Holidays Articles

The Thin Man on Christmas morning

Well, I don't know what to say about this Christmas morning shot, but I love the Thin Man movies with William Powell and Myrna Loy and that dog, Asta. I love that Nora obviously bought her own Christmas gift. I have a friend that does that (you know who you are) Nora...

What is this Baby Gift called Frankincense?

I've always liked to mix up potions and collect herbs. One year, back in the 1980's I bought some frankincense for Christmas. I was teaching my kids about the tradition of the three wise men and their gift of frankincense to Jesus. (I just listened to a new book by...

The Feast of Trumpets and Joseph Smith

I wish I had grown up celebrating some Jewish holidays, but we didn't have that custom of special Feast Days. As I have read more about them, I have found significance and symbolic meaning for many things in life. The day Moroni gave the Golden Plates and Urim, and...

Feast of Tabernacles

The Feast of Tabernacles or Sukkot -- is the 15th day of Tishri. Sukkot continues to the 21st day of Tishri -- about seven days. Yes, another celebration for my Jewish friends in the House of Israel. In the year, 2015, it began at sundown on September 27th -- just in...
The Lemon Drop Kid

The Lemon Drop Kid

Sometimes a musical score from a movie becomes bigger than the movie. The Christmas song, "Silver Bells" was written...

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