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On Finding Joy

Now is the time of the year when we must inventory our incendiaries and countenance our joy.

Enjoy your friends.

Welcome your enemies.

Live to fight another joyous day.

Of the Spirit?

Has the spirit of the holidays been irrevocably corrupted?

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Debunking the Better Vacation

There is a series of advertisements running on television right now claiming you can get a better vacation by going to a certain theme park instead of going to one of the Disney® theme parks. I’m not even going to mention the name of the park pushing forward these advertisements because I think in a way that would be a bit of advertisement as well and the last thing I want to do is to help this revolting organization. The advertisements consist of a series of children making statements which, on the whole, most children would not readily agree to.

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Merry Merry Happy Happy

The idea of “Happy Holidays” being a forced and politically correct replacement for “Merry Christmas” is sad to those of us who were raised on Christmas spirit and who know a bit about history. It’s funny how it is okay to say “Happy Chanukah” and “Have a wonderful Kwanzaa” or “May your Ramadan be delightful!” — but if you say “Have yourself a merry little Christmas” you’re placing yourself in the middle of a political firestorm that doesn’t mind who gets burned in the process.

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Top 10 Holiday Songs

Here are the Top 10 Holiday Songs of All Time as performed with the most justice to the original melody: 

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Spain: Days Two & Three

With the arrival of a third party member, the trip to Spain continued to get more interesting.

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A Veritable Vacation

The traditional vacation, full of sight seeing and rushing around to tourist attractions may have its appeal to some, but to me, it’s a big headache that in the long run is not worth it.

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