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  • toysxmas.jpg CHRISTMAS SAFETY: The Toys by SageParsley
    Safety advocates have issued their annual warnings Tuesday about toys that can poison, choke or otherwise injure children. In a holiday shopping season already shadowed by recalls of millions of popular toys, parents need to be especially vigilant about toys that may contain lead or small but powerful...
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  • wonderful.jpg BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIE EVER? It’s Wonderful by SageParsley
    For me, director Frank Capra made the classic Christmas picture with ``It's A Wonderful Life'' in 1946. Nonetheless there's nothing old-fashioned about the emotion of the movie or its message. The film stars James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, and a number of great character actors. Stewart...
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  • xmastree.jpg CHRISTMAS SAFETY TIPS: The Tree by SageParsley
    You shouldn't put the tree in a place where it would make it difficult for you to get to an exit. If the tree does catch fire you want to be able to get out. A perfumed evergreen tree is one of the most stunning Christmas traditions, but the decoration must be conducted with care to prevent a holiday...
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  • pine.jpg A Great Christmas Tree by SageParsley
    If you don't already have a Norfolk Island Pine, this holidays season may be the time to buy one. Choose a tree that has a straight trunk with a good balance of horizontal branches. A small tree should come with a stake in the pot to assure that the tree will grow staright. The branches of a Norfolk...
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  • worldxmas.jpg CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD by SageParsley
    There are many ways to wish someone a Merry Christmas. The Italians say Bono Natale; the Spanish Felices Pascuas, and the Mexicans Feliz Navidad. A Lithuanian may bid you Linksmu Kaledu, a Pole Wesolych Swiat. In Sweden it`s God Jul, in France Joyeux Noel, in Greece Kala Christougena. A German might...
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  • stnick.jpg Santa's Origins by SageParsley
    The tale of Santa Claus can be discovered going back many centuries to a monk by the name of St. Nicholas. Historians say that Nicholas was born sometime around 280 A.D. in modern-day Turkey . Famous for his holiness and humanity, St. Nicholas became the subject of many traditions. The tales tell us...
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  • turk.jpg Thanksgiving Myth Busters by SageParsley
    Thanksgiving did not begin with the Pilgrims; it was an ancient tradition they would have been familiar with from England . What the Pilgrims were commemorating was not exactly a "thanksgiving," which to them was an opportunity for religious devoutness and somberness, but rather a harvest gala, full...
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  • santa2.jpg A Brief History of Christmas by SageParsley
    The origins of Christmas have been hotly debated over the years, as scholars and faithful believers alike have tried to sort through often conflicting evidence to determine how our modern holiday, celebrated on the 25 th of December came to be. There is obviously a mesh of pagan celebrations with early...
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  • thanksgive.jpg Thanksgiving Point by SageParsley
    Thanksgiving Point is an educational complex and estate garden lin Lehi Utah and consists of four main venues: Thanksgiving Point Gardens , Thanksgiving Point Golf Course, the Museum of Ancient Life , all funded by private donations, venue and event admissions, and profits from shops and restaurants...
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  • turkey2.jpg Wild Turkey by SageParsley
    At wildturkeyzone.com they have a lot of information about how to bag a big bird, For instance, they tell us that Fall was the preferred time to hunt wild turkeys by most of the famous old time turkey hunters and is still favored by many traditionalists. These turkey hunting experts liked it best because...
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  • turkey.jpg Holiday Turkey: Cook With Care by SageParsley
    If you want to make the very best holiday turkey there are a few key things to pay attention to: First, place the turkey, breast-side up, on a roasting rack set in a disposable roasting pan. The rack will keep the turkey from frying in its own juices, and the disposable pan will save on cleanup. Preheat...
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  • columbus.jpg Columbus: A Brand New World by SageParsley
    In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. After 33 long days at sea, his three small ships, a minuscule Spanish Armada, hit land on an island in the West Indies . The world would never be the same. Christopher Columbus thought he had found a new trade route to the profitable ports of Asia , famed for...
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  • Kids-London.jpg London 4 Kids! by SageParsley
    Everybody agrees: London is one of the best cities in the world. But it is also a crazy place, and visitors, especially families traveling with young kids, can become quite overwhelmed by all the things to see and to do. If you want to get the most out of your family trip to the capital of Britannia...
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  • skool.jpg The Online Education by SageParsley
    The Internet has changed everything. And right along with the transformations that have swept the globe with the advent of the World Wide Web, it has changed the way we go to college. Nowadays, even “traditional” students – meaning those that spend their time on a campus in the real world – couldn’t...
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  • Lakota.jpeg Organizing the Lakota by SageParsley
    This book examines the impact of the Indian Reorganization Act on two Lakota reservations in South Dakota – the so-called “Indian New Deal,” which was the brainchild of Indian Commissioner John Collier – and it reveals that, in keeping with previous policies, the United States government offered only...
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