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Today is the first Advent Sunday of this season. Advent means ‘Coming‘ in Latin. Advent is the period of four Sundays and weeks before Christmas (those trying to figure out their Advent Calendars, you may open the first window on the first of December). It is a time to “get ready” for the celebration ofContinue reading “Christmas is getting closer”

Tonight is the start of Hanukkah. This year, my first Hanukkah gift to you is to remind you that there is no pressure to buy Hanukkah Seals. (Don’t forget to tune in to the start of our 14th Annual Holiday Spectacular.) Demand Euphoria!

For the comic book lover in your life Demand Euphoria!

November 27, 1924 –Macy’s sponsored its first Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade (called Macy’s Christmas Parade) in New York City on this date. The three-hour parade is held annually and is the second-oldest Thanksgiving parade along with Detroit’s “America’s Thanksgiving Parade,” which began on the same day. Three floats (pulled by horses), four bands and zoo animalsContinue reading “Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade”

November 27 is the Feast of St. Josaphat, a Middle Age prince who renounced his wealth to do charitable work. Well, St. Josephat, turns out to be a Christianized version of a legend about Buddha (yeah Siddhartha Gautama.) As the years slip by more swiftly, I can remember some things clearly, others only dimly; IContinue reading “Another gap in my religious education”

– – – Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination. – Oscar Wilde While you are still digesting last nights meal, you may have to start getting ready for Friendsgiving (whether or not you ask to see their vaccination cards is between you and them.) As most of you know,Continue reading “Life is nothing without friendship”

November 26, 1988 – Russian cosmonauts took the Pink Floyd cassette version of Delicate Sound Of Thunder and play it in orbit, making Pink Floyd the first rock band to be played in space. David Gilmour and Nick Mason both attend the launch of the spacecraft. The cosmonauts had requested the album to listen toContinue reading “Delicate Sound Of Thunder”

November 25, 1963 –The flag draped coffin containing the purported remains of the man, many Americans believed to have been John F. Kennedy was buried at Arlington National Cemetery. And on November 29, President Lyndon Baines Johnson appointed Chief Justice Earl Warren the head of a commission to investigate the alleged assassination of the personContinue reading “That was the week that was”

While you’re sitting around the table with your family this Thanksgiving, opine this – Americans sometimes eat as much as 5,100 calories today! The average person eats enough each Thanksgiving to gain 1.3 pounds. That would breaks down approximately as: 2 turkey legs (with the skin on)6 oz. turkey breast (with the skin on)2 cupsContinue reading “But all that too shall pass.”

Then on Thanksgiving, you get the ax! Here is a brief history of the holiday you may wish to share with your loved ones: In the winter of 1620-1621, a group of immigrants in Massachusetts experienced a devastating winter. The weather was fierce. Food was scarce. Many died. At last spring came, then summer, andContinue reading “Relax – it’s just Thanksgiving.”