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The candy cane begins with a stick of white candy.  The white symbolizes the purity of the Christmas season.  Red stripes are for the blood shed by Christ on the cross so that we may have eternal...

Were it not for the mouse that gnawed a hole in a church organ, the Christmas carol "Silent Night" might never have been heard outside Austria.It was 1818, a snowy Christmas Eve in Oberndorf,...

Okay, just one more Christmas story.  One a little more recent.  As I was trying to get a little Christmas spirit, I rummaged around the closet that has a little bit of everything in it including...

I've been thinking about family Christmas traditions. They were never thought of as traditions. They were just things that were done every Christmas without even thinking about them. I guess the...

When I was a freshman in college in 1964, I had the opportunity to be Santa Claus for a group of children at an orphanage.   I had a great time and it really warmed my heart.  It was a little...

Growing up in central Texas in the late 40s and early 50s, I heard all and knew the words to most of the Christmas songs, but really couldn't identify with them.  They were about stuff I knew...

 The only time I saw hard liquor in the house when I was growing up was at Christmastime.  There were no bars that sold mixed drinks in my hometown in the early 1950s.  Only Honkytonks that...

Here are more things I have learned since losing my job:If you have cash in hand, never take enough to buy a pack of cigarettes.Boredom is the mother of strange meals.  Macaroni and pinto beans...

After checking all the catalogs, then going to all the stores, it's time to write my letter to Santa.  I've got a list and it's long with ten or fifteen "I wants".  This a big time for me in the...

Things I have learned since losing my job:Breakfast isn't the most important meal of the day.  In fact, you can do without it and lunch too.By changing the spread on a baloney sandwich, you can...

I'm still holding on.  Sara called Sunday to see how I was doing.  Almost convinced her I was going to make it.  Hell, I can't even convince myself.  She's upset that she can't help me.  It's...

Well, its setting in,,,,holiday depression.  Have stopped eating pretty much,,only one meal a day.  But, on the good side, I've quite smoking.  When you don't have the money, you can't buy...

Right after Thanksgiving in the early 1950s, my hometown became magical. It became filled with the magic of Christmas. It was everywhere! Downtown,,uptown,,all over town. There was a special place...

As we go up the avenue, carols are coming from another home.  "Snow" covers the lawn while a group of wooden carolers stand next to an old fashion street lamp near the center.  On the left, a man...

The 1950's classic, "Jingle Bell Rock", made Bobby Helms a legend,,and made Christmas a Rock "N" Roll experience.  Helms was just 19 when he recorded "Jingle Bell Rock" in December of 1957.  It...