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While the White House and Wall Street state the recession is almost over, here on Main Street that does not seem to be the case. Seems like everyday I hear about more layoffs and people struggling to get by. So what can you do in this tough economy…
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Ah, it's the holidays. A time of year when friends and families spend lots of quality time together. A time when bad habits and annoying relatives can surface and leave a bad aftertaste. With this in…
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The other day I posed (what I thought was) an important question to my Canadian boyfriend: When do Canadians start decorating and shopping for the holidays if they don't have Thanksgiving as a benchmark?
(Quick historical background: Canadians do have Thanksgiving, but it's in October for some reason, far too early to serve as a threshold for the holiday season.)
His answer was woefully unsatisfying (it amounted to a confused head shake and a doubtful "December first?"), but I guess that's not entirely his fault. Even here in the good ol' US of A we've thrown that whole "holiday decorations up after Thanksgiving" tradition out the window. These days there are wreaths on doors by early November and stores are already chock full of cool gift sets like these.
What do you think, are we jumping the gun on the holiday season or do you welcome the ever-earlier return of decorations, carols and gingerbread smells wafting in the air?
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According to the commercial breaks and the stores, the Holiday season is upon us in near full swing. The only thing missing so far (at least in our house) is Santa pulling in at the end of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, then to us it's in full swing. Anyway, last night I was walking…
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It's no wonder that these three Mouthblown Glass Bell Ornaments ($30-45) are drop-dead gorgeous: they were designed this year for the MoMa by none other than world-renowned industrial designer Eva Zeisel — who turned 103 years old last week! I'm absolutely in love with them. I almost feel guilty for owning drugstore variety ornaments. I think there should be a balance though; a few basic ball ornaments mixed with handmade and designer ones sounds like a ideal balance to me. To give your tree that luxury art element, I've rounded up a few more designer ornaments for you.
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every wish is starlight sent, snowflakes
drift them north. in santa's dreams he captures them, and day
light goes to work. he checks his list for naughty, and underlines
the nice. no mistakes are ever made, for he checks it twice. he
always does the children first, paying close attention. of… Read More »
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And what do youal really want?? TELL ME!! AKA SANTA AKA THE REBEL JOHNNYYUMMA???????????XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXFER YOU OR OTHERS Read More »
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Love it or hate it, there's no
escaping the festive season. And it's approaching fast! For
some, it's dreams of a white Christmas in front of yule logs,
singing carols and trimming the tree... a lot of the time though,
the stress of the holidays can result in heated arguments, crappy… Read More »
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Every December it seems everyone wants to celebrate "Christmas" and suddenly there are scads of Christians everywhere.
What really makes me laugh is that Christans are commanded not be to like the heathens that celebrate the birth of their Gods; yet here they are celebrating the…
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