This Christmas, my wife purchased me a book entitled The Greatest Gift, written by Philip Van Doren Stern. While I was unfamiliar with the book at first, I would soon come to understand and appreciate the sentimentality of her gift. Stern spent much of his literary career as an editor
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As the holiday season comes to a close, the start of a new year is on the horizon, which means New Year’s resolutions aren’t far behind. For many of us, December 31 is synonymous with gatherings in Time Square – where a star-studded ball makes its decent before thousands of
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A Giving Tree is a popular charitable initiative during the holiday season. For those unaware of the concept, a Giving Tree is essentially a Christmas tree decorated with gift tags dangling from branches by festive colored ribbon. These tags are not blank however, for they have a very important job
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The long-standing tradition of sending out Christmas cards during the holiday season can be credited to Henry Cole of Victorian England. It was often customary in those days to send out letters to family and friends around Christmas and New Year’s, and the newly created British postal system meant people
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