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With Festivus Coming Soon, Are You Prepared for the Feats of Strength?
By Dave Thier - AOL News(Dec. 20) -- Tired of all the holiday cheer floating about the air this week? Maybe what you need is a wintertime celebration that lauds the equally important values of mean-spiritedness and vitriol. That's right, Festivus is just around the corner. Festivus is a secular holiday introduced to the world by a 1997 episode of "Seinfeld" -- though it had actually been practiced by former "Seinfeld" writer Daniel O'Keefe's family since the 1960s. Though the show has been off the air for years, the annual event has lived on, and untold numbers of fans and Internet denizens come together every ...
Hypothermic Sea Turtles Rescued on Cape Cod
By Lauren Frayer - AOL News
(Nov. 26) -- Marine biologists on Cape Cod have spent their Thanksgiving holiday rescuing a group of hungry, cold and lost souls in their community: sea turtles. Dozens of rare, endangered sea turtles washed up on the Massachusetts peninsula this week, disoriented and suffering from hypothermia. Their confusion could be because they thought they were heading for the sunny Gulf of Mexico. Kemp's Ridley turtles are a unique species that breeds in colder, northern waters and then migrates south to its primary habitat in the Gulf of Mexico. The turtles were severely affected by the Deepwater ...
Sarah Palin (Lame)bastes the Media: Happy Thanksgiving!
By Sandra Fish - Politics DailyFor most Americans, Thanksgiving was a day to spend with family, dining on turkey and dressing, perhaps jogging in the local turkey trot before sitting down to gorge and later watch a little NFL. We gave thanks -- for our family, our friends, the food and our fortune, no matter how large or small. Millions also helped the less fortunate, from donating to the local food bank to volunteering at a dinner for the homeless to tossing some extra cash into the church collection plate on Sunday. But Sarah Palin's Thanksgiving Day priorities were clearly different. There's no word on exactly how ...
What Recession? Shoppers Eat Up Black Friday Deals
By not in system - AOL News
(Nov. 26) -- For one day at least, you could almost imagine the recession never happened. Millions of the nation's shoppers braved rain and cold to crowd stores while others grabbed online bargains on what could be the busiest Black Friday ever. Early signs pointed to bigger crowds at many stores including Best Buy, Sears, Macy's and Toys R Us, some of which had earlier openings than past years or even round-the-clock hours. Minnesota's Mall of America and mall operators Taubman Centers Inc. and Macerich Co. also reported more customers than last year. But the most encouraging sign for ...
Attend the 'Christmas Story' Convention, but Beware!
By Chris Epting - AOL News
(Nov. 26) -- It's become one of the most beloved holiday exclamations, a gleeful cry of warmth and tenderness that evokes so many cups of hot chocolate around a cozy, stocking-draped fireplace: "You'll shoot yer eye out!" In 1983, the movie "A Christmas Story" roughly elbowed its way into our Christmas consciousness. A nostalgic tale of longing, sentimentality and the harsh realities of Midwestern life in the 1940s, the comedy, based on the work of author Jean Shepherd, has become a must-watch-TV marathon classic. Old-time radio, Ovaltine, school bullies and the want of an "Official Red ...
I'm Thankful for ... The Chance to Give Back
By Wally Amos - AOL News
Dana Edmunds Wally "Famous" Amos is thankful for the work he's been able to do to end illiteracy. (Nov. 26) -- It has been said that "thank you" are two of the most powerful words in the English language. Another important word is gratitude. Both are very appropriate for me. I am eternally thankful and grateful to be able to write messages that touch the hearts of readers without any formal training. I am also grateful they take the time to read them. Every experience teaches you something. Below are a few things I've learned from writing about my insights and experiences. 1. Be willing ...
I'm Thankful for ... A'isha, the Jewel of Medina
By Sherry Jones - AOL News
(Nov. 26) -- The young woman had just moved to the United States from Saudi Arabia when someone gave her a copy of "The Jewel of Medina," my first novel about the Prophet Muhammad's amazing wife A'isha. Reading it, she said, changed her life. For the first time, she saw a place for herself within her Muslim religion -- a place of empowerment and equality, led, believe it or not, by Muhammad's example. I'm no Muslim. I wrote my novel and its sequel, "The Sword of Medina," in part to provide women of all faiths -- or of none -- with a role model, in A'isha, of strength, courage and wisdom. In ...
A Thanksgiving Reflection: Deprived, Neglected, Untutored, I Had a Blast.
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyThis Thanksgiving I feel thankful for a lot of things, but particularly my unstructured childhood. I was a free-range kid, back before that lifestyle had a name. For years I was ashamed. These days I'm grateful. Thanksgiving in my family meant my mom, sister and I piled into my dad's 1956 charcoal, pink and cream Dodge Lancer and we drove the 180 miles from our home in Dallas to my grandmother's house in Huntsville. There were no seat belts in those days, so my sister and I were free to lounge and make trouble in the back seat. If we got too rambunctious, my dad would say, "Do you want me ...
In Thanksgiving Message, Obama Adds Dollop of Politics to Plateful of Gratitude
By Tom Kavanagh - Politics DailyIf Thanksgiving is about amicable sharing at the table, President Obama touched on that theme in his annual holiday message, perhaps with Republicans and his own party in mind. The president said he hopes to hear "real and honest discussion" between party leaders when they make their visit to the White House next week. "[It] isn't about Democrats or Republicans. It's not about left or right," Obama said in his weekly radio address, which is normally delivered on Saturdays. "It's about us. It's about what we know this country is capable of." That will be a tall order, especially in light ...
Kanye West, Snoopy Star in Macy's Thanksgiving Parade
By not in system - AOL News
NEW YORK (Nov. 25) - A high-kicking Kung Fu Panda and a diary-toting Wimpy Kid joined the giant balloon lineup as the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade unfolded Thursday, drawing tens of thousands of spectators to the annual extravaganza on a chilly, overcast morning. Emily Rowlinson, a tourist from London, squealed and snapped pictures with her cell phone as the massive Smurf balloon floated by a packed sidewalk along the route. "We don't have anything like this in England," she exclaimed. "We have parades. We don't have any sort of huge, floating beasts. It's very cool." ...
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