Category Archives: Holidays

Story of the day – The Gift Of The Magi (O. Henry)

Posted on December 20, 2025 by Stella

One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one’s cheeks burned with … Continue reading →

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Music of the day – Winter Wonderland

Posted on December 20, 2025 by Stella

Doris Day singing “Winter Wonderland”, set to scenes of “On Moonlight Bay” (1951) and “By The Light Of The Silvery Moon” (1953) with Gordon MacRae. Wasn’t Doris lovely? She died six years ago at the age of 97.

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Music of the day – Sleigh Ride!

Posted on December 19, 2025 by Stella
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Story of the day – My Christmas Miracle (Taylor Caldwell)

Posted on December 18, 2025 by Stella

For many of us, one Christmas stands out from all the others, the one when the meaning of the day shone clearest. Although I did not guess it, my own truest Christmas began on a rainy spring day in the … Continue reading →

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Music of the Day – All I want for [MAGA!!] Christmas …

Posted on December 18, 2025 by Stella

This always puts a big smile on my face!

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Music of the day – Silver Bells

Posted on December 17, 2025 by Stella

Bob Hope & Marilyn Maxwell in “The Lemon Drop Kid” (1951) Written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans in 1950. “Silver Bells” started out as “Tinkle Bells”. Songwriter Ray Evans said: “We never thought that tinkle had a double meaning until Jay went home … Continue reading →

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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

Posted on December 16, 2025 by Stella

Written by Robert Frost in 1922, and published in 1923 in his New Hampshire volume. According to Wikipedia, Frost wrote the poem in June 1922 at his house in Shaftsbury, Vermont. He had been up the entire night writing the long … Continue reading →

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Music of the day – The Christmas Song

Posted on December 16, 2025 by Stella

Mel Torme and Judy Garland.

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[little tree]

Posted on December 15, 2025 by Stella

Written by e.e. cummings little tree little silent Christmas tree you are so little you are more like a flower who found you in the green forest and were you very sorry to come away? see          i will comfort you … Continue reading →

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Music of the day – Carol of the Bells

Posted on December 15, 2025 by Stella
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