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- December 31, 2023
- New Years Eve 2024
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So as we approach the rapidly upcoming new year I hope this time finds you and yours happy, healthy, and enjoying everything that life has to offer.
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- December 30, 2023
- National Bacon Day 2023
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My old friend the late Emmett Tolbert of Lugoff SC said that everything was better with bacon. He was of course commenting on a burger we had just ordered at the Sandhills Red Robin restaurant in the Northeast section of Columbia.
So while I wasn't always in agreement with Emmett on some things I was certainly fine with his notion that bacon adds flavor to whatever it may be included.
Today is National Bacon Day. Since 1997 it happens each December 30 and I'm a big enough fan to go out and buy a pound and fry it up with some eggs over easy and a spot of polenta (yellow grits) and simply have at it.
It's a good addition to whatever food you may have going on and I am particularly fond of adding it to a salad.
Have a tasty National Bacon Day and I hope you find yourself able to indulge !
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- December 29, 2023
- National Cello Day 2023
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The cello is an interesting musical instrument for those of us who like to hear classical string ensembles such as those belted out by Leonard Hoffstetler and Leslie Winkle on The Big Bang Theory.
In actually, today is International Cello Day which is observed each December 29 whereby the culture and music are celebrated.
The cello is a bowed four string musical instrument tuned for harmony. The appearance is that of a very large violin.
The day coincides with the birthday of renowned cellist Pablo Casals.
All the more reason to celebrate.
So if you play music or simply love to listen the day is a day for the refined musical aficionados in our midst.
Happy International Cello Day with respect to Pablo Casals.
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- December 28, 2023
- National Tim Day 2023
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So today we have National Tim Day. My brother in law is named Tim. So is his son.
Seems that December 28 is their day.
I read that the name originates from the old Greek Timotheos.
It has quite the strong biblical derivation — of a Christian Soldier spin — and is nothing like I had originally imagined; which was a bit on the pagan side of things.
Tim and my sister seem to hit it off okay. His son and spouse likewise appear to be doing fine.
The moniker has been used here since about the 16th century and was in widespread use in the ancient Greek regions for much longer.
So if you know someone named Tim be sure and wish them a happy day.
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- December 27, 2023
- National Fruitcake Day 2023
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Along with my holiday season I try to squeeze in a few slices of fruitcake. It's been this way for as long as I can remember. A hallmark of the season for the past 20 years or so is me sitting with a cup of hot coffee and a big piece of various varieties of fruitcake.
I have fond memories of the Claxton fruitcakes which were a favorite of my late Grandma Sallie. I would typically store it in the fridge and cut pieces from it as desired. Every time I taste a piece of one I think of her.
Ah, the satisfaction of it all as I bask in the spirit of the holidays with one of my favorite holiday flavors ...
Today is National Fruitcake Day. It goes down each December 27 annually and is a day set aside for appreciation of the eccentric as well as a time to enjoy a variety of fine holiday baked goods.
Anyway I like fruitcake during the holiday season. I could sit there and extol the virtues of the moist heavy ingredients laden confection on and on.
I like all varieties, dark, light, a lot of fruit and nuts, mostly cake, drizzled with brandy or not, and the possibilities are endless according to your ethnicity and holiday traditions.
Happy National Fruitcake Day !
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- December 26, 2023
- Hating on Kwanzaa 2023
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Here we have yet another edition of the contrived uncivilized mambo lipped holiday Kwanzaa.
Black separatist and stupid foreign negro Maulana Karenga created Kwanzaa in 1966 during the aftermath of the Watts riots.
It was designed to replace Christmas and be this black only event much like the black miss america contest or the black pages to exclude crackers.
Invented by Africans for Africans they should all simply return to Africa and celebrate this hot negroid mess all year long.
Boo Kwanzaa.
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- December 25, 2023
- Christmas Day 2023
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- December 24, 2023
- Christmas Eve 2023
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- December 23, 2023
- National Laura Day 2023
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We lost my dear Auntie Laura on January 15, 2022 due to an illness which brought great suffering to her for which I personally could do nothing — despite my efforts to take her to Baylor Medical Center in Texas where I perceived better medical care was available.
Today is National Laura Day. It happens each December 23 annually.
By and large the name Laura is a female name. I have never met a man named Laura.
The name Laura is a reference to strength and victory.
I only wish my Auntie Laura had been able to declare victory over her illness instead of being forced to succumb to it. We have missed her greatly since her passing.
No one could put on a meal or whip up a bunch of Christmas treats in the same manner as she.
Rest in peace Auntie Laura. Each successive year without you does not get easier.
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- December 22, 2023
- Barbara Billingsley born this day
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One of those television shows I watched continuously during my childhood was Leave it to Beaver. The program ran from 1957 through 1963 on two networks.
At that time I didn't know what a 'sitcom' was nor did I have the ability to 'suspend disbelief' and I simply thought I was immersed in show and participating in it.
There was also a sequel called The New Leave It to Beaver which ran from 1983 through 1989 but by then I considered myself somewhat old to be watching the program.
Barbara Billingsley (Barbara Lillian Combes) played June Cleaver, the star's mother. She, Hugh Beaumont, Tony Dow, and Jerry Mathers were the core ensemble and held my attention in my early years.
Ms Billingsley was born on December 22, 1915 and passed on October 16, 2010 after a lengthy spate of cameo roles on various programs over the years. It was always nice to see her portraying some character apart from the wholesome mom she was early on.
Her acting career began as background characters then progressed to recurring roles on television.
So today I mark her birth date as that pillar of my childhood she became and I hope she looks down upon those of us who remember her and smiles.
Happy birthday in Heaven.
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I remember Leave it to Beaver
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- December 21, 2023
- Yule 2023
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The Winter solstice is the moment during the year when the path of the Sun in the sky is farthest south in the Northern Hemisphere. It brings us Yule on this the shortest day of the year. Those pagan beliefs such as the Holly King transferring his power to the Oak King usher us into a new season of light ...
While it's all mystic and steeped in wonder and pagan magick the day is mostly a mechanism for tracking the seasons by our ancestors.
Regardless, enjoy the advent of Winter and have a cool Yule with it's advent of renewal just in time for the celebration of Christmas.
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- December 20, 2023
- Go Caroling Day 2023
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With Christmas rapidly approaching the thought of caroling sometimes comes to mind. Going out as a group and singing Christmas carols acapella is something in which people once did much more of during the holidays.
I'm sorry to say that I've never been caroling. This is primarily a function of my childhood bashfulness coupled with a diminished interest in later years. I have always viewed favorably, it's just the opportunity never arose.
So in days gone by Christmas celebrations typically included caroling. Nowadays it may appear in some film fiction but it's not something you see a lot of calls for now.
I suppose we're simply too distracted otherwise to participate in the tradition.
Today is Go Caroling Day and you would ostensibly get dressed in your finest festive attire with accessories and walk among the houses in your midst, knock on the door, and belt out a few carols for those inside.
If you feel so inclined I say go for it !
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- December 19, 2023
- Look for an Evergreen Day 2023
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Some of my fondest memories involve my dad going out and cutting a Christmas Tree. Sometimes it was a spruce, sometimes a cedar, usually somewhere adjacent to our house but other times he went to a nearby farm and selected a pine. As pitiful as some of them might look initially Mama would transform them into the picture of yuletide magnificance which glimmered and sparkled in the lights, tinsel, and ornaments with which it became adorned.
Yes, memories of family and friends populate my holidays anymore having lost many of them to various lifestyle diseases and old age all we can do is abide and cherish those memories of family and friends past — and those who remain.
So today is Look for an Evergreen Day. Ostensibly it's a time to seek that perfect Christmas tree for your home. We already decorated around here to a fairthewell and it was a simple matter to remove the high tech fiber optic tree from the box and place it in the base to set it up. I think it took every bit of five minutes.
Still, I have wistful memories of days gone by when life was not so technologically simplistic and the holidays actually involved work. I have always cherished the Christmas season because the example my daddy showed me was a man with Christmas in his heart. I think he got that from his Mama, my dear late Grandma Ida.
My memories would not be so warm and fuzzy over the holidays were it not for Mama and Daddy. There was never a year when we did not celebrate the season.
A joyous Christmas time to you all.
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- December 18, 2023
- Flake Appreciation Day 2023
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Flake Appreciation Day is an annual December 18th observance here in the US. It celebrates the complex beauty of snowflakes which are admired by the masses for their unique forms which populate the earth each time there is snowfall.
The day orignates from the work of one Wilson Bentley of 1865 Jericho, Vermont. His exhaustive work on the snowflake along with the prolific set of photographs he left are a study in nature which has endured.
The Snowflake Man as he became known passed in 1931.
So if you're lucky enough to get snow every so often you may wish to study up on your snowflake morphology and what makes those designs different in the context of temperature, humidity, and ice crystals.
I enjoy the snow. We hardly ever get any here in South Carolina. The last major snowfall was that 3 foot we received around 1973 but we have had a few lesser snowfalls since then.
Happy Flake Appreciation Day to you.
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