8 Things you didn’t know about The Christmas Story
When it comes to the story of the birth of Christ, your church’s Christmas pageant and your home Nativity scene may be a little off. Several...
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Dec
2019
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Dec
2019
5 Things You Didn’t Know About “It’s A Wonderful Life”
The hit movie It’s A Wonderful Life has become a Christmas Eve tradition in many households since NBC gained the exclusive rights to broadcast it in 1994. Prior...
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Dec
2019
What is Giving Tuesday?
The newest entry into the post-Thanksgiving shopping fray is called Giving Tuesday. Giving Tuesday differs significantly from Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday in...
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Nov
2019
What is Cyber Monday?
If you’ve spent 5 minutes on the Internet around Thanksgiving in the last couple of years, you probably know what Cyber Monday is. But, just in...
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Nov
2019
What is Small Business Saturday?
If you follow any local retail businesses on social media, you’ve probably seen the phrase “shop small” in more than a few posts and some references...
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Nov
2019
Is there really a war on Thanksgiving?
At a rally this week in Florida, President Donald Trump made the claim that liberals were trying to rename Thanksgiving. Incidentally, he also claimed that he...
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Nov
2019
What causes potholes?
If you’ve ever had a car tire fall victim to a pothole, you’ve learned to loathe and do your best to avoid these asphalt pitfalls of...
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Nov
2019
What does ‘OK boomer’ mean?
In the continuing generational wars between the Baby Boomers and younger generations, the newest shot fired was by the Millennials and Gen Z with the phrase...
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Nov
2019
Everything you learned in school about the first Thanksgiving is wrong
While the modern celebration of Thanksgiving is marked by turkey, mashed potatoes, time with family — and more recently — sales events, it is important to...
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Oct
2019
How to get through Halloween with money left for Christmas
If you’re like most Americans, spending picks up toward the end of the year. With carnivals, fairs, fall festivals, apple picking and Halloween, October can be...