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Once there were three trees on a hill in the woods. They were discussing their hopes and dreams when the first tree said,"Someday I hope to be a treasure chest. I could be filled with gold,silver and precious gems. I could be decorated with intricate carving and everyone would see the beauty."

Then the second tree said, "Someday I will be a mighty ship. I will take kings and queens across the waters and sail to the corners of the world. Everyone will feel safe in me because of the strength of my hull."

My Mom used to cut chicken, chop eggs and spread mayo on the same cutting board with the same knife and no bleach, but we didn't seem to get food poisoning.

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My Mom used to defrost hamburger on the counter AND I used to eat it raw sometimes too, our school sandwiches were wrapped in wax paper in a brown paper bag not in icepack coolers, but I can't remember getting infected with e-coli?

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Christmas 1944

By Dr. Sylvia Morris

No snow capped mountain in this Southern climb

No brightly decorated homes this Christmas time

No clanging sleigh bells in the evening air

No voices blending Christmas carols fair

No cheery Merry Christmases across the backyard fence

Hi there. We wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving and a Merry Christmas.

Photograph from 1952 of Donald Wike on the left, Santa Claus in the middle and Franklin Wike on the right

U S Legacies Magazine December 2005

This building was dedicated 88 years ago in 1935!

Santa's Candy Castle!

The History Of Santa's Candy Castle

Once Upon a Time in a Place Called Santa Claus…

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What Christmas was like the year you were born

On Christmas Day in 1914, British and German troops emerged from the trenches of World War I as weeks of bad weather cleared and called a truce. It was spontaneous and not approved by any higher-ups, but many soldiers on both sides ended up taking part. Soccer games were played between the British and German troops before they returned to their respective sides at dusk and continued fighting.

U.S. Declaration of War on Germany

The President's Message

To the Congress of the United States:

On the morning of December 11 the Government of Germany, pursuing its course of world conquest, declared war against the United States.

The long-known and the long-expected has thus taken place. The forces endeavoring to enslave the entire world now are moving toward this hemisphere.

Never before has there been a greater challenge to life, liberty and civilization.

German Declaration of War with the United States : December 11, 1941

December 11, 1941

(Including the circumstances of the delivery of the note as released to the press by the Department of State, December 11, 1941.)

­Paul Harvey’s Famous “Warning to America” Essay from 1965.