Word: eves
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...concept of the "wellderly" found an unlikely and perhaps uneasy ally on the eve of the conference: the National Council on the Aging, an elderly advocacy group, which commissioned a poll on elderly well-being from Louis Harris. His company sampled 3,437 adults, including 540 over the age of 65. Harris' conclusion: "On every single issue tested, the elderly are perceived as being in much more desperate shape than they actually are." Some 48% say they have more income than they need; 66% own their homes, and most have paid off the mortgage. Although fully 63% rely...
...professor of Greek and Oriental literature at New York City's General Theological Seminary, invented America's "Santa Claus" in 1822. Although opposed in principle to the frivolity of Christmas, Moore decided to write a poem to please his children. Inspired by his surroundings on a snowy Christmas Eve in Manhattan, Moore composed 56 lines on his way home from a market trip to buy a Christmas turkey. Moore's own sleigh and jingling bells suggested Santa's flying conveyance, while an old farmer friend, Jan Duyckinck, was reincarnated as the good saint...
...most popular legend bestows the honor on the Protestant reformer Martin Luther. One Christmas Eve, travelling alone through a snow-covered forest, Luther supposedly noticed brilliant stars twinkling among the evergreen trees. The scene made such a deep impression on him, that to recapture it for his family, he cut a small fir tree, dragged it into the nursery and placed lighted candles on the branches...
...Rudolph is, at $1.49, a can't-go-wrong selection for your X-mas dollar. Here is the story the deformed deer as you've never heard it before. How many of us, for example, remember the following celebration taking place after Santa selects the reindeer for his Christmas eve team...
...little elf suits and funny hats. I say the outfits add atmosphere to this awful, boring place. They also want to be called 'recreational engineers.' Where's the charm in that? And they don't want to work on holidays. Do they think I enjoy flying around on Christmas Eve...