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Between friends
There's no place like home for the holidays! That is, if you have a home.
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holiday welcome
Berries and twigs, not baubles and tinsel, are the featured ornaments at Gregory's, a celebrated flower and garden center in Wakefield, Massachusetts. At holiday time, owner Greg O'Brien creates decorations inspired by nature. Here's a collection of his favorite ideas you can re-create for your home.
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An Earth-Kid Christmas
Encourage your children's concerns for the health of our planet with gifts that will expand their understanding today and reap benefits for their tomorrows. Here are some shopping suggestions, but these are only a sampling. ...
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A "Toy-Ful" Season?
If you have children, the holiday season probably is synonymous with toys. You may feel your kids already have more toys than they know what to do with, but you know that they would be terribly disappointed not to receive any toys for Christmas or Hanukkah.
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Study Tips from Top Students
Jennifer Katz, an A-average seventh grade student from Woodbury, New York, didn't get where she is by being patient.
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A BUYER'S GUIDE TO CD-ROM
"Talking books!" "Encyclopedias on a single disc!" "Great games!" Such are the promises of today's CD-ROM technology.
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Be an Angel
The best gifts of all come not from the local department store, but from the heart. In that spirit, we offer this unique "shopping" list of ideas to help you spread a special kind of cheer in this season of giving.
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The nature of things
Bits of this and pieces of that, things saved over the years and those purchased yesterday, all weave together in a holiday tapestry that warms the hearts and hearths of a mountaintop home. Come with us and see how elements of the rustic outdoors meander inside to mingle with old-world elegance and country grace.
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to light your heart
decorating ideas that touch your everyday rooms with holiday spirit
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Holiday Cookie Contest!
Now that you've sampled our cookie recipes, let us sample yours. What incredible cookie recipe do you bake for Christmas, Hanukkah, or the New Year? Is creative cookie decorating your specialty this time of year? Share your original cookie recipes or cookie decorating ideas with us, and you could win up to $2,500. Plus, the food manufacturers listed below, center, will award $500 to the top recipe or decorating idea using their product.
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Finicky Eaters
Dogs gobble their food without complaint, but cats can act like spoiled food critics. Why are cats so finicky?
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The Shopper's Mart
Discover the ease and pleasure of shopping by mail. Order from the convenience of your own home with complete confidence.
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the man next door
Aunt Opal says virtue may be its own reward, but sometimes she thinks the pay scale is too low.
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