celebration Archives - Small Things Count https://smthingscount.com/tag/celebration/ Making a More Loving World/Free Books Sun, 04 Jul 2021 22:29:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Celebrating Independence https://smthingscount.com/2020/07/03/celebrating-independence/ Fri, 03 Jul 2020 15:23:12 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=9399 Happy Independence Day!  I’ll celebrate by noticing how truly independent I am.  I have so many choices: sleep inside my home or camp outside; eat

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]]> OK, So What IS this Kwanzaa Thing? https://smthingscount.com/2018/12/26/ok-so-what-is-this-kwanzaa-thing/ Wed, 26 Dec 2018 18:30:36 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7604 It’s the day after Christmas. Now we’re hearing about another holiday–Kwanzaa. What exactly is it? It isn’t another Christmas, or even a religious holiday, even

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]]> Celebrating My Own Independence https://smthingscount.com/2018/07/03/celebrating-my-own-independence/ Tue, 03 Jul 2018 15:59:53 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7057 Happy Independence Day!  I’ll celebrate by noticing how truly independent I am.  I have so many choices: sleep inside my home or camp outside; eat

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]]> Celebration Warning https://smthingscount.com/2018/06/16/celebration-warning/ Sat, 16 Jun 2018 16:30:34 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7006 Weddings, graduations, bar mitzvahs, birthdays…let the celebrations begin! But do NOT include a balloon-release, which can harm wildlife. Birds starve to death after eating the 

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]]> Mother’s Day Spirit https://smthingscount.com/2017/05/12/mothers-day-spirit/ Fri, 12 May 2017 16:08:52 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=5793 Honor the early history and spirit of Mother’s Day in the U.S. (It actually goes as far back as the ancient Greeks.) On the first Mother’s

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]]> THREE Reasons to Celebrate https://smthingscount.com/2016/12/23/three-reasons-to-celebrate/ Fri, 23 Dec 2016 16:37:57 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=5429 For only the 4th time in 100 years, Hanukkah (which starts at sunset tomorrow night) and Christmas both land on the same day.  It has

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]]> A Truly American Celebration https://smthingscount.com/2016/05/05/a-truly-american-celebration/ Thu, 05 May 2016 17:32:06 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4848 Because Cinco de Mayo is a bigger celebration in the U.S. than in Mexico (no, it isn’t Mexican Independence Day), today’s Thursday Thought celebrates the

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]]> Hanukkah For Jews and Non-Jews https://smthingscount.com/2015/12/08/hanukkah-for-jews-and-non-jews/ Tue, 08 Dec 2015 16:52:30 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4359 To all my readers and friends:  I wish you a very happy Hanukkah for the remainder of the 8 days! To my non-Jewish readers and

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]]> Am I Un-American? https://smthingscount.com/2013/07/05/am-i-un-american/ https://smthingscount.com/2013/07/05/am-i-un-american/#comments Fri, 05 Jul 2013 18:04:39 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=1826 Some people have accused me of being un-American, and only partly in jest.  I don’t mean to be; I really do love my country.  But

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