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Why Hallowe'en?
Hallowe’en is my most important holiday. I am not a pagan, born-again or otherwise, although I have nothing against members of those ancient and venerable (or new-age and invented) orders. However, my...
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[This story originally appeared on December 25, 2009. Consider it a Hidden City Holiday Classic, if you will.] I was up late again, sitting at the computer trying to get some writing done until long...
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It was the end of December, and something was missing. I wasn’t the only one who’d felt the absence. Several friends had mentioned the lack of that special December-y something in the air. I’d...
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Love, or something like it
Valentine, 1969 Ah, Saint Valentine’s Day! Do you suppose that Hallmark sends a card to the Basilica of Santa Maria in Cosmedin, where the skull of this venerable Catholic matryr rests in a golden...
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Holiday Spirit
Image via jspad on Flickr It was the end of December, and something was missing. I wasn’t the only one who’d felt the absence. Several friends had mentioned the lack of that special December-y...
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