Views: 5,647Do any of you find it fascinating, as I do, that many of the christmas traditions we […]
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Views: 10,137As a child growing up in the 1980’s, I was never shielded from the rampant consumerism this […]
Views: 12,018I like to explore the cultural connections between the holiday of Halloween and people that invented it. […]
Views: 7,615Instead of making an overwrought, nationalistic, fake patriotic post about America I would like to post in […]
Views: 7,743Belsnickle is not Santa Claus. The Pennsylvania Dutch, who were not Dutch at all, but ”Deutsche”, or […]
Views: 12,176I know. I know. There are millions of blog posts about Obscure 80s toys you loved. There is […]
Views: 7,673I had the distinct displeasure of sitting within listening distance of a family at dinner tonight. My […]
Views: 5,995This year’s celebrations are truly filled with a great many “firsts” for me. With this in mind […]
Views: 6,711I have empty nestlings. It has really been a long time since I have written anything and I […]
Views: 6,865I was doing some cyber shopping the other day and stumbled across a figurine of a xmas character I […]
Views: 7,454I was talking with a friend at lunch today. We were discussing the various marketing strategies employed […]
Views: 5,598I have heard it said that what makes a conservative superior to liberals is their religious faith—as […]
Views: 6,131It’s that time of year again. The gloriously hedonistic annual jaunt through that labyrinth filled with religious […]
Views: 5,992Carving a pumpkin, wearing a costume, and collecting tasty candy are really the only things a child […]
Views: 5,466October is without question my absolute FAVORITE time of the year. I have studied all manner of […]
Views: 8,041The summer of June, 1993 was a wonderful time for me. Having finished high school the year […]
Views: 6,817Hasenpfeffer is German for “hare-pepper,” or peppered hare, and is a famous game dish in Germany. Serve […]