| Holiday Stories and Traditions |
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| Shrove Tuesday - Why Pancakes? |
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Why exactly do we eat pancakes on Shrove Tuesday? Need a good, traditional recipe? What about a vegan recipe? » Read the full story |
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| A Kidnapped Santa Claus - by L. Frank Baum |
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Santa Claus lives in the Laughing Valley, where stands the big, rambling castle in which his toys are manufactured. His workmen, selected from the ryls, knooks, pixies and fairies, live with him, and every one is as busy as can be from one year's end to another. » Read the full story |
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| Oh No! The Office Holiday Party is a Seated Dinner! |
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Q: What's harder than knowing how to shine at the Christmas office party? A: Knowing how to shine when it's a seated » Read the full story |
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| Christmas Dinner Made More Festive |
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“But Susan,” you say, “Why would I be worried about making Christmas dinner more 'festive'? It's a family tradition my kids are sick on Christmas, my in-laws are staying with us for a week, I have to work Christmas Eve, and I've promised the maid the week off, ha ha. What I'm worried about is getting it to the table at all." » Read the full story |
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| The Holiday Rule-of-Thumb |
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Here come the holidays. If you work it right, it can add another full-time job to the 3 or 4 you already have. We can get in the mode of being so over-extended, what’s another over-extension? You can get so numb you don’t feel it, or so addicted to adrenalin you feel like something’s missing if you aren’t going a mile a minute, 24/7. » Read the full story |
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| Give Thanks |
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I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving. I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the Lord. » Read the full story |
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