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Holiday Season Commentary

Oh Christmas Shoe - Oh Christmas Shoe.

Michael DeJong | Posted 01.22.2009 | Style

Read More: Iraq War, Man Throws Shoes at Bush, Green Collar Jobs, Global Economy, Christmas, Santa Claus, Shoes, Barack Obama, Global Warming, Holiday Season Commentary, Style News
Michael DeJong

In the Netherlands as it is customary, if shoes are properly placed out for Santa and filled with the goodies he enjoys most, I'm certain he'd fill all of them, big or small.

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If Christmas Were a Dream

Anne Hill | Posted 01.22.2009 | Style

Read More: Dream Symbols, Symbolism, Oscar Wilde, Dreams, Winter Solstice, Christmas Trees, Christmas, Ornaments, Dream Interpretation, Gold, Freud, Holiday Season Commentary, Dream Symbolism, Christmas Commentary, Penguin Dictionary of Symbols, Style News
Anne Hill

One of my favorite things to do is thinking about what real-life events would mean if they were dreams. So, I thought I'd have some fun analyzing some holiday traditions for their dream meanings.

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If You Must Wrap, Remember...

Cathy Erway | Posted 01.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Gift Wrap Waste, Packaging Waste, Holiday Waste, Wrapping Paper Waste, Holiday Spending, Green Living, Christmas Tree Waste, Thriftiness, Holiday Season Commentary, Green News
Cathy Erway

Unlike many environmentally-unfriendly activities, wrapping presents is actually inconvenient for most people. It takes up time, rather than frees the individual from it. It takes energy, and it costs him or her money.

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"A Christmas Carol in Zimbabwe"

Michealene Cristini Risley | Posted 01.22.2009 | World

Read More: Mothers Losing Children to Cholera, Present and Yet to Come, Ghosts of Christmas, Mugabe, United Nations, A Christmas Carol, Scrooge, President of Botswana, Pas, Holiday Season Commentary, World News
Michealene Cristini Risley

My husband and I have been reading the classic "A Christmas Carol" to our children.The book represents our countdown to Christmas. I can't help but get sidetracked in my mind to the situation in Zimbabwe.

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Free Fall: December 2008.

Giles Slade | Posted 01.22.2009 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Madoff, Recession 2008, The Internet, Economic Bloggers, Hanukkah, Holiday Shopping, Blagojevich, Selling Senate Seat, Economic Crisis, Holiday Season Commentary, Production, Merry Christmas, Christmas Commentary, Recession, Layoffs, Chanukah, Job Cuts, Economic Free Fall, Political Bloggers, Recession Fears, Political Corruption, Financial Crisis, Political Bribes, Financial Corruption, Holiday Sales, Business News
Giles Slade

Here, at the end of the Bush years, the bottom has suddenly dropped out of the world and Americans are in mid-fall, struggling to stay upright and wondering when it will end.

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7 Ways to Celebrate Christmas All Year Round

Therese Borchard | Posted 01.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Holidays, The Balanced Life, Happiness, Holiday Hangover, Christmas, Holiday Season Commentary, Living News
Therese Borchard

This year I'm going to keep Christmas in my heart well into the new year. Yes, here is how I intend to cultivate joy even when Santa has returned to his home in the North Pole.

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Washington Times: Bush & Cheney Secretly Decent Human Beings

David Quigg | Posted 01.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Iraq War, Laura Bush, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Washington Times, Afghanistan, George W. Bush, Iraq, Dick Cheney, Afghanistan War, Veterans, Holiday Season Commentary, Politics News
David Quigg

Monday's Washington Times offers a little taste of the brain poison we'd be forced to choke down every day from every newspaper if the government actually did control the media.

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Is It True Every Time You Hear an Accordion an Angel Gets Kicked in the Nuts?

Steven Weber | Posted 01.19.2009 | Style

Read More: Holidays, Religion, Christmas Commentary, Jesus Christ, Holiday Commentary, Christmas, Holiday Season Commentary, Style News
Steven Weber

Christmas is the Dick Cheney of holidays -- it purports to be there for noble purposes but blatantly demonstrates wholly unholy ones.

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The Santa Situation

Libby Mitchell | Posted 01.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Santa Claus, Sub for Santa, Christmas, Rejecting Santa Claus, Holiday Season, Christmas Commentary, Holiday Gifts, Holiday Season Commentary, Living News
Libby Mitchell

I am not saying that kids shouldn't get gifts on Christmas. They should. But those gifts should come from their parents, not some magical man who judges whether they have been good or bad.

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How To Survive Christmas Alone

Christine Hassler | Posted 01.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Twenty-Something Advice, Holidays, Holiday Season, Gen Y, Family, Christmas, Christmas Alone, Home Alone, Holiday Season Commentary, Living News
Christine Hassler

Being an adult means many things, but it doesn't mean you have to have a stiff upper-lip when it comes to a holiday away from family.

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It's Gonna Be A Cheese 'N Crackers Christmas

Lisa Earle McLeod | Posted 01.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Lisa Earle McLeod, Holiday Season, Finding Grace, Faith, Economy, Recession, Christmas, Economic Crisis, Holiday Season Commentary, Living News
Lisa Earle McLeod

How are you supposed to make merry when you're worried you might be homeless by March? Forget searching for the perfect wine to compliment your Duck a la' Orange, or debating the merits of tinsel versus popcorn strands.

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Ignore Your New Flat Screen. Put Down Your Wii. Use The Week After Christmas To Volunteer

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 01.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Community Service, Craig Newmark, Charity, Barack Obama, Volunteeerism, Holidays, Holiday Season, Christmas Commentary, Holiday Season Commentary, Living News
Jesse Kornbluth

I feel as if we're sitting back again, waiting for Obama to be inaugurated so he can fix it all. Did "yes we can" really evaporate that quickly?

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Is it OK to Celebrate Christmas, Even If You're Not a Christian?

Valerie Tarico | Posted 01.11.2009 | Living

Read More: War on Christmas, Christmas, Religion, Traditions, Holiday Season, Bill O'Reilly, Solstice, Holiday Season Commentary, Living News
Valerie Tarico

What my friend Hannah is appalled by when it comes to Christianity isn't the broad range of kind, thoughtful people in her community, but rather the theologies that drive the Evangelicals.

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