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I couldn’t decide what to get you for Christmas! A blender? Nah! A sack of money? I wish. No, I want to give you something way better than a sack of money. Coming from a poor family myself, I make it a point to be extra sensitive to my own children’s feelings during the holidays. Their experience is nothing like the stress I felt around Christmas time during my childhood, as my parents dealt with bigger issues like how to keep the electricity on. But things are bette

The legend of Santa Claus can be traced back hundreds of years to a monk named Saint Nicholas. He was born around 280 AD in middle eastern Turkey. It is said that he gave away all of his inherited wealth and traveled the countryside helping the poor and sick. It said he saved three sisters from being sold into slavery by their father by providing them with a dowry so they could be married. His popularity spread, and he became known far and wide as the protector of childre

Ebenezer Scrooge, the main character in Charles Dickens 1843 novel A Christmas Carol, is a cold-hearted, selfish miser who hates Christmas. His name has come to represent greed and a mean spirit. Scrooge's catchphrase, "Bah, humbug!" is often used to express disgust with Christmas traditions. But was it really Christmas that Scrooge hated? ...it can be easy to forget good manners and the true spirit of the season... With the recent downturns in the economy it can be easy t

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