November 9, 2011 – 8:48 am
Yes, you can thank the Obama administration for this one (Heritage) President Obama’s Agriculture Department today announced that it will impose a new 15-cent charge on all fresh Christmas trees—the Christmas Tree Tax—to support a new Federal program to improve the image and marketing of Christmas trees. OK, it’s not much, and it only applies […]
December 25, 2010 – 9:54 am
December 25, 2010 – 8:00 am
Every Christmas, after the presents are opened and breakfast is being made, I read this first in the paper (ye olde parental units get the paper, and they live in NJ). It is a Christmas classic that has always touched my soul. While some people outside of the Tri-State area have heard of it, rarely […]
December 24, 2010 – 6:08 pm
December 20, 2010 – 8:23 am
And the hit parade of eco-nuts doing their best to ruin Christmas – well, really, they try and ruin every day – continues. First up If a group of Watsonville environmentalists have their way, the newspaper you read today will be under a Christmas tree next Saturday. No, they’re not asking you to give your […]
December 19, 2010 – 6:57 pm
Holiday HoHo 3 – Click here for this week’s top video clips
December 19, 2010 – 3:40 pm
Insert sappy and awesome tags here Like most 4-year-olds, Michael Glass’s Christmas wish list includes toys. But what he really wants can’t be found at the mall. “Zach to come home. Zach as my present.” That’s what Michael’s letter to Santa said. The big man himself read it out loud as Michael sat on his […]
December 17, 2010 – 1:32 pm
I wonder if they are made in China and are full of lead? Holiday shoppers in L.A. County are being asked to shun paper and plastic Thursday during the fourth-annual “Day Without a Bag,” when “Green Santas†and their elves will be giving away free reusable totes. Volunteers will hand out 25,000 reusable bags at […]
December 16, 2010 – 8:51 am
Old and busted: An Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle! New and sad: Kids write Santa this year for basic needs instead of toys Santa Claus and his elves are seeing more heartbreaking letters this year as children cite their parents’ economic troubles in their wish lists. U.S. Postal Service workers who […]
December 12, 2010 – 8:11 pm
Here they continue to go He’s a lost Claus. A politically correct West Village YMCA has fired Ol’ St. Nick in favor of Frosty. Kids who once thrilled at sitting on Santa’s lap at the 14th Street McBurney YMCA’s wildly popular annual holiday luncheon will now suffer the icy embrace of a talking snowman and […]
