Growing up, I often spent Christmas at my friend Matt’s house. In fact, it often seemed like everyone I knew spent Christmas at his house. After everyone had their family Christmas, we congregated there to celebrate together as friends. Even after college, my friends and I still managed to spend Christmas at Matt’s house, holding [...]
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The Traveler’s Wishlist for 2009
December 24, 2008 – 12:50 pm
With the new year a week away and Santa Claus visiting tonight, it’s time to create a travel wish list for 2009: Dear Santa, It’s been a great 2008. We like to think we were good travelers this year. We started a lot of good travel websites, met great travelers, participated in worthy causes, some [...]
The History of Christmas
December 22, 2008 – 2:18 pm
Ahhh Christmas. That special time of year when Santa Claus drops off presents, egg nog makes you do bad things under the mistletoe, we get ugly gifts, we put up a tree, and… oh yea… we celebrate the birth of Jesus. On December 25th, Christians around the world will honor and celebrate the birth of [...]