Some are worked up about a “war on Christmas.” Not me. I am not compelled to “reclaim” or “rescue” Christmas from the many who ignore and the few who despise its magnificent origins. How can I be anxious or offended? I am in too much awe of its …
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Michael McDonald has one of the most recognizable voices in music — a husky baritone you might remember from “What a Fool Believes” and other 1970s hits by his bands the Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan, as well as from such solo material as “I Keep …
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As “Black Friday” morphs in one direction to interfere with the celebration of Thanksgiving and in the other toward Cyber Monday, people continue to buy one another things just because they “have to get someone a gift,” even if it may be re …
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The New York I lived in as a kid was a village of four or five blocks. I could wander anywhere my curiosity took me, safe and secure and knowing I’d still find my way home. I could go around the corner to the barber shop and get a trim for a …
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It’s been a rough few weeks for the Obama administration but you wouldn’t know it from the cheery interview first lady Michelle Obama gave Ladies Home Journal about Christmas at the White House. No doubt the sit-down chat, appearing in the …
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Phil and Judy Wegman like Christmas trees so much they have thousands of them in the yard beside their house. The Wegmans own Midland Holiday Pines, a Christmas tree farm that’s next door to them in Shawnee. Opening this Friday for the season …
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An Australian family has set the Guinness World Record – again – for the most Christmas lights on a residential home. It took 502,165 lights and 31 miles of wire, but David Richards and his family reclaimed the title. The Canberra family set …
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Christmas cards may soon become a thing of the past as more young people send Merry Christmas text messages. Photo: PA Christmas cards may become a thing of the past as text and emails present an alternative way of sending seasons greetings …
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Now that Thanksgiving is nearly upon us, many of us are thinking of getting our annual indoor Christmas tree. Some people seem to have the tradition of trimming their tree immediately after Thanksgiving, while other people wait until just before …
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Judith Owen and Julia Fordham recorded a lovely version of White Christmas. But that wasn’t enough for the two British songstresses. So they made a video of the two of them singing, accompanied by pianist/arranger Grant Mitchell. But things …
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