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by Kevin Burton You think about going home during Christmas season and you think of packed airports and busy highways. But what if you could gain all the comforts of your childhood home via your own kitchen? Well you can! What many call comfort foods open a portal directly to that …
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by Tim Ott interestingfacts.com The ubiquity of holiday songs on television, radio, and social media from Thanksgiving through Christmas ensures that we’ll be able to sing these anthems in our sleep. But lesser known are the backstories behind these famous tunes, which share common themes but draw from vastly different sources. From centuries-old …
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by Nicole Garner Meeker interestingfacts.com Christmas trees are perhaps the most recognizable symbol of the winter holiday season. Whether you buy one from a tree lot or cut your own, nearly 30 million evergreens are sold every year in the lead-up to Christmas, and that’s just a fraction of the 350 million that are …
by Kevin Burton Our rule about Christmas music is none before Dec. 1. For Christmas decorations, anything goes as long as it’s after Thanksgiving. We should perhaps clean up that Christmas rulebook inconsistency. Also, most years we buy a new Christmas ornament for the tree. We have enough ornaments for at least …
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by Kevin Burton Ah Hounslow! On the desktop of my office computer is a picture of the “Hounslow Central” sign which was in front of our nearest train station while we were on our honeymoon in London. Our adventures started there that week, and took us all around the capital city, to …
by Kevin Burton You hear this phrase a lot: “don’t judge.” Well in this case, go ahead. Be my guest. Judge, and jump in with both feet, or both wagging index fingers, if you want to. I don’t care. On our first regional beep baseball trip, to Indianapolis in late May, I …
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by Kevin Burton I have made the case for “Maybe I’m Amazed” by Paul McCartney as the greatest love song ever written. But it’s Valentine’s week and nobody’s going to buy that claim just now. Feb. 14 calls for something with a different feel. So I phoned a friend, so to speak. …
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by Dictionary Scoop Love stories have enchanted human existence since ancient times. Whether it’s the beauty of flowers, the sweetness of chocolates, or the soft glow of candlelight, love has the power to transform even the coldest hearts. While the language of love is universal, the ways we celebrate it are as diverse as the cultures that …
by Kevin Burton OK guys, Valentine’s Day is coming. This gift from me to you, for use in your valentine’s messages, comes with a warning label. This is a list of words that mean “beautiful,” supplied by our friends at Merriam-Webster. Some of these words don’t sound very complimentary though. Wade through them …
by Kevin Burton There is a count-your-blessings exercise I do now and then that usually brings me good cheer. I sit in a chair and keep my head still, but using my straight-ahead and peripheral vision, take in everything I can see. I then consider where it all came from and remembers …
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