Christmas rose (Helleborus niger) puts on a show
It is hard to imagine flowers blooming outdoors in February, but the
Christmas rose (Helleborus niger) delights gardeners with its charming pure
white blooms that emerge from the plant even when frost and snow lie on the
ground.
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Christmas concert to include Salvation Army story
The vast majority of Americans are a few missteps and a bit of bad
luck away from facing abject poverty.
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Christmas, Auto Racing, Lights, and a Baby
When you think of Christmas, auto racing might not come to mind. But
the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon has turned a mile long race
course into a Christmas display featuring more than a million LED lights.
NHPR’s Brady Carlson took his family to see the show and has this report.
I’m not really a light kind of guy – in fact, the first thing I do when
I host All Things Considered is turn ...
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Euro zone sales tumble at Christmas, no sign of growth
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Retail sales in the euro zone tumbled
unexpectedly in December, the biggest drop in the Christmas period in three
years, data showed on Friday, with rising joblessness and stubborn
inflation undercut signs of a stabilization in Europe's economy. Sales
across the 17-nation single currency area fell 0.4 percent in December from
November, well down from the 0.3 percent rise ...
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Operation Christmas Card touches servicemanâs heart
Cathy Perfect/Kern Valley Sun The project – belatedly dubbed
Operation Christmas Card – took planning. It took time. And, in the end,
some finger-crossing.
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