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Despite increasing gas prices, AAA is projecting holiday travel to reach the highest level on record this year.More than 103 million people are expected…
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If you’re heading out into the frenzy of Black Friday, here’s some advice from mental health experts, courtesy of The Mercury News. First of all, if…
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Rosemary is an inexpensive, fragrant, and right-sized Christmas tree substitute for office and apartments. And, if the plant doesn't survive let it dry…
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The numbers blog fivethirtyeight.com posted some interesting facts about all the different ways we get injured during the holidays. Every year during the…
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Here's a poem for the Holiday by Henry Van Dyke:Among the earliest saints of old, before the first Hegira,I find the one whose name we hold, St. Nicholas…
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A poem for the holiday by Lewis Carroll:Christmas GreetingsLady dear, if Fairies mayFor a moment lay asideCunning tricks and elfish play,'Tis at happy…
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The Pew Research Center has published a new survey that reveals changing about American attitudes toward Christmas.While nine-in-ten Americans say they…
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It's the time of the year when Katie Abrams sees her Fort Collins, Colo., neighbors pulling up with real trees tied to car roofs. She feels small pangs of…
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The wonks over at the economics blog fivethirtyeight.com have devised a strategy for you to win your white elephant gift exchange using game theory. White…
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One of the bonuses of teaching for so many years is that I’ve learned much from local speakers who have shared their knowledge with my students and me. In…