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80There Is Something About Stonehenge
There’s something about Stonehenge. It’s buried in the soil around here. It’s carved into the stones. It’s marked out in the landscape. It’s in the air you breathe.
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76History of the Christmas Wreath
What is the history of the Christmas wreath? Where and how did the Christmas wreath originate? Let's take a look at how the ubiquitous Christmas wreath got its start as a part of our Christmas decor staples.
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79The Real Cosmological Significance of December 23rd 2012
There is a lot of speculation and prophecy concerning Dec. 21st, 2012. Prognostications of great disaster notwithstanding, the Maya system is more about a change from one age to another. This however has not stopped some publishers from cashing in on end of the world scenarios.
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78The Gifts of Hunab Ku
Hunab Ku is a name coined by Jose Arguelles, a modern day author and pioneer researcher of the Mayan calendar, for what the Mayans referred to as “The Galactic Butterfly”. In the Yucatec Mayan language, Hunab Ku actually means “Source – The...
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73All Things Christmas - Origin of the Christmas Tree and Evergreen Arrangements
Many of us decorate our homes every Christmas with beautiful fragrant arrangements of evergreens to include Christmas trees and wreaths.This year I plan to research these things and explain to my children where these traditions came from in hopes they too will share with their children. I believe that knowing why we do some of these things gives them more meaning. This hub will explain the Christmas tree, significance of evergreens, and the wreath. I will touch on other traditions in more hubs.
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72Homemade Holiday
Christmas commercialism got you down? Frustrated with the conflation of religion and merchandising? Or perhaps you want something a little different this year. Winter is the darkest, and sometimes the...
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82Fellow Creatures at Christmas: a Ranter's Yuletide Fable
Christmas: It is a Christian thing. It is a Northern thing. It is a pagan thing. It is a Celtic thing. It is a European thing. It is a human thing. You cannot ignore it.
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77The Origin of Groundhog Day
February second is Groundhog Day, a day on which winter weary residents of the northern climes look to a ground dwelling rodent to tell them whether spring is just around the corner or if they can expect six more dreary weeks of winter. How was it...
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83When will the world end? Will it be 2012?
.2012, and in particular the Winter Solstice of 21 December of that year, has become a subject of debate with many people thinking of it as some sort of doomsday or end of the world. Others see it as the end of an age or merely the last date at the...
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70Do you really think that end of world has come?
The earth will not end in 2012 and we will not die. All of us will be here and will be writing hubs for money and answering and asking questions because the Big Hoax of 2012 Prediction attached to 21/12/2012 date is just a recent invention. Some of...
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