Category — Holidays

Halloween is looming around the corner, which means it’s almost time to start carving those pumpkins. So what type of pumpkin makes the best Jack o’lantern? Before heading to the pumpkin patch or farmers’ market, take a minute to read these helpful hints on picking the perfect pumpkin.

The first step to finding the right pumpkin [...]

What are you doing this Sunday? Why not show your patriotism and fly a flag! This Sunday, June 14, 2009,  is flag day, a day when everyone is encouraged to fly a flag outside their homes and businesses.
In honor of Flag Day here are a few more interesting pieces of trivia about our great Red, [...]

Among many Christians, it is a custom to observe a cluster of three days, roughly around the start of the four seasons. They fall on a Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. They are special days of prayer for those about to be ordained into the ministry along with some measure of fasting or abstinence.
 
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 How the Easter Bunny tradition began isn’t entirely clear; however, Germany has been credited with the origin of associating a bunny with Easter. In 16th century literature, there are accounts of a bunny who, each spring, would reward the good with eggs. The first edible Easter bunnies, made out of pastry and sugar, were made [...]

This has been a big week. It started with an inauguration and ends with January 23rd being  National Pie Day. A few years ago we asked Americans to vote for their favorite dessert.  We took the most popular choices - chocolate cake, cheesecake, strawberry shortcake, ice cream and apple pie. Readers voted through the mail and we [...]

No two years are alike. What are the soon to be “Good Old Days” for one person can be a year of incredible hardship and challenges for another. 2008 brought with it some wild, wacky weather and I expect we’ll see more in the year ahead. Certainly, our economy crumbled during the last 12 months [...]

Winter arrived at 7:04am (Eastern) on December 21st. So, we are now on the other side of the “dark nights”. Before long, it will be noticeably brighter as you leave work. Anyone who watched professional football on Sunday notice that winter had indeed arrived. In Boston and Seattle, the snow was a factor in both [...]