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JIM FUGLIE: View From The Prairie — Season’s Greetings From Red Oak House

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Lillian and I have cut back on our Christmas mailing this year, so we’re using our blogs to send out our 2023 short Christmas letter. Dear Friends and Family, 2023 was a travel year for us. Including last December, when we were away from home the entire month, the states and provinces we’ve been to: Hawaii (2 new national parks). …

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NANCY EDMONDS HANSON: After Thought — Let’s Call A ‘Merry Christmas’ Truce

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December was so much sweeter before the militants weaponized “merry Christmas.” There was a time when greeting friends and neighbors was simple. Sharing warm good wishes required no more strategic thought than handing out candy canes or hanging the mistletoe. Whether we chose the long form ― explicitly citing the major holiday and its late December consort, as in “merry …

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