Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts

Monday, December 15, 2025

Today in Global Small Business: The Selfless MacKenzie Scott Does It Again With Her Philanthropy

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What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners:

Saturday, December 13, 2025

Maybe Christmas Doesn't Come From a Store

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"Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas... perhaps... means a little bit more!" – Dr. Seuss

Tuesday, December 26, 2023

Holiday Destinations the World Over

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Tokyo, India and the Caribbean are among the best places to go at Christmas — but there are plenty of destinations closer to home too.  Whatever you are looking for, you will find it here.

Saturday, December 09, 2023

Hope for the World

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"[Christmas] means not just hope for the world, despite all its unending problems, but hope for you and me, despite all our unending failings.” ― Tim Keller

Wednesday, December 23, 2020

Festive Jammies Is the Ultimate Holiday Picture Card This Year

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This year has seen a change in the images people use for their holiday cards, infusing humor into a posed portrait.  Most feature casual wear or even people wearing festive jammies.  Others aren't holding presents but rather wine or beer.  Instead of sayings that say, "Happy Holidays," we see "Good riddance 2020."

And here's the best news:  Dr. Fauci says Santa Claus has 'innate immunity,' won't be spreading COVID-19 to anyone this Christmas.

Now that's worth celebrating.

Saturday, December 12, 2020

All Roads Lead Home

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"At Christmas, all roads lead home." – Marjorie Holmes

Saturday, December 03, 2016

Tree Ornaments From Macy's Chicago

"Christmas is a box of tree ornaments that have become part of the family." ~ Charles Schulz (1922-2000), American cartoonist 'Peanuts'

Photos courtesy:  ©Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved.

Saturday, December 20, 2014

Christmas: We All Go Through It Together

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"A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together." - Garrison Keillor, Leaving Home

Saturday, December 26, 2009

Make the Holidays Your Own

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"Christmas is a time when you get homesick -- even when you're home." ~ Carol Nelson