22. There are actually dozens of different names for Santa Claus in Germany. The four most popular Santa names are Weihnachtsmann, Klaus, Nickel, and Niglo, each of which is more popular in a different region of the country. Locally, there are countless names of santa claus, with most mor...
Why Do Crackers Crack? ; ... and 20 Other Christmas Questions Answered ++ Will Champagne Really Stay Fizzy If You Put a Spoon in the Bottle? How Do You Make the Perfect Snowball? and Why Do We Nod off after Christmas Lunch? Mick O'Hare, Author of the Runaway Best-Seller 'Why Don'...
Fast forward a few months, and Blackout Shoppers and World War IX were playing shows together frequently, and the first recordings that Blackout Shoppers ever had for sale was a split 7-inch record with World War IX called ‘Larceny Armageddon,’ playing off the names of our bands. People ...
”“Afterlife Residence Time,” the latter of which oozes into “Moshpit” and in turn leads to the title track, whose hard-driving, time-bending exuberance crack open a doorway to something resembling, if not hope exactly, then resolution, or clarity. For the time being, we’ll have to...
My thoughts: WINTER SIGNS by Sarah Gai is the second book in the ‘Season Names’ series. We first meet Winter at the age of seven when she meets her brother’s best friend Connor, this is when he learns she is deaf, and this is when their perfect love starts. Winter may have been...
Unless you take 50 Shades of Grey and change the names back to Bella and Edward (or just find E.L. James’ old dirty fan fiction). I’ve never been more scared that I’m about to be molested by a banana… Guys. For just $75.00 you can be a weird rapey banana. Isn’t that ...
For example, I’d have no hesitation discussing what I’ve love to do with Sydney Sweeney or Ana de Armas with my friends in the group chat. But I certainly wouldn’t mention the names of Yvette Bova, Aleesha Young, or Barbara Carità. Not only is it statistically likely that they’ve...
And Christmas cards and New Year’s cards: As you may have guessed, I tend to fall for the calligraphic accents. There are many companies that make greeting cards, but the level of detail you see on a Crane’s card is on an entirely different level. But this quality comes at a steep...
Truth be told, it was rather a rude time for her to leave because it was just after Thanksgiving and her birthday and just before Christmas. I mean, come on. Aren’t anniversaries of a profound loss bad enough without all the side dishes? I meant that figuratively, of course. But ...
An apology, I figured, for the crack Lily had made about Rachel’s face. “You don’t sound sorry,” Rachel said. Lily said, “A kid in my acting class told me I should do porn.” “Oh, God, ya,” Rachel said. Lily said, “Are you stupid? Seriously, are you dumb?” I ...