Here’s How to Set a Missing Man Table
As we approach Memorial Day, some families and some businesses may create a Missing Man Table. Here's what each part means.
As we approach Memorial Day, some families and some businesses may create a Missing Man Table. Here's what each part means.
Every year, someone will make the faux pas of wishing others a happy Memorial Day. We have to remind ourselves that they surely mean well.
More than a decade ago, an article listed Valentine's Day as one of the most over-commercialized holidays in America. Little has changed.
I have to admit that I was a bit disappointed when I saw what a survey actually found to be America's most-anticipated Thanksgiving dish.
Retailer Target announced this week it will make being closed on Thanksgiving Day a permanent change to their yearly calendar.
Every October, for as long as I can remember, church people — some of them might be Christians — start the annual Halloween debate.
Every June 19, Americans celebrate Juneteenth. But even after more than 150 years. some people still have no idea what the day is all about.
I'm not talking about the famous Christmas song. There are 12 days of Christmas, but they don't start when many seem to think they do.
If all goes well, the only time most of us hear about NORAD is this time of year when they're tracking Santa Claus. A typo started it all.
An Alabama sheriff's office posted a photo of its Christmas tree decorated with what it called 'thugshots' just in time for Christmas.
Many of us take the time on a day like Thanksgiving to count our blessings and things we're thankful for. That should be true even in 2020.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggested this week that a virtual Thanksgiving should replace large gatherings this year.
If you told kids last year to enjoy trick-or-treating because in 2020, they couldn't, those kids would have laughed at you.
For years, at least before a global pandemic, a growing number of people celebrate Cinco de Mayo. But some don't know the reason behind their celebration!
Every Ash Wednesday, some believers mark the occasion with a forehead smudge of ash made in the sign of a cross. By now, this should be common knowledge.
People are thinking romance for their Valentines this week. But when talking about Valentine's Day, don't forget that little mark.
Patrick is a longtime television producer and digital journalist.
 
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