Get Ready for Christmas Card Day

Get Ready for Christmas Card Day

Do you still send Christmas cards? We do, though not as many as in years past. It’s a long time since the Penny Post. In 2025, it costs a whopping 78¢ to mail a card. Cost aside, we like sending and receiving cards at the holidays. I like that personal touch of handwriting a note, however short, to each recipient.

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For the Love of Halloween... and the Neighborhood

 For the Love of Halloween... and the Neighborhood

We have neighbors who have embraced Halloween to the hilt. We walk by their house each day on our morning walk, and each October, we watch expectantly as the Halloween scene grows and grows. I was interested to find out what motivates this couple to produce such elaborate displays each October. I had a chance to catch up with Mark and Alicia this past weekend to find out what it is about Halloween that ‘floats their boat’.

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