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Last year Target, Wal-Mart and Macys all decided they were not going to wish anyone Merry Christmas or have Christmas trees. Instead they decided they were were Holiday trees and were going to wish everyone Happy Holidays. My husband thought it was pretty ridiculous because Christmas Trees are Christmas Trees and they can’t just decide to change the name because it might offend someone. My personal opinion is I can understand a store like that saying Happy Holidays rather than Merry Christmas because there is all different religious holidays that happens in December besides Christmas that most stores don’t sell anything for or think of because the majority of the population is Christian. I wouldn’t be offended if someone told me Happy Hanukkah! But I can see people of the Jewish (or other) faith becoming tired of everyone just focusing on Christmas. What do you think?

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Yesterday we drove down to Mankato, MN and they had gotten 7.5 inches of snow the day before.  We only live an hour away and had gotten zero inches of snow.  Once I see snow every year the Christmas spirit starts kicking into overdrive.  So of course yesterday when we went to Wal-mart we had to go through the Christmas aisles.  Now what I’m looking for is ideas for different Christmas themed items, cool Christmas wallpaper for my desktop, good Christmas music (SheDaisy’s Christmas album is one of our favorites), Christmas recipes (cookies and otherwise), Christmas traditions (we always watch Love Actually & set up our fake tree together with Christmas music, and drink Hot Cocoa with Creme De Menthe).  Anything you do for Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, or other I would love to hear about (I don’t know much about the different holiday traditions besides Christmas and would love to know more).

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I read an article today in the paper about how Country Music is now number one in popularity.  Artists such as Rascal Flatts, Kenny Chesney, and Sugarland now is bringing in more and more fans especially in the 16-24 year old age group.  Apparently Country Music has not been this big since Garth Brook’s popularity.  It said that most people listen to country anymore because of the message that usually can be found in most songs plus its usually family friendly.  Rap and Rock usually does not have a message or story in their music but country does which people can relate to in these turbulent times.  Even the Dixie Chicks who thumbed their noses at their fans, the president and radio stations sold 2 million copies on their last album.  This really does not surprise me that much as I have always liked the fact that you can find something to relate to in country music, it makes you feel unlike some!

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Last night there were two shows I wanted to watch on TV at the same time, The OC and Grey’s Anatomy.  I couldn’t decide and was excited when my husband informed me that you could watch Grey’s Anatomy online.  I did that tonight.  This was the first time I have watched a TV show online and I have to say there are good points and bad points.

Bad Points:

1.  Pixely

2.  Still has “commercial breaks”

3.  Only select shows

Good Points:

1.  If you miss an episode it is there for you to see.

2.  The “commercials” are only 30 second breaks (you have a timer in the corner and can go back even if the commercial isn’t completed)

3.  Didn’t take much time to load and I ran into very little problems with having to stop and reload.

Overall I would give it two thumbs up and would definitely use it again in the future!

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