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The Easter season can bring back many fond childhood memories. As kids, we gleefully rummaged through the yard looking for those precious, carefully hidden eggs. We got time off from school, we stuffed our faces with candy, and we had a big feast with the family. For many -- religious or not -- Easter was traditionally a widely celebrated holiday. But...
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Great Expectations for Christmas Christmas is loaded with expectations, isn't it? Christmas shopping, decorating and entertaining....
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Be Careful with Bunny Adoption Along with brightly colored Easter eggs, rabbits have become associated with...
It might surprise you to learn that the tradition of fasting has very little to do with food. In many religions including Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism fasting is a spiritual discipline. Abstaining from all food, or certain foods, is more about spiritual focus than diet. In his article, “Fasting: Is it Healthy?” Darren...
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The holiday season is a popular time for big-budget blockbuster movie releases. Here are the top movies from holiday week 2009: #1) Avatar ($75 million) #2) Sherlock Holmes ($65.4 million) #3) Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel ($50.2 million) #4) It's Complicated ($22.1 million) #5) Up in the Air ($11.8 million) (Source: MTV...
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Although the two countries have nearly identical land area, the population of the USA is nearly 10 times that of Canada. Some quick math: Dividing the population of Canada by the total area (in square miles) gives us a ratio of nearly 10:1 ... so if the land in Canada were divided evenly, each person in Canada would have 10 square miles to themselves!...
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