December 26
"You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late."
(Ralph Waldo Emerson)
For those of you who find critters as remarkable as I do.....Meet Cashew the Lab, and her seeing eye cat, Libby. This was written by Terry Burns of Middleburg, Pennsylvania. Aren't animals the nicest folks?
This is a link to an interesting article about the origins of Santa Claus and some of the unusual folklore that goes along with the Christmas Holiday. Not sure how true this is, but it is interesting......
"Although most people see Christmas as a Christian holiday, most of the symbols and icons we associate with Christmas celebrations are actually derived from the shamanistic traditions of the tribal peoples of pre-Christian Northern Europe."