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If I Say I'm In Love, Best Believe I'm In Love, <3
posted 2 days ago, updated 6 minutes later by EagleWarrior | 5 comments
Tomorrow is Valentine's Day.
Saint Valentine's Day, commonly shortened to Valentine's Day, is a holiday observed on February 14 honoring one or more early Christian martyrs named Saint Valentine. It was first established by Pope Gelasius I in ...
Saint Valentine's Day, commonly shortened to Valentine's Day, is a holiday observed on February 14 honoring one or more early Christian martyrs named Saint Valentine. It was first established by Pope Gelasius I in ...
The Spirit of the Season...
posted 2 months ago, updated 3 minutes later by CaliforniaBlonde | 10 comments
Since the beginning of time, or at least, since humans realized that the days were shorter and the nights longer, in the winter, we have celebrated the winter solstice. Different cultures have recognized the time as a rebirth, of sorts, and celebr...
Help your elders celebrate the holidays at home
posted 2 months ago by MindingOurElders | 0 comments
As people age, many of them lose enthusiasm about celebrating holidays. In the past, holidays often centered around children. Now, with families scattered across the country, many elders are alone. Even minimal decorating for holidays, "just for y...
Remembering Easter...
posted 9 months ago by CaliforniaBlonde | 4 comments
I'm taking a break....
The eggs are dyed and drying. The cupcakes are out of the oven. When they're cool enough, I'll frost them. White frosting, coconut dyed green, Jelly Belly “eggs” and little plastic bunnies. Oh, and pipe cleaners shaped into...
The eggs are dyed and drying. The cupcakes are out of the oven. When they're cool enough, I'll frost them. White frosting, coconut dyed green, Jelly Belly “eggs” and little plastic bunnies. Oh, and pipe cleaners shaped into...
The Twelve Days of Christmas
posted about 1 year ago by CynthiaRowland | 0 comments
From 1558 until 1829, Roman Catholics in England were not permitted to practice their faith openly. Someone during that era wrote this carol as a catechism for young Catholics. It has two levels of meaning: the surface meaning plus a hidden meanin...
Family history at the holidays: what matters most
posted about 1 year ago by ScottQMarcus | 0 comments
At four years old, in 1930, with a mop of brown curly hair, bright hazel eyes, and light skin, Ruth Pinsker waited with her family on the side of a slickened Detroit avenue for a cable car they would never ride. Her family was comprised of Zlate a...
Thanksgiving Dreamin'
posted about 1 year ago by LeeAnnRubsam | 1 comment
My husband had a deprived childhood. Never once in all his growing up years did his family sit down to a Thanksgiving turkey. You see, he and his twin brother were the little tykes who stayed home with Mom, while Dad and the older brothers were al...
Radical forgiveness for the holidays
posted about 1 year ago by ScottQMarcus | 1 comment
The common, accepted portrayal of a happy, joking, and supportive family joyously celebrating around a food-laden Thanksgiving table is definitely not a universal reality.
Some families despise the ritual (and aren't too keen on one another eith...
Some families despise the ritual (and aren't too keen on one another eith...
Around the holiday table: a story and some hope
posted about 1 year ago by JaneIsay | 1 comment
What do you remember most from the family holiday meals of the past? Was it the interminable time it took until the food was served at Passover? Or was it the kicking under the table at Easter dinner? Was it the whispered fights between the aunts?...
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