Today we heralded in a small snowstorm. Enough of one that it closed (or brought early closure to) all of the school districts, and many of the offices in the area, including mine.
Earlier in the day, I was at the office and, gazing outside, saw huge Golilath-sized snowflakes (as my son so eloquently put [...]

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I’ve been hard at work finishing up the 2007 Christmas card, so I didn’t get the other post up I wanted to today. Instead, I’ll share the prototype for this year’s card. It was designed with a throwback theme, and incorporated photos including one of my grandmother as a child.
Hope you like it. [...]

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Christmas, I now realize, is a time of traditions and it is those traditions that make it important. Without Christmases past, the present one has little meaning. It is all of those stored up memories that make Christmas so wonderful.
-Virginian Pilot, 12/25/1994
Along with the Christmas season came the sounds of the holiday. Mom [...]

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What is it about that magical little man with the snowy white beard, round jolly face, and rosy nose and cheeks that appeals to both children and grownups alike?

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