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I used to think it was just me, but a lot of us go through it. The post-holidays malaise. Year-end ennui. The dreaded December slump. We start wondering where the whole past year has gone. What it was all for. What, if anything, we’ve accomplished…...
by userexists
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on Thu Dec 28, 2023 at 10:45 AM PST
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and JeremyBloom. Alumni editors include (but not limited to)...
by jeremybloom
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on Wed Dec 27, 2023 at 08:44 PM PST
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Like last year, welcome to a special NightDrift Blog!� For the newcomers, welcome to the NightDrifter’s Nightly Pub! This is the place to listen to some music and unwind yourself, post some good ...
by DriftingRoads
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on Mon Dec 25, 2023 at 06:30 PM PST
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So just watched the 2019 Movie Feast Of The Seven Fishes, one of the nicer, more well-thought-out and least-kitschy of the plethora of Christmas movies that have come out lately. I can definitely recommend the movie, a comedy/character study of a young...
by TheOrchid
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on Sun Dec 24, 2023 at 12:56 PM PST
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If anything about Mariah Carey's “All I Want for Christmas is You” annoys you, best to avoid shopping malls now. Or the radio. Maybe music altogether, for that matter.
Her 1994 carol dominates ...
by Associated Press
92 comments
on Mon Dec 25, 2023 at 10:00 AM PST
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Like Christmas trees, Santa and reindeer, the poinsettia has long been a ubiquitous symbol of the holiday season in the U.S. and across Europe.
But now, nearly 200 years after the plant with the ...
by Associated Press
65 comments
on Sun Dec 24, 2023 at 01:00 PM PST
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Christmas Catalogs It's that jolly, jolly time of year When colorful Christmas Catalogs appear Inside our postal mailbox. Hickory Farms, L.L. Bean Harry & David, Pittman & Davis, Sharper Image, Crate and Barrel, Fingerhut, Sees, Swiss Colony, Noble...
by Paul Frea
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on Fri Dec 22, 2023 at 11:11 AM PST
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The holidays, a time where families and friends can get together to talk, to laugh — or get into screaming arguments.
There are plenty of reasons togetherness can turn into tension — maybe that ...
by Associated Press
67 comments
on Sun Dec 24, 2023 at 10:00 AM PST
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by Jen Sorensen
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on Tue Dec 19, 2023 at 04:50 AM PST
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Whatever holidays you celebrate or not, the period between late November and January often involves family/friend gatherings, festive meals, and traditional events. In addition to the standard offerings of expansive menus, decorated firs, candles,...
by Besame
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on Sun Dec 24, 2023 at 04:00 PM PST
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On Wednesday, first lady Jill Biden posted a festive holiday video filmed at the White House, writing, “A bit of magic, wonder, and joy brought to you by the talented tappers of Dorrance Dance, performing their playful interpretation of The Nutcracker...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Fri Dec 15, 2023 at 02:24 PM PST
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Today was an UNBELIEVABLY great day of economic news for our nation: - The Dow hit its ALL-TIME high. Like the highest. Ever. In the history of stocks. - Retail sales beat expectations (which brings a lot of economic Holiday cheer) - The Fed indicated...
by TheMFer
53 comments
on Thu Dec 14, 2023 at 05:01 PM PST
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This is a good time of year for eating out with family.
It is also the time of year when my calendar is crowded with birthdays, wedding anniversaries, and days of remembrance, for those I have lost.�
by bigjacbigjacbigjac
40 comments
on Mon Dec 18, 2023 at 10:01 PM PST
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Each day until Christmas, I am going to write briefly about a Christmas song I enjoy. Because I can, that's why. And I an unabashed corny dork. Except today. �Today is about the most horrific ...
by angryea
7 comments
on Mon Dec 25, 2023 at 08:00 AM PST
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Each day until Christmas, I am going to write briefly about a Christmas song I enjoy. Because I can, that's why. And I am an unabashed corny dork. Not much to say about this. �People seem to love ...
by angryea
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on Sun Dec 24, 2023 at 08:00 AM PST
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Each day until Christmas, I am going to write briefly about a Christmas song I enjoy. Because I can, that's why. � And I am an unabashed corny dork.
I am not sure this qualifies as a Christmas song,
by angryea
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on Sat Dec 23, 2023 at 08:00 AM PST
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by angryea
7 comments
on Fri Dec 22, 2023 at 08:00 AM PST
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Each day until Christmas, I am going to write briefly about a Christmas song I enjoy. Because I can, that's why. And I am an unabashed corny dork. Because we have reached the point of the holiday ...
by angryea
5 comments
on Thu Dec 21, 2023 at 08:00 AM PST
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Rudy is another mawkish song, but that’s okay. �Sincerity is often seen as mawkish, and the best of the values that the Christmas season purports to propagate are sincere. �Good will to people and ...
by angryea
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on Wed Dec 20, 2023 at 08:00 AM PST
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Each day until Christmas, I am going to write briefly about a Christmas song I enjoy. Because I can, that's why. And I am an unabashed corny dork.
A classic. �It has been argued that one of the ...
by angryea
14 comments
on Tue Dec 19, 2023 at 08:00 AM PST
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