For those of you who aren't me…and I've noticed a surprisingly large number of people who aren't.
Holidays are fascinating You know a funny thing? You can almost make anything relatable to the holidays. Cooking dinner for instance. Cooking dinner is a mundane task you gotta do every day, but on the holiday it’s special. Even fixing your car becomes a treat on the holiday. Think about it; All the guys are …
My Grandparents tradition My grandparents had a seven-foot, aluminum foil, Christmas tree every year. It stood on a base that spun it around. On it hung blue and green balls, nothing else. Above it was a yellow light and below was a spinning thing that changed the floodlight illuminating it from red to blue to …
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A moment of revalation Has anyone ever said to you, “Just a moment”?? Then, have you wondered how long you were supposed to wait? Well, that exact thing happened to me, just the other day. I was holiday shopping with my wife and daughter. My wife went off to purchase my Christmas gift and I …
A little bit of history In 1897 an eight-year-old girl, named Virginia O’Hanlon, wrote the New York Sun, a newspaper which is now out of business, a letter asking is there was a Santa Claus. The answer to her question, “Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus”, has become the most reprinted article in the …
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