Happy Holidays!!

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feeds@yuku.com (fluffysue) http://justaskus.yuku.com/topic/363 Sat, 15 Apr 2006 17:49:39 GMT <![CDATA[ Happy New Year... ]]> http://justaskus.yuku.com/topic/365/t/Happy-New-Year-.html
In Scotland, December 31 is known as Hogmanay, the word children use to ask for their traditional present of an oatmeal cake (which is why this is also called Cake Day). The first person to cross the threshold into your home, called the first footer, is an indication of the year to come. Although the tradition varies, if the first footer is tall and dark, the year will be a good one.

feeds@yuku.com (Smiles4UNU) http://justaskus.yuku.com/topic/365 Wed, 21 Dec 2005 08:39:38 GMT <![CDATA[ The Holidays... ]]> http://justaskus.yuku.com/topic/364/t/The-Holidays-.html

The ancient Celts divided the year into four sections marked by Quarter Days -- the days of the two solstices and two equinoxes, on which the seasons begin. Gradually, to conform more closely to the liturgical year of the Christian church, the Quarter Days became identified with the church's high seasonal festivals, which... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Smiles4UNU) http://justaskus.yuku.com/topic/364 Wed, 21 Dec 2005 08:36:56 GMT <![CDATA[ The Twelve Days of Christmas... ]]> http://justaskus.yuku.com/topic/366/t/The-Twelve-Days-of-Christmas-.html
From 1558 until 1829, Roman Catholics in England were not permitted to practice their faith openly. Someone during that era wrote this carol as a catechism song for young Catholics. It has two levels of meaning:

the surface meaning plus a hidden meaning known only... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Smiles4UNU) http://justaskus.yuku.com/topic/366 Fri, 16 Dec 2005 10:48:11 GMT <![CDATA[ Get out the tissues... ]]> http://justaskus.yuku.com/topic/367/t/Get-out-the-tissues-.html by Michael Marks

I had no Christmas spirit when I breathed a weary sigh,
And looked across the table where the bills were piled too high.

The laundry wasn't finished, and the car I had to fix,
My stocks were down another point, the Vikings lost by six.

And so with only minutes till my son got home from school
I gave up on the drudgery and grabbed a wooden stool.

The burdens that I carried were about all I could take,
And so I... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Smiles4UNU) http://justaskus.yuku.com/topic/367 Fri, 16 Dec 2005 10:42:29 GMT <![CDATA[ Gifts That Keep on Giving ]]> http://justaskus.yuku.com/topic/368/t/Gifts-That-Keep-on-Giving.html
1. A new car, especially a hybrid or electric car. Itll benefit the environment as well. (hey I didn't come up with this list, I just copied it...if any of... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (fluffysue) http://justaskus.yuku.com/topic/368 Sun, 27 Nov 2005 18:01:42 GMT <![CDATA[ Pumpkin Legend... ]]> http://justaskus.yuku.com/topic/370/t/Pumpkin-Legend-.html
The legend involves an Irishman named Jack who was too stingy to go to heaven and too mischievous to go to hell. Jack had to wander the Earth until Judgment Day with a lantern made from a hollowed-out turnip with a live coal inside. Children started making these lanterns on Halloween, and in the New World they switched from turnips to pumpkins.

feeds@yuku.com (Smiles4UNU) http://justaskus.yuku.com/topic/370 Tue, 25 Oct 2005 13:42:34 GMT <![CDATA[ Timeline of American Thanksgiving Holiday... ]]> http://justaskus.yuku.com/topic/371/t/Timeline-of-American-Thanksgiving-Holiday-.html
1621 Pilgrims and Native Americans enjoyed a harvest feast in Plymouth, Massachusetts. This feast may have become the model for today's American celebration.

1630 Settlers and colonists from many continents brought customs of days of prayer and thanksgiving, especially in New England, where the first Thanksgiving of the... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Smiles4UNU) http://justaskus.yuku.com/topic/371 Mon, 24 Oct 2005 07:02:43 GMT <![CDATA[ Halloween joke ]]> http://justaskus.yuku.com/topic/369/t/Halloween-joke.html
However, an enterprising journalist decided to get the scoop of the day by photographing the fearsome phantom. When he entered the house, armed with only his camera, the ghost descended upon him, clanking chains et al. He told the ghost "I mean no harm - I just want your photograph". The ghost was quite happy at this chance to make... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (fluffysue) http://justaskus.yuku.com/topic/369 Wed, 12 Oct 2005 15:37:18 GMT <![CDATA[ Labor Day ]]> http://justaskus.yuku.com/topic/372/t/Labor-Day.html

Labor Day: How it Came About; What it Means

"Labor Day differs in every essential way from the other holidays of the year in any country," said Samuel Gompers, founder and longtime president of the American Federation of Labor. "All other holidays are in a more or less degree connected with conflicts and battles of man's prowess over man, of strife and discord for greed and power, of glories achieved by one nation over... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Smiles4UNU) http://justaskus.yuku.com/topic/372 Mon, 29 Aug 2005 09:20:51 GMT