[Kylan's Blog] In St. Louis

Last night Kristen, her family, and I went down to St. Louis to her grandparents' house. We're here to celebrate the New Year with her dad's side of the family.

[Kylan's Blog] David Davis Mansion

Yesterday Kristen and I visited the David Davis mansion in Bloomington, Illinois. It was very interesting to learn about David Davis, a US Supreme Court Justice and a close friend of Abraham Lincoln. It was also fun to explore his home, which was built in 1872.





Since it is the holiday season, the house tour included little factoids about what Christmas was like during the Victorian time period. Apparently, it was much more like Halloween than the holiday we celebrate today. During that time, it was even believed that Santa had an evil twin brother named Krampusse, who looked and acted exactly like the devil.

[Kylan's Blog] The Christmas Tree Caper

This year my family decided to get our Christmas tree from our front yard. We had a tree near the road that was about the right size, so we got a saw, put on some funny Christmas hats, and cut it down. While we were carrying it down the driveway, though, a minivan pulled over and a guy on his cellphone got out. Apparently, he was calling the police because he thought we were stealing the tree. We were able to convince him that we lived at this house, so he told the 911 operator that everything was alright. From what I understand, he had described me (the one sawing down the tree) as "some guy wearing a crazy hat." Pretty funny.

[Kylan's Blog] Introducing Kylan's Blog

This is a new blog that I will use to post stuff that doesn't fit under any other Dupyshon.com blogs.