Archive for December, 2003

Thursday, December 25th, 2003

Merry Christmas V

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Thursday, December 25th, 2003

Merry Christmas IV

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Thursday, December 25th, 2003

Bah, Humbug II

Early Americans Outlawed Christmas By Jennifer Viegas, Discovery News Dec. 23, 2003 — For 22 years, celebrating Christmas was a crime in Massachusetts, where observers of the holiday were subjected to fines and “mince smellers,” individuals who were paid to patrol streets to sniff out those who might be baking traditional mincemeat pies around Dec. […]

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Wednesday, December 24th, 2003

Bah, Humbug I

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Wednesday, December 24th, 2003

Merry Christmas III

Why I use a P.O. Box.

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Wednesday, December 24th, 2003

Merry Christmas II

Vegetarian Virgin Mary Ad Riles Boston Church Wed Dec 24, 9:20 AM ET Add Oddly Enough - Reuters to My Yahoo! BOSTON (Reuters) - The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Tuesday demanded the removal of an animal rights group’s billboard advertisement depicting the Virgin Mary cradling a lifeless chicken in her arms. The ad by […]

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Wednesday, December 24th, 2003

Merry Christmas I

Blitzen, a young reindeer at the Santa Claus House in North Pole, Alaska, leaps on KTUU Channel 2 reporter Meghan Stapleton as Stapleton was doing a holiday story, in this image from television Monday, Dec. 22, 2003. Stapleton was not injured and even managed to hold on to the leash to keep Blitzen from running […]

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Tuesday, December 23rd, 2003

Or, Perhaps, A Color Code????

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Tuesday, December 23rd, 2003

Let It Snow …

When we were in Indiana last year, it showed perhaps two inches at the most, and everything was shut down. Here is what has occurred in ANC, there are 2-4 more inches predicted today, and life generally goes on (This is from the Anchorage Daily News): Snow business DIG IT: Six days in a row […]

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Monday, December 22nd, 2003

No Explanation Needed

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