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This time of year, many of us recieve e-mails, or see messages posted on Facebook and other social websites suggesting that as we prepare our Christmas cards for family and friends, we also send a card to a recovering soldier at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center . Sounds like a good idea,...
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I don't want to alarm anyone, but Christmas is coming; in fact it's less than two months away. Now, it's still entirely too early to be putting up tinsel and whatnot, but it is absolutely time to get on the waiting lists for these new Christmas cookbooks! I'm personally very much looking...
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11-03-2012
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Filed under: nonfiction, Christmas, holiday, cookery, cooking, recipes, baking, Sharon Bowers, chocolate, Mia Ohrn, Dede Wilson
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Every year, sometimes starting as early as September, the EVPL starts recieving new Christmas fiction. Here are a few of the titles we've gotten in so far this year: Sarah's Christmas Miracle by Mary Ellis The Three Kings by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez The Mischief of the Mistletoe by Lauren Willig...
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12-15-2010
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Filed under: fiction, margaret maron, mysteries, Christmas, holiday, Gregory Maguire, romance, Amish, Joanne Fluke, Sherryl Woods, Donita K. Paul, Debbie Macomber, M. C. Beaton, Robert Dalby, Mary Ellis, Sally Goldenbaum, Greg Kincaid, Vannetta Chapman, Leslie Meier, Shirley Rousseau Murphy, Lisa Kleypas, Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, Lauren Willig, Laura Levine, Melody Carlson
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Every year some of your favorite authors pop up with a new title for the holiday season, and this year is no exception. Richard Paul Evans , Linda Howard , Garrison Keillor , Wally Lamb and several others have new books this Christmas. My favorite this year is a simple little book by Gregory Maguire...
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I hear from a lot of people that they don't have time to read around the holidays. I can certainly understand that, but I need the escape of my favorite hobby more than ever during the busy month of December. At the top of my Christmas reading list this year, I had Knit the Season by Kate Jacobs...
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I've come across a whole bunch of links appropriate to the season. The Federal Trade Commission has all the info you need about gift cards , with tips on what to ask when you buy them, and contacts for problems. The Responsible Shopper wants to promote a responsible economy, and believes consumer...
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Waiting for an anticipated event (like Christmas) can be very difficult for young children, who have not developed a sense of the passage of time. Here are some books to help them count down the days. Counting to Christmas by Nancy Tafuri is a large-format book with bright, simple illustrations. A little...
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Everyone has favorite Christmas DVDs. My favorite comedies are "Scrooged" with Bill Murray (since all I had to do was look at Murray and I would start guffawing) and "Christmas Story" (since it is set in Hammond, which is where I grew up). My favorite dramas are "It's a Wonderful...
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This year’s 3rd Annual Holiday Harmony event was a great success! Firstly I want to thank all of the EVPL staff who volunteered their times to make this celebration a great success. If you don't already know, Holiday Harmony is a wonderful program that happens once a year around Christmas time...
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I thought I had read all of the Agatha Christie murder mysteries years ago. Then, while Becky was searching for a book of Christmas short stories for me, I found Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot's Christmas. The only ties to Christmas are the dates and the estranged family coming home for the...
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For a holiday treat, check out Deck the Halls , which pairs the words of the familiar "yuletide carol" with paintings by Norman Rockwell. Thumb through this book for a short introduction to Rockwell's art and a perspective on Christmas that is by turns joyful and humorous, nostalgic and...
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We at Popular Materials Center were recently asked to find the song "All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth". We found it by Spike Jones and his City Slickers on The Greatest Christmas Novelty CD of All Time by Dr. Demento. Christmas novelty songs have a special place in the grand scheme...
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The EVPL has once again partnered with Santa to present this year's Letters to Santa program . Kids can write their letter to Santa & submit it online, and they'll receive a personalized response back from Santa by email! ( Click here to view an actual response a child received!) Kids, visit...
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An environmental blog, Sustainablog, recently weighed in on the real-or-fake Christmas tree question , and their answer might surprise you. They believe it's more environmentally friendly to use a live tree every year, as long as you recyle it after Christmas, and particularly if you buy a locally...
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Most years I try to pick out and read at least one Christmas novel during the holidays. I thought I would share some of the titles I've enjoyed in years past. Some of the novels I've read are fairly traditional. I've never been a fan of Charles Dickens, but A Christmas Carol really is worth...
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12-01-2008
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Filed under: fiction, Terry Pratchett, Christmas, holiday, Charles Dickens, Maeve Binchy, Dave Barry, Elizabeth Burg, Christopher Moore, David Baldacci, Stewart ONan