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Holiday Parties – Planning Tips For Your Holiday Soiree
By Leslie Blumenstein'Tis the Season to be jolly! Holiday parties fill the calendar this season. You're bound to receive lots of holiday party invitations for work parties, family parties, school parties, and any other club or organization you are affiliated with. It can make for a very busy time of year. So if you are planning a holiday party, to help keep you stress free this year, we have some planning tips for your holiday soiree. The Basics Plan Early: It is important to plan ahead of time. The month of December can swell up like a tidal wave with all things to cram in. So it's a good idea to take care of all the big things first (date, location, menu) and not worry about all the finishing details until the ...
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Red Velvet for the Holidays!
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Christmas Fun Facts
- Christmas was declared a United States Federal holiday in 1870, signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant.
- In part, the Christmas celebration was created by the early Church in order to entice pagan Romans to convert to Christianity without losing their own winter celebrations.
- Charles Dickens' book A Christmas Carol, published in 1843, played a major role in reinventing Christmas as a holiday emphasizing family, goodwill, and compassion as opposed to communal celebration and hedonistic excess.
- During the Christmas buying season, Visa cards alone are used an average of 5,340 times every minute in the United States
- For the Christmas/Hanukkah season, more than 1.76 billion candy canes will be made.
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