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Holiday traditions at my house were, well, traditional

ItĢƵ time to reminisce about my childhood again, which, if you remember, was the result of the best of a mixed marriage.In the British house where I lived, we had holiday traditions that could only be described as traditional. Because we had just eaten that big turkey-focused meal a few weeks ...

Responding to the Christmas message

For the sake of space I am requesting you read Matt 1:18-25 and Ch. 2, and Luke 1:26-38 and 2:1-20; with that I will assume you understand the narrative enough to follow this subject.What is the essence of Christmas?Christians celebrate what is referred to as the “Birth of Christ.” However, ...

Posing as Santa could be awful, but worth it

I used to be a mall Santa. From the ages of 17 to 27, I dressed up as a hairy, overweight elf to bring joy to children throughout the Pittsburgh area. It was good honest work. Okay, it was honest work. For 3 to 4 hours a day, seven days a week, starting after Thanksgiving, I would put on a fat ...

Baseball, Big Macs and gas explosions

I’m thinking of writing my childhood memoirs. So what if my childhood and adolescence were largely uneventful. What follows are possible chapter titles and synopses. With a few tweaks, maybe a movie treatment is next. I hope so. I need the money.<strong>This is your new home. ...

Grandparents’ homes different but both with loving memories

Recently, my mind went to a wonderful place, my grandparents’ homes. My Grandmothers’ houses couldn’t have been more different. We lived with my English, Scots-Irish, grandmother, Isadora Haggerty Beeson. Now, let me unwrap this a little more for you. Having lived with her for ten years, ...

What would you do?

If you could get away with anything, what would you do? What acts would you commit? Who would you tell off? What illicit or perhaps, criminal behavior would you partake in?There has been a series of movies called “The Purge,” in which, for one 24-hour period a year, anyone can commit any ...