I'm doing my best to drum up the Christmas spirit this week in preparation for everyone getting together for the holidays soon. The tree is up, the gifts are bought and the plans are made. All the elements are in place so I'm not sure why it's such a chore to be joyous lately! The …
Ah, the Christmastime snow has fallen and more importantly, it has finally stuck. I don't know about you, but I like my snow to arrive just before Thanksgiving and I prefer it to stay rather than coming and going and melting off into a never ending boggy muck of mud puddles in between. This sort …
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As someone who feels they were born in the wrong century, rather than finding these Easter cards from the Victorian and Edwardian era "creepy" or "weird" or "bizarre" (as they've been labeled by various sources), I find them quite charming! Then again, I also say that about the German Christmas cards featuring the Krampus demon …
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