Trip Blues: An Interactive Journal from A Dad’s Point-of-View. The offer is good until Christmas Eve. Read the transcript of what you missed and please join us ANY and EVERY Thursday from 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. PT/9:00 – 10:00 ET.

#Free Kindle Version AND PDF of The Empty-Nest Road Trip Blues E-Book

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Bruce Sallan

Black Friday Isn’t For Wimps

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Bruce Sallan

Black Friday is a great day for ME to stay home. Other people, like “Dad,” have different ideas. I have a great suggestion, though. From the comfort of your home, you can now buy my new book on Amazon/Kindle for a whopping $2.99 or right here as a PDF, along with great package deals, for just $2.79. See cover image below and simply click on it to get to our store!

The Sallan Boys Christmas Ski Video and Sing-a-long

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Bruce Sallan

sallan boys christmas View of the Super Pipe…the walls are about 20 feet high!

This video was taken with a GoPro Hero2 helmet video-cam on December 23, 2011. The song was recorded a decade ago as the Sallan Boys sang along with The Drifter’s version of “White Christmas.”

Reason for the Season?

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Bruce Sallan

Dad shares with Son about what he thinks Christmas season is all about. In some ways he might be right! If TV was our source of education, wouldn’t it seem that way?

Syndication rights to the Because I Said So comic strips are now available. Contact me for more information on carrying this truly NEW comic strip!

Radio Show – Best Christmas Music

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Bruce Sallan

First air date: Thursday, December 22, 2011

Featured guests:

Best Christmas Music Special with Special Guests: Dean Martin, The Beach Boys, Brenda Lee, The Jackson Five, Jimmy Durante, Bing Crosby, The Sallan Boys, The Andrews Sisters, The Ventures, The Ronnettes, Kate Smith, The Drifters, Johnny Mathis, Aretha Franklin, Annie Lennox, Bruce Springsteen, The Dickies, Gene Autry, Bobby Helms, The Cadillacs, The Four Seasons, Darlene Love, The Crystals, Shedaisy, Chubby Checker & Bobby Rydell, Willie Nelson, Jimmy Boyd, Elvis Presley, Nat King Cole, Peter, Paul & Mary, Jose Feliciano, Burl Ives, Eartha Kitt, and Spike Jones.
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The Ten Most Beloved Christmas Songs

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Bruce Sallan

I’ve loved Christmas songs as long as I can remember. Back in the day, I used to send out cassette tapes as holiday gifts with my favorite Christmas songs on them. Later, I made CDs and we even recorded a Sallan Family Christmas song (this link is to our Music Video with the song) that was on one of those holiday CDs.

The E-Word is Empathy

Posted on December 10, 2011 by Bruce Sallan

For many of us, the holidays are a mixed bag. We want to be happy and get into the spirit, but there often is a lot of baggage we carry with us. It may be sad memories from childhood. It may be sad consequences of divorce. Or, it may be loneliness. For me, it’s been a sense of a longing for a bigger family, as for much of my life my family unit was small. Most of us have it good and that is why I want to focus on empathy as a great way to cope, understand, and feel good.