No matter how enjoyable the process of storytelling, not even pecking out patterns of words while chained indoors to a little electrified box of plastic and metal can trump the pleasurable sights discovered while strolling the streets of San Francisco… Read More ›
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Christmas at the White House: Trees, Gingerbread Houses, Mennorahs, Celebrity Santas & Other Innovations, Part 2
This is the second segment in a four-part article on Christmas at the White House. To read about The Presidents Presents, Getting & Giving Gifts, go to: https://carlanthonyonline.com/2012/12/05/christmas-at-the-white-house-the-presidents-presents-shopping-giving-getting-gifts-part-1-of-4/ Whether gathering to mark Christmas and Hanukkah as holy days or just… Read More ›
Kitschy, Kitschy Cute: Interpreting Old Valentine’s Day Vases
Kitschy, Kitschy Cute. Throughout the Fifties and early Sixties, before they were sent in cheap papier-mâché and then expensive colored-glass vases, sweethearts sent Valentine’s Day flowers in highly-breakable ceramic ones with that once-ubiquitous label “Made in Japan.” How many ways… Read More ›
Update: Christmas Crazy Target Lady Sings “The Santa Rap”
How I missed including this one of the Christmas Crazy Target Lady (aka Christmas Champ as Target titles her ) I don’t know, but it’s too good to just insert into the longer article about her in the previous post,… Read More ›
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