by Vic Smith | Mar 20, 2017 | Holiday
April Fools’ Day is commonly associated with good-hearted jokes and pranks between friends and family. The tradition is thought to have begun under King Charles IX of France during the late 1500’s, spreading through Europe and then to Colonial America. Webster’s...
by Vic Smith | Feb 9, 2017 | Holiday, Hope
Love is such a fascinating word. It’s probably one of the first words we learned as a child. It is perhaps one of the most commonly used words in our vocabulary. If a survey were taken of 100 different people we might get 100 different answers or examples as to what...
by Vic Smith | Jan 2, 2017 | Holiday
The History of New Year’s Resolutions New Year’s resolutions seem to be as much a part of our traditions for starting the New Year as collard greens, black-eyed peas and football. Many believe these resolutions date back some 4,000 years to the Babylonians, then to...
by Vic Smith | Dec 3, 2016 | Holiday
Christmas, as the song goes, is the most wonderful time of the year. Another carol adds children laughing, people passing, meeting smile after smile. At least that’s how it should be, right? A generation ago, people longed for the classic Norman Rockwell holiday table...
by Vic Smith | Nov 19, 2016 | Holiday
The holidays can be the best of times or the worst of times. When things are going well—the bills are paid, the job’s secure, the kids are healthy, our teams are winning—then we cannot wait for the holidays. But when things are not well—when someone we love is...
