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Today’s Holidailies Prompt is “Write the family holiday newsletter that you’ve never dared to send.”
The “never dared to send” part makes me think that this newsletter should be R rated or something.  But that sort of negates the “family” part of it, doesn’t it.  Maybe just add a lot of swearing and some mindless violence [...]

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Today’s Holidailies prompt is “Your Most Memorable Feast.”
I like food.  A lot.  I can’t say that I’ve had any super fancy feasts though.  But the one that immediately springs to mind involves Turducken.
Yes.  Turducken.  Concentric poultry, as my friends like to call it.
During college, Turducken somehow became a running joke among my group of friends.  [...]

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When I was little, it seemed like Christmas couldn’t come soon enough.  Those weeks and months dragged on FOREVER.  This pretty much went on until I went to college, when it felt like Christmas sort of fell on top of me.  Where did the time go?  It couldn’t be Christmas already, could it?
At the time, [...]

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Holidailies Prompt: “Do you have a hilarious holiday story? If not, make one up.”
So, since I suggested this prompt, you would think that I had a great story to tell.  Well, I do!
One year, we were planning a family Christmas, just our little group.  But family members just kept showing up!  That didn’t keep us [...]

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Holidailies Prompt: “Holiday faux pas.”
I think I can honestly say that I’ve never committed a major holiday faux pas.  Mostly because the opportunity has never presented itself.
Instead, I will share a story from a friend.  She was young and newly married, and her mother-in-law came to visit for Christmas, bringing all sorts of gifts for [...]

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