Celebrations & Holidays
How military bases celebrate Armed Forces Day
by Eve Del Rey
The military celebrates like no other holiday or special days set aside. On the 31st of August 1949, Secretary of Defense Lois Johnson announced a new day for the Armed Forces that replaced the separate days for the Army, Navy and Air Force Days. Not only for that reason but to also educate civilians and make them aware of the growing armed forces in place for them and their protection. For man...read more
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Workers
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Summer
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Celebrations & Holidays (Other)
- Christmas folklore and traditions
- A serviceman's perspective of Armed Forces Day
- More stress than sincerity: Should we reconsider the way we celebrate holidays
- Pirate parties are swashbuckling for summer
- Testimonies: Memorial Day outings
- The celebration of the Chinese Mid Autumn Festival
- Do-it-yourself Yule gift ideas
New Year's
- Guide to Chinese New Year events in the UK
- Celebrating the New Year throughout history
- Chinese New Year 2008: What to expect from the Year of the Rat
- Creative New Year's Eve party recipes
- Unique New Year's resolutions
- New Year's Day traditions and celebrations in England
- Ways to jump-start your New Year's resolutions
St. Patrick's Day
- Product reviews: Pittsburgh Paints
- St. Patrick's Day: How to throw an Irish party
- St. Patrick's Day in New York City: Where to paint the town green
- St. Patrick's Day in Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas
- St. Patrick's Day pub-crawl: How to come out alive
- St. Patrick's Day in Atlanta: Where to paint the town green
- St. Patrick's Day: Not only for the Irish
Valentine's Day
- Valentine's Day errors of judgment
- Funniest Valentine's Day experiences
- How to give a creative and original Valentine's Day gifts
- Product reviews: Thorntons chocolates
- How to have an environmentally friendly Valentine's Day
- Valentine's Day: Suggestions on where to propose in Pittsburgh
- Product reviews: Christopher Elbow chocolates, for Valentine's Day
by Candy Jules
This topic is disgusting and repulsive to me. Don't we have enough smut and sin out there without taking a small child's hero a...read more
by Linda Paul
For Mother's Day, my two youngest sons 20 and 23 bought me a slushie machine. We spent the day together making slushies, playin...read more
If you want the best turkey you've ever served, try brining it this year. I have brined a turkey two years now and everybody r...read more
This year, since my birthday fell on the day after Easter, my family decided to celebrate it on Easter. First they picked my hu...read more




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