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December 18th 2024 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Expectation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Flannán Gatianus of Tours O Adonai Sebastian (Eastern Orthodox Church) Winibald December 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) International Migrants Day National Day (Qatar) Republic Day (Niger) UN Arabic Language Day (United Nations) Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details) Answer The Telephone Like Buddy The Elf Day Bake Cookies Day Flake Appreciation Day Guru Ghasidas Jayanti National Crime Junkie Day National Roast Suckling Pig Day Wear a Plunger on Your Head Day Katie Holmes’s Birthday Joseph Stalin’s Birthday Franz Ferdinand’s Birthday DMX’s Birthday Christina Aguilera’s Birthday Stone Cold Steve Austin’s Birthday Ronald Acuna Jr.’s Birthday Rachel in Wonderland’s Birthday Maria Brink’s Birthday Keith Richards’s Birthday Lyrica Anderson’s Birthday Ashley Benson’s Birthday Paul Klee’s Birthday Ayaka Iida’s Birthday Ray Liotta’s Birthday Brad Pitt’s Birthday Steven Spielberg’s Birthday Bridgit Mendler’s Birthday YBN Nahmir’s Birthday Chris FamilyFunPack’s Birthday ZaZa Bean’s Birthday Billie Eilish *** A few of us were discussing the perils of drinking and driving when my five-year-old granddaughter threw in her two cents. “I can see why it would be dangerous to drink and drive,” she said. “The straw could go up your nose.” *** I’m a nurse in a hospital’s children’s ward. One night, I was at the nurses’ station when I heard a little boy in his room talking. He kept the patter up for some time. Finally, I got on the intercom and said softly but firmly, “All right, Johnny, it’s time to go to sleep now.” There was quiet in the room, and then he said, “OK, God, I will.” I didn’t hear a peep from him until morning. *** My 35-year-old son and I had just finished our meal when I realized I’d left my wallet in my truck. As I headed out the door, I told the waitress what had happened. “But don’t worry,” I said with a grin. “I’m leaving my son for collateral.” She looked at him. He winked at her. She turned back to me. “What else you got?” *** When someone asks me if I quit my diet... not only did I fall off the diet wagon, I dragged it into the woods, set it on fire, and used the insurance money to buy Twinkies. *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** sandrewn

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December 17th 2024 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Daniel the Prophet Josep Manyanet i Vives Lazarus of Bethany (local commemoration in Cuba) O Sapientia Olympias the Deaconess Wivina Sturm December 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Accession Day (Bahrain) International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers Kurdish Flag Day (Global Kurdish population) National Day (Bhutan) Pan American Aviation Day (United States) Wright Brothers Day, a United States federal observance by Presidential proclamation Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details) National Device Appreciation Day National Maple Syrup Day - 1 National Maple Syrup Day Canada - 2 Nat Wolff’s Birthday Michael Cashman’s Birthday Milla Jovovich’s Birthday Manny Pacquiao’s Birthday Manu Ríos’s Birthday John Abraham’s Birthday Jessi’s Birthday Ivar Ivask’s Birthday Pope Francis’s Birthday Ramriddlz’s Birthday Ashley Jordyn’s Birthday Duff Goldman’s Birthday Sarah Paulson Eugene Levy ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tue Dec 17th, 2024 - Mon Dec 23rd, 2024 Saturnalia *** Q: What's A Snowman's Favorite Breakfast? A: Frosted Flakes! *** A New Year's resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other. *** Q: Why did the Christmas tree go to the barber? A: It needed to be trimmed. *** On New Year’s Eve, I’ll join my friends to toast the days ahead. We’ll all stay up until it’s late, then eat a tasty spread. At midnight, though, I might just wish that I were home instead, sleeping very peacefully in my warm, cozy bed. *** Just before Easter I remarked to my husband that, with the children grown and away from home, this was the first year that we hadn't dyed eggs and had an Easter-egg hunt. "That's all right, honey," he said. "We can just hide each other's vitamin pills." *** My granddaughter was discussing the expected arrival of a new brother for her 4-year-old son, Matthew. She told Matthew that you can’t predict the exact date of birth. “You were expected on Aug. 19,” she said, “but arrived on Aug. 11.” Matthew thought for a moment and then said, “Oh! I’m so lucky I was born on my birthday!” *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** sandrewn

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December 16th 2024 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Adelaide of Italy Haggai Ralph Adams Cram, Richard Upjohn and John La Farge (Episcopal Church (USA)) December 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Day of Reconciliation, formerly celebrated as Day of the Vow by the Afrikaners (South Africa) Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Kazakhstan from the Soviet Union in 1991. National Day, celebrates the withdrawal of United Kingdom from Bahrain, making Bahrain an independent emirate in 1971. National Sports Day (Thailand) The beginning of the nine-day celebration beginning December 16 and ending December 24, celebrating the trials which Mary and Joseph endured before finding a place to stay where Jesus could be born (Hispanidad😞 The first day of Las Posadas (Mexico, Latin America) The first day of the Simbang Gabi novena of masses (Philippines) Victory Day observances, celebration of the Indo-Bangla allied victory over Pakistan armed forces and the Liberation of Bangladesh. (Bangladesh and India) Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details) Barbie And Barney Backlash Day National Underdog Day National Wreaths Across America Day Stupid Toy Day Underdog Day Theo James’s Birthday Ludwig van Beethoven’s Birthday Park Seo-joon’s Birthday Jane Austen’s Birthday Kai Cenat’s Birthday Hozumi Hasegawa’s Birthday James Reynolds’s Birthday Ethan Dolan’s Birthday Grayson Dolan’s Birthday Daniel Preda’s Birthday Billy Gibbons’s Birthday Bill Hicks’s Birthday Berleezy’s Birthday Zara Larsson’s Birthday Alana Kern’s Birthday Krysten Ritter Fun Observances Chocolate Covered Anything Day December 16 is all about chocolate because it is Chocolate Covered Anything Day. And we are not complaining because it is the one-day where no one can question our obsession. Want to drizzle chocolate over your salad? Go right ahead, it is Chocolate Covered Anything Day! Add chocolate to your morning cup of coffee? That is a brilliant idea! Eat chocolate covered fruits for lunch? You are in the spirit of the holiday! Celebrating Chocolate Around the Year Chocolate is a very popular theme for a fun holiday. Other chocolate themed holidays are Chocolate Pudding Day, Milk Chocolate Day, Chocolate Pecan Pie Day, Chocolate Milkshake Day, Chocolate Cupcake Day, and Chocolate Cake Day. How to Celebrate? Eat only chocolate covered items on this day. Chocolate covered donuts for breakfast, chocolate covered fruits for lunch and a chocolate rubbed steak for dinner. Get creative and try to experiment by pairing chocolate with dishes and food items you may never think about putting together. Did You Know… …that the earliest record of humans consuming chocolate dates back to 1700 B.C.? *** Since the coronavirus outbreak, my 47-year-old son has been washing his hands religiously. In fact, he said, “I’ve been washing my hands so much, I found the answers to an old eighth-grade math quiz.” *** An utterly confused woman called our local fire station about getting a haircut. “I’m sorry, you have the wrong number,” I said. “Is this the salon near the fire station?” she asked. “No, this is the fire station.” “Oh! Are you cutting hair in there now?” *** I work in the front office of a housing complex that supports people living with mental illness. On one particularly hectic day, a tenant came in to pay her rent. Frazzled, I said, “Ever have one of those days when you feel everyone is out to get you?” She smiled and replied, “I take medication for that.” *** A man goes to a job interview and the interviewer begins with the question, "What do you think is your biggest weakness?" The man thinks for a moment, then says, "I think my biggest weakness is my brutal honesty." The interviewer says, "I don't think that's a weakness." The man then says, "I don't give a #%^& what you think!" *** When my grandson, Jimmy, was 4 or 5, we asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up. “I want to be a machine,” he said without hesitation. When we asked him why, he explained, “Well, you can replace the parts in a machine when they wear out.” *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** sandrewn

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December 15th 2024 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Bill of Rights Day (United States) 2nd Amendment Day (South Carolina) Christian feast day: Drina Martyrs Drostan (Aberdeen Breviary) John Horden and Robert McDonald (Episcopal Church (USA)) Maria Crocifissa di Rosa Mesmin Valerian of Abbenza Virginia Centurione Bracelli December 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Homecoming Day (Alderney) Kingdom Day (Netherlands), moves to December 16 if the 15th is on a Sunday Zamenhof Day (International Esperanto Community) Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details) Cat Herders Day International Tea Day National Cupcake Day National Lemon Cupcake Day National Regifting Day National Wear Your Pearls Day Ugly Sweater Day Skyler Aboujaoude’s Birthday Ronnie Radke’s Birthday Meredith Marks’s Birthday Maya Henry’s Birthday Kim Porter’s Birthday Jeff Wittek’s Birthday Erika Tham’s Birthday Emilia Fart’s Birthday Don Johnson’s Birthday Daniel Ezra’s Birthday Antonio Garza’s Birthday Tim Conway’s Birthday Josh Norman’s Birthday *** On our commute to work, my husband stopped at a convenience store for coffee. As he got back into the car, I noticed something odd. "Turn your head and look at me," I said. "You have a Q-tip sticking out of your ear." As he pulled it out, he replied, "No wonder the guy in there asked me if I was getting good reception." *** A patient came to the hospital with a burned right hand. As the doctor took down his medical history, he asked the injured man, "Do you smoke?" "Yeah, a pack and a half a day," said the patient. Concerned, the doctor told him, "You should consider quitting." "No, it's OK," said the patient. "I smoke with my left hand." *** A defendant isn’t happy with 
how things are going in court, so he gives the judge a hard time. Judge: “Where do you work?” Defendant: “Here and there.” Judge: “What do you do for 
a living?” Defendant: “This and that.” Judge: “Take him away.” Defendant: “Wait; when will I get out?” Judge: “Sooner or later.” *** Been reading up on the 
thesaurus lately because a mind is a terrible thing to garbage. *** The first time my husband and I took our 3-year-old son to visit his grandma in Arkansas, he went with her to gather eggs. The next morning, he watched her fry some up for breakfast and put them on his plate. He looked at me and said in a serious tone, “Mama, these eggs came from chickens!” *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** sandrewn

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December 14th 2024 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Folcwin John of the Cross John III of the Sedre (Syriac Orthodox Church) Matronian Nicasius of Rheims Nimatullah Kassab (Maronite Church) Spyridon (Western Church) Venantius Fortunatus December 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Alabama Day (Alabama) Forty-seven Ronin Remembrance Day (Sengaku-ji, Tokyo) Martyred Intellectuals Day (Bangladesh) Monkey Day Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details) Halcyon Days More Good Today Day National Bouillabaisse Day National Energy Conservation Day Roast Chestnuts Day National Screwdriver Day National Wreaths Across America Day Sustainable Entrepreneurship Day International Shareware Day Offset’s Birthday Mike Fuentes’s Birthday Nostradamus’s Birthday Lisa Barlow’s Birthday Mason Disick’s Birthday James Comey’s Birthday Kate Bogucharskaia’s Birthday George VI’s Birthday Ciel Star’s Birthday Candiace Dillard’s Birthday Reign Disick’s Birthday Ryland Storms’s Birthday Alex Gaskarth’s Birthday Vanessa Hudgens’s Birthday Benjamin Haggard’s Birthday ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sat Dec 14th, 2024 - Fri Jan 5th, 2025 Christmas Bird Count Week Fun Observances Free Shipping Day On this day, participating online stores offer free shipping charges for any purchases. The holiday was created in 2008 by Luke and Maisie Knowles in the United States as a way to help those who hate fighting the holiday crowds at the mall, but also don't want to pay high shipping charges for online purchases. In Time for Christmas The holiday has now become popular in other countries such as Canada and the Netherlands. Many of the stores also guarantee package delivery by Christmas Eve. How to Celebrate? Without all the stress of battling the holiday mall crowds or having to pay steep shipping charges on your online purchases, you can now have fun doing your holiday shopping. Make yourself comfortable on your couch, get your credit card ready, and start shopping for everyone on your holiday list. Many websites list stores participating in Free Shipping Day. Make a list of stores you want to shop at and items you would like to buy. Start early and stay focused - on days like this, many sought-after items get sold out fast. Did You Know… …that in 1994 Pizza Hut in the United States became the first store in the world to offer online shopping on the World Wide Web? *** Forget about the past, you can't change it. Forget about the future, you can't predict it. Forget about the present, I didn't get you one. *** Statistics show that those who have the most birthdays live the longest. *** You know you're getting old when you have more candles on your cake than friends at your birthday party. *** If you feel a bit lonely, forgotten, or just need someone to cheer you up remember...You can always change your birthday on Facebook! *** Q: What do George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Christopher Columbus all have in common? A: They were all born on holidays. *** Every year on my birthday, I looked forward to my aunt's gift—a scarf, hat, or sweater knitted by hand. One year, she must have had better things to do because I received a ball of yarn, knitting needles, and a how-to-knit book. Her card read "Scarf, some assembly required." *** As a single, never-married woman in my 40s, I have been questioned endlessly about my status by friends, relatives and co-workers. Over the years I've noticed a subtle change in the nature of their inquiries. In my teens, friends would ask, "Who are you going out with this weekend?" In my 20s, relatives would say, "Who are you dating?" In my 30s, co-workers might inquire, "So, are you dating anyone?" Now people ask, "Where did you get that adorable purse?" *** Q: What's the easiest way to remember your wife's birthday? A: Forget it once! *** Pollen and allergies got the best of Liam, my 9-year-old son, so he stayed home from school with his grandma. When I got home from work, he said he had brushed our dog, Abby. Knowing that I kept the dog’s brush up out of reach so she couldn’t chew on it, I asked, “How did you know where I keep Abby’s brush?” He gave me a puzzled look and said matter-of-factly, “I didn’t. I used your brush.” *** *** *** *** *** *** *** (It is a repeat, but I think worth showing you again) *** Fresh Out Of The Store We don't know about you, but we can't stop staring at the walking chicken in this photo. Before reading the rest of the ad, we're already thinking about chickens taking over the world. But seriously, this ad from Artizone is a Chicago grocery company that offers fresh meat and produce delivered to your home. Sounds yummy to us! *** The Internet Is A Scary Place The internet is scary, and when it comes to online dating, no one really knows if the person you're talking to is lying or even real at all! O Fio Bier Bar makes a really great ad telling people to get off their computer and meet other humans in real life. In today's world of online dating, fewer people are meeting each other in person, and human interaction is important. And after seeing this ad, we might be too scared to date online ever again! *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** sandrewn

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December 13th 2024 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Further information: December 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Christian feast day: St Antiochus of Sulcis St Judoc aka St Joyce St Lucy St Odile of Alsace Acadian Remembrance Day (Acadians) National Day (Saint Lucia) Martial Law Victims Remembrance Day (Poland) Nanking Massacre Memorial Day (China) Nusantara Day (Indonesia) Republic Day (Malta) Sailor's Day (Brazil) Saint Lucia Day (mainly in Scandinavia) Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details) National Cocoa Day National Cream Cheese Frosting Day National Horse Day National Ice Cream Day National Violin Day Pick A Pathologist Pal Day U.S. National Guard Birthday Morris Day’s Birthday Matt Ox’s Birthday Maisy Stella’s Birthday M. Maggie Miller’s Birthday Jasmine Mir’s Birthday Jamie Foxx’s Birthday Harry Raftus’s Birthday Emma Corrin’s Birthday Ella Baker’s Birthday Dorinda Medley’s Birthday Taylor Swift’s Birthday Steve Buscemi’s Birthday NeNe Leakes’s Birthday Stampy’s Birthday Amy Lee’s Birthday Tanya Sam’s Birthday Tom DeLonge’s Birthday Ted Nugent’s Birthday Dick Van Dyke’s Birthday Dermot Kennedy’s Birthday Katherine Schwarzenegger Christopher Plummer Fun Observances Official Lost and Found Day The second Friday of December is celebrated every year as Official Lost and Found Day. Losing things is part of life and if what we have lost is not very important, most people tend to stop looking for it after trying for a while. In fact, lost and found offices all around the world are full of things that people lost and have forgotten about. Celebrated first in 2012, Official Lost and Found Day is an unofficial holiday that reminds people to not give up on the things they have lost and to increase their efforts to find them. How to Celebrate? If you have lost something or if you forgot an item somewhere, make an effort to track it down. If it is a personal object, chances are that someone is holding it for the owner to claim it. Though not technically lost, items sold at thrift stores and flea markets are certainly forgotten. Take this day to visit your local thrift store and find something that will be loved in your home. If you are prone to losing things, perhaps today is the day to figure out a way to make sure you don't lose things frequently. Some ideas include putting a name tag and contact information on your belongings and creating a process to check if you have all your things with you when leaving the home, getting off public transport and leaving any public area. Did You Know... ...that the lost and found system in Japan today dates back to a code written in 718? *** The Law of Coffee If you sit down to enjoy a hot cup of coffee, then your boss will ask you to do something that will last until the coffee is cold. *** Q: Why do they call coffee mud? A: Because it was ground a couple of minutes ago. *** Q: Why are Italians so good at making coffee? A: Because they know how to espresso themselves *** If the local coffee shop has awarded you "Employee of the Month" and you don't even work there, you may be drinking too much coffee. *** New Life Rule Coffee is the most important meal of the day *** Q: Where do birds go for coffee? A: To the NESTcafe *** There are two types of people in this world: People who love Starbucks and liars. *** Q: How are men like coffee? A: The best ones are rich, hot, and can keep you up all night. *** Q: What’s the technical name for a pot of coffee at work? A: Break fluid *** As I was driving the other day, I saw a sign on a business that read “Whistlepig Alley Antiques.” It reminded me of an event that happened many years ago when I was living in the community of Granny Squirrel, near Andrews, North Carolina. While watching TV one day, 
I heard strange sounds. I tried to not overreact, but in my mind I thought it could be ghosts, or that maybe I was hearing things. 
The noise was the craziest high-pitched whistling sound. That went on for a week; then one day my landlord told me three groundhogs had crawled under the home. Now I know why Appalachian folks call them whistle pigs. Once you hear groundhogs "speaking," you will never forget it. *** *** *** *** *** *** 🤞????? *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** What??????????????????? *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** sandrewn

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December 12th 2024 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Corentin of Quimper Jane Frances de Chantal Edburga of Minster-in-Thanet Finnian of Clonard Thomas Holland Ida of Nivelles Peter the Aleut Vicelinus Our Lady of Guadalupe December 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Constitution Day (Russia) Day of Neutrality (Turkmenistan) Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details) Choral Day Constitution Day in Thailand Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe Festival of Unmentionable Thoughts Gingerbread Decorating Day Guadalupe Day International Day of Neutrality International Universal Health Coverage Day Jamhuri Day National Ambrosia Day National Ding-A-Ling Day National Poinsettia Day Pa Togan Nengminza Sangma Universal Health Coverage Day Christmas Jumper Day Regina Hall’s Birthday Mariela Fernández’s Birthday Mayim Bialik’s Birthday Lincoln Melcher’s Birthday Lucas Hedges’s Birthday Jennifer Connelly’s Birthday John Jay’s Birthday Hila Klein’s Birthday Frank Sinatra’s Birthday Erika Diane’s Birthday Sheila E.’s Birthday Shy Glizzy’s Birthday Bob Barker’s Birthday Crainer’s Birthday Fun Observances Gingerbread House Day Take out all your baking supplies, unleash your imagination and build a gingerbread house on December 12 or Gingerbread House Day. This unofficial holiday celebrates the tradition of making houses and architectural models out of gingerbread cookies. The tradition can be traced back to the 1600s. How to Celebrate? Make your own gingerbread house. Maybe try and recreate a architectural landmark with gingerbread? Take part in your local gingerbread house competition or hold one of your own! Did You Know… ….that according the Guinness Book of World Records, the World’s largest gingerbread house was made in 2013 by the Traditions Club in Bryan, Texas, United States? The house was 60 ft (18.23 m) long and 10.1 ft (18.28m) tall. *** Q: What's a good holiday tip? A: Never catch snowflakes with your tongue until all the birds have gone south for the winter. *** FYI: By the end of the Twelve Days of Christmas song, your home is crammed with 23 flying Birds and 50 hyperactive Humans. *** Greeting Cards: When you care enough to send the very best but not enough to actually write something. *** Spending more time with family: Families are complicated enough, but things became even more confusing after my father decided to get married to my brother's mother-in-law. "Now I can't make up my mind whether he's my dad or my father-in- law," says my brother, "or if my mother-in-law is now my stepmother, or whether my child is my daughter or my niece." Getting in shape: A friend of mine had resisted efforts to get him to run with our jogging group until his doctor told him he had to exercise. Soon thereafter, he reluctantly joined us for our 5:30 a.m. jogs on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. After a month of running, we decided that my friend might be hooked, especially when he said he had discovered what "runner's euphoria" was. "Runner's euphoria," he explained, "is what I feel at 5:30 on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays." Starting that diet: My friend Kimberly announced that she had started a diet to lose some pounds she had put on recently. "Good!" I exclaimed. "I'm ready to start a diet too. We can be dieting buddies and help each other out. When I feel the urge to drive out and get a burger and fries, I'll call you first." "Great!" she replied. "I'll ride with you." Quitting smoking: I discussed peer pressure and cigarettes with my 12-year-old daughter. Having struggled for years to quit, I described how I had started smoking to "be cool." As I outlined the arguments kids might make to tempt her to try it, she stopped me mid-lecture, saying, "Hey, I'll just tell them my mom smokes. How cool can it be?" Eating healthier: The teacher in our Bible class asked a woman to read from the Book of Numbers about the Israelites wandering in the desert. "The Lord heard you when you wailed, 'If only we had meat to eat!' " she began. "Now the Lord will give you meat. You will not eat it for just one day, or two days, or five, or ten or twenty days, but for a month—until you loathe it." When the woman finished, she paused, looked up, and said, "Hey, isn't that the Atkins diet?" Reducing your debt: Neighbors of ours had a terrible disagreement over a patio they wanted for their backyard. The wife had rather grand ideas, while the husband wanted costs kept to a minimum. The wife won out, and the construction bill climbed higher and higher. I dropped by one day, when the patio was near completion, and was surprised to find the husband smiling from ear to ear as the workmen smoothed over the surface. I remarked how nice it was to see a grin replace the frown he had been wearing lately. “You see where they’re smoothing that cement?” he replied. “I just threw my wife’s credit cards in there.” Learning new things: I was trying to decide what to do for a talent show I planned to enter. Trusting my mother to help me out, I asked, "For the show, what do you think I should do, sing or put on a comedy act?" Glancing up from her paper, she said dryly, "What's the difference?" Better teeth care: Just because one owns a business doesn't mean it has to be all business. This sign in a dentist's office proves that point: "Be True to Your Teeth, or They Will Be False to You." Becoming more organized: My friend’s husband is always telling her that housekeeping would be a snap if only she would organize her time better. Recently he had a chance to put his theory into practice while his wife was away. When I popped in one evening to see how he was managing, he crowed, "I made a cake, frosted it, washed the kitchen windows, cleaned all the cupboards, scrubbed the kitchen floor, walls and ceiling and even had a bath." I was about to concede that perhaps he was a better manager than his wife, when he added sheepishly, "When I was making the chocolate frosting, I forgot to turn off the mixer before taking the beaters out of the bowl, so I had to do all the rest." Drinking less: I was waiting tables in a noisy lobster restaurant in Maine when a vacationing Southerner stumped me with a drink order. I approached the bartender. "Have you ever heard of a drink called 'Seven Young Blondes'?" I asked. He admitted he'd never heard of it, and grabbed a drink guidebook to look it up. Unable to find the recipe, he then asked me to go back and tell the patron that he'd be happy to make the drink if he could list the ingredients for him. "Sir," I asked the customer, "can you tell me what's in that drink?" He looked at me like I was crazy. "It's wine," he said, pronouncing his words carefully, "Sauvignon blanc." *** When my daughter, Brooxie, was 5 years old, she’d stay with my husband’s parents while we were at work. One day Brooxie was helping Papaw gather eggs. While putting the eggs into the basket she was carrying, she asked, “Papaw, where do these eggs come from?” Papaw then explained in detail the delicate process of making an egg. Brooxie put her hands on her hips and exclaimed, “Papaw, I don’t eat anything that comes out of a chicken!” And for many years, she didn’t. *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** sandrewn

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December 11th 2024 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Cian Daniel the Stylite María de las Maravillas de Jesús Pope Damasus I Sabinus of Piacenza Victoricus, Fuscian, and Gentian December 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Establishment of Kurdish Women's Union (Iraqi Kurdistan) Indiana Day (United States) International Mountain Day National Tango Day (Argentina) Pampanga Day (Pampanga province, Philippines) Republic Day, the day when Upper Volta became an autonomous republic in the French Community in 1958. (Burkina Faso) Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details) Anniversary of the Statute of Westminster Holiday Food Drive for Needy Animals Day National App Day National Jon Day UNICEF Birthday UNICEF Day for Change National Tango Day National Have a Bagel Day Rey Mysterio Jr.’s Birthday Sam Wilkinson’s Birthday Nikki Sixx’s Birthday PJ Liguori’s Birthday Tommy Sotomayor’s Birthday Mos Def’s Birthday Jermaine Jackson’s Birthday John Kerry’s Birthday Javi Marroquin’s Birthday Jack Griffo’s Birthday Hailee Steinfeld’s Birthday Alexa Demie’s Birthday aimsey’s Birthday Mo'Nique’s Birthday Rajneesh Fun Observances Noodle Ring Day December 11 is Noodle Ring Day, a day for comforting baked pasta. Popular during the mid-1900s, Noodle Ring Day is a dish made of flat noodles or any other type of flat pasta baked in a ring mold or a bundt pan. Fill the Ring Making noodle ring from scratch is easy, all you need is some cooked pasta, eggs, bread crumbs and a cheese that melts easily. Mix all the ingredients and put it in a mold and bake until all the eggs cook and the cheese melts. Unmold and fill the center with a filling of your choice. Many recipes recommend chicken salad, sautéed vegetables or canned tuna as a filling. How to Celebrate? Dig out your grandma’s cookbooks and make a noodle ring for dinner. Don't like the pasta that is available in the stores? Make your own from scratch and then use to make a noodle ring. Make a dessert version of the dish - use sugar while baking the noodles and instead of a savory filling use fresh cut fruit or a custard or pudding. Host a vintage dinner party and have friends bring their favorite vintage dishes to share. Make a noodle ring as your contribution to the dinner table. Did You Know… …that experts believe that people around the world consume over 600 types and shapes of pasta? *** First you forget names, then you forget faces. Next you forget to pull your zipper up and finally, you forget to pull it down. —George Burns *** According to most studies, people's No. 1 fear is public speaking. No. 2 is death. Death is No. 2. Does that sound right? This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you're better off in the casket than doing the eulogy. —Jerry Seinfeld *** The only time to eat diet food is while you’re waiting for steak to cook. —Julia Child *** "I was playing chess with my friend, and he said, 'Let's make this more interesting.' So we stopped playing chess." —Matt Kirshen *** A passenger in a taxi tapped the driver on the shoulder to ask him something. The driver screamed and lost control of the cab, nearly hit a bus and drove up over the curb, stopping inches from a large window. For a few moments everything was silent in the cab. Then the driver quietly said, “Please don’t do that! You scared the daylights out of me.” The passenger, who was also frightened, apologized and said he didn’t realize a tap on the shoulder could startle someone so much —to which the driver replied, “It’s really not your fault. Today is my first day driving a cab. I’ve been driving 
a hearse for 25 years.” *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** sandrewn

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