Daily Archives: December 25, 2007

If You Can’t Say Nothing, Say Something Bad

More and more I suspect that is the catch phrase of the media today. The New York Times is indulging in wailing and gnashing of teeth because spending this Christmas is only up 3.6%. Only? Had the reporter gotten a … Continue reading

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I’ll Have A Blue (Crab) Christmas

Merry Christmas, everyone. Hopefully, everyone has had a wonderful Christmas. Around the Crabitat, the kids observed remarkable restraint and refrained from pounding on their poor, tired parent's door until there was at least a hint of dawn in the sky. … Continue reading

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One Last Christmas Greeting

Friends of Chet Fitch were more than a little surprised when Christmas cards began arriving from him this year. Oh, the cards weren't all that unusual. Except for the fact that Chet Fitch died in October. The greeting read: "I … Continue reading

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Christmas All Over

The New York Times has a slideshow of Christmas celebrations from all over the world. Tweet

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“It’s Just Life, That’s What It Is. Just Life.”

The words of Ilda Ruth Southey reflecting on what wedding vows mean on the occasion of her 65th wedding anniversary – and also the occasion of her second, surprise Christmas Eve wedding to the same man, Francis Southey. WATERFORD, Wis. – Some … Continue reading

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Christmas Bonfire

Washington, DC is holding its annual Christmas "Ye Olde Yule Log" celebration. The name is not exactly accurate, however, as the Washington Post points out. Because at any one moment a couple of dozen huge tree stumps are burning, fed … Continue reading

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Crowds In Bethlehem

In what one resident calls the best tourist year in the past seven years, thousands of tourists have flocked into Bethlehem for Christmas. The crowds visited churches and landmarks, local vendors of all sorts of things did a land office business and … Continue reading

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