The crisp air takes on a chilly snap as the leaves finally give up their hold on bare branches. Children stomp their feet waiting for the bus while pets sneeze on their way back inside. The warmest mufflers come down from the top shelf, the heaviest coats tumble out of the closet, and extra blankets […]
Perfect Pitch Or Off-Key Notes: Chanting Some Christmas Cheer
We have all seen the Currier and Ives paintings that depict groups of carolers dressed in Old World finery, standing under glowing street lamps or strolling through snowy streets toting lanterns and songbooks. While today’s caroling scenes may seem less idyllic, folks still turn out on Go Caroling Day every December 20 to croon their […]
Move Over Fingerlings: Today We’re Finding A Fir
It’s December 19 and you still don’t have a Christmas tree? Time is ticking and today just happens to be Look for an Evergreen Day. With only six days until Christmas, it’s time to bundle up and cast aside your dread of untangling strings of lights. The majority of us agree that only a live […]
A Thoughtful Tradition
December 9 is Christmas Card Day, lacking time to address and mail cards will no longer be an acceptable excuse. Just whip out your smartphone and mark your calendar app. In 1843 Sir Henry Cole, a proper English gentleman, commissioned an artist to design the first Christmas card. He had 2,050 copies printed and a […]
Some Say Sin, I Say Gin!
If there was ever an occasion to raise your glass in celebration, prepare to do just that on December 5. Repeal Day is all about the contents of that glass and deserves a round of grateful toasts to the day prohibition was repealed. During the dark days of deprivation known as Prohibition, which was instituted […]
