Tag: traditions
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December 06, 2007 02:05 PM EST --
Do You Celebrate Saint Nicholas Day?
Saint Nicholas was a real-life bishop in what is now Turkey. He earned his sainthood for numerous miracles, but his neighbors knew him best as a kind and generous . . . more
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December 29, 2007 05:02 PM EST --
On New Year's Day I'll fix our traditional meal of black eyed peas, hog jowls and collard greens with corn bread to round out the meal. It got me to thinking about other holidays we have certain . . . more
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May 04, 2007 09:25 AM EDT --
What family custom would you like to pass on to your children/family?
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November 20, 2007 06:29 AM EST --
Christmas Holidays to me start after Thanksgiving. That is when I enjoy driving around seeing lights and so forth. Prior to Thanksgiving I am just a bah humbug.
One thing I am so looking . . . more
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December 09, 2007 10:36 AM EST --
I like to have this ready to pop in the oven on Christmas morning. Serves 8-10 people.
HOLLY-DAY QUICHE!
INGREDIENTS:
8 slices bread, crusts trimmed off and cubed
1/2 lb. grated . . . more
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December 10, 2007 05:24 PM EST --
When I was growing up with my mom, we always had to have a real tree. To this day, I love the scent a a freshly cut Christmas tree. When I went to live with my grandma, we had an artificial tree. . . . more
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December 22, 2007 11:56 AM EST --
I'm not from this beautiful island but I have many friends. One of them, a lovely dark skinned lady in her forties, was kind enough to answer my questions one day last week. We were standing . . . more
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February 10, 2008 01:14 PM EST --
Hey all! I think that there was something on CBS Sunday Morning on the Paczki - my dad always watches that show. I am including below an exerpt from his e-mail he just sent me. I can't find . . . more
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December 25, 2006 09:20 AM EST --
This is the fourth Christmas since my divorce. I LOVE Christmas and all its traditions and one of the worst things about the divorce is giving up half my holidays with the kids. My ex . . . more
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November 20, 2007 07:25 AM EST --
"Traditions are the 'always' in life--the rituals and customs that build common
memories for children, offer comfort and stability in good times and bad,
and create a sense of . . . more
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November 24, 2007 06:15 PM EST --
We decorate for Christmas the weekend after Thanksgiving. We open our gifts on Christmas Eve and I take the kids to my former in laws on Christmas morning.
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August 09, 2008 10:15 PM EDT --
I know many people take one final summer trip out of town before school starts, while others have a tradition of going school clothes shopping with their daughters/sons.
Do your kids get to pick . . . more
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December 17, 2007 12:41 PM EST --
NUTCRACKER TRIVIA:
It was o n this day in 1892 that The Nutcracker ballet was performed for the first time in St. Petersburg, Russia. Czar Alexander III, sitting in the audience, . . . more
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December 19, 2007 11:27 AM EST --
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens introduced A Christmas Carol on this day in 1843 . He got the idea in mid-October and struggled to finish the story . . . more
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December 09, 2007 06:53 AM EST --
I would like to share with you a tradition my small family observes nearly every year. We go on the Dow Gardens Christmas Walk. Dow Chemical Co. of Midland, MI has given the community a beautiful garden . . . more
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December 24, 2007 08:02 PM EST --
Christmas Eve dinner is done, the dishes are in the dishwasher, we've trolled the neighborhood for Christmas lights, the kids are mostly bathed, and they've opened their Christmas Eve presents. . . . more
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July 07, 2007 02:34 AM EDT --
We love Valentines Day. Heart-shaped candies, pretty cards, and lots of xoxoxo? No wonder this holiday's my favorite. It is the traditional day on which lovers express . . . more
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November 18, 2007 10:09 PM EST --
1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? Hot chocolate
2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? Sit them under the tree. Parents wrap them
3. Colored lights . . . more
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November 20, 2007 12:44 PM EST --
I recently received this in an email. I edited it a bit, since it stated that the author was unknown. I don't claim it as my own, but I wanted to post it so you can think about the points it . . . more
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December 07, 2007 10:31 PM EST --
Another year is quickly coming to an end. I was looking at the old christmas photos, surprised how fast the children are growing. Well, not really surprised but struggling with the reality . . . more
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