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Home-use fire extinguishers are key safety gear, especially over the holidays
With Thanksgiving , Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and New Year's upon us, the risk of a fire at your home could be higher since you're likely to be cooking more, using holiday lighting , and perhaps even burning candles more frequently.
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Kimberly Garrison: Shake up your exercise routine with Nia Technique
IS IT TIME for you to shake up your old fitness routine? To step away from your step class? End that boring treadmill trip to nowhere? Do you need some new motivation to get moving? Do you need to get your groove back? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you may want to give Nia classes a try.
We're dreaming of a black Christmas
Millions of African-Americans, including the Obamas, will celebrate Kwanzaa next month.
Holiday centerpieces that last from Thanksgiving to Christmas
You can make your holiday decorations go the extra mile by arranging an eye-catching table centerpiece that works just as well for Thanksgiving as it does for Christmas, Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa.
How To Green Your Holiday Traditions
'Tis the seasonfor being wasteful. For some reason, every year when fall wraps up and we start shopping for the holidays our commitment to eco-friendly living goes in the garbage with the Halloween candy.
A Selection of the Best, Free Kwanzaa Ecards to Sent to Your Family and Friends! Kwanzaa is a wonderful celebration where one can share free e-cards with their family and friends.
If you are looking to celebrate the seven days of Kwanzaa this holiday season, you might think about sending your friends and family e-cards. If you are looking for Kwanzaa e-cards there are some websites you might want to check out that are free to use.
Of all the months of the year, December has to be viewed as ground central. Christmas is the most famous of December holidays in the West, but worldwide there are many more December holidays celebrated just as passionately as any morning rush toward the presents glistening beneath the Douglas Fir.
Hindus across the globe just celebrated Diwali, the Festival of Lights. Homes were thoroughly cleaned; oil-filled lamps and colorful candles were lit; great feasts were prepared; family, friends, and neighbors visited each other; gifts were exchanged; worship or puja was given to various deities.
For 20 years, I've been involved in energy justice ministry. It's a tradition in organized religion.
U.S. Postal Service issues a blizzard of themed holiday stamps
The Postal Service started delivering the 2009 holiday season by issuing the Winter Holidays, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa stamps last week.
Scheduled participants at Black Expo events confirm they never happened
Scheduled participants in two Elkhart Black Expo events in 2008 funded by Genesis grants confirm that the programs didn't occur.
Post Office Gearing Up For Busy Holiday Season
With the holidays approaching, the Postal Service is gearing up for its busiest mail season.
Theater Brief: N.C. Black Repertory Company releases 2009-10 slate
The North Carolina Black Repertory Company has announced its production-and-event lineup for the 2009-10 season.
Postal Service Issues a Blizzard of Holiday Stamps
The Postal Service starts delivering the 2009 holiday season by issuing the Winter Holidays stamps today and the Hanukkah and Kwanzaa stamps tomorrow at the American Stamp Dealers Association Mega Stamp Show in New York City.
Free O Little Town of Bethlehem Cross Stitch Pattern
If you haven't started on your holiday crafting, you might want to take this post as a hint.
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