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Paper Doll Tales Posts
“I was born first.” Written in words like this, the statement can be a simple true or false statement. Either you were, or you were not, born before someone else.…
I flipped a sunny-side-up egg this morning as Gayle King exclaimed, “Only one week until Christmas! One week! Can you believe it?” The CBS Morning Show anchors all shook their…
The day after Thanksgiving, those Parisians leaned tee-pees of wrapped Christmas trees against street corner newspaper stands, grocery market entrances, charcuterie doors, patisserie awnings. Christmas had arrived in Paris. Christmas…
“Santa is dead.” Miss C drops this bomb at gymnastics class. 10 other eye balls and 5 mouths go all perfect spheres. “Well. Then, who brings the presents on Christmas?” This, from…
Christmas cookies taste like security. When I was growing up, my grandmother made sure all of our festive cookie needs were met with a dash and panache of silver and…