The Christmas tale from the Sherlock Holmes collection is “The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle.”
Month: October 2008
Can you name today’s birthday celebrity, who is credited with getting adults back on the dance floor with a new “twist” in dancing styles?
If we were invited to Chubby Checker’s birthday party, we would also dance to “Pony Time” and “The Hucklebuck.” In addition to Chubby Checker, also celebrating birthdays today are former Backstreet Boys member Kevin Richardson, Tommy Lee of Mötley Crüe, and Lindsey Buckingham from Fleetwood Mac.
Part of the pleasure of eating Christmas pudding is finding a trinket that predicts your future. What will your future hold if you find a coin?
If you find a coin in your Christmas pudding, you will become wealthy.
His name would lead you to think he was irritated, but this cigar smoking comedian was very happy performing with his brothers. Can you guess today’s birthday celebrity?
Happy birthday to Groucho Marx. Today would’ve been his 118th birthday. Also celebrating birthdays today include fashion design Donna Karen, “Live!” host Kelly Ripa, and movie critic Rex Reed.
In ancient Scandinavia, what was Christmas mistletoe associated with?
Mistletoe was associated with peace and friendship. This may explain the Christmas tradition of kissing under the mistletoe.
Keep Customers in Mind with Corporate Christmas Cards
Today’s businesses are struggling just to exist! They have to save money wherever they can because of increased fuel costs, higher material costs, and tighter consumer expenditures due to the recessing economy. As a consumer, I would like to commend the companies that still send business holiday cards. They have not forgotten the people that are keeping them in business. There are certain areas in which a business could save money, and cutting back by not sending business holiday cards should not be one of them.
I received some very high quality corporate Christmas cards this past holiday season, despite rising costs. It is very important to thank your customers. Businesses have to go the extra mile to keep their customers happy so they will come back throughout the coming year, especially considering the status of our current economy. The companies that have taken the time to thank their customers are the businesses that I will use and recommend to others. So despite all of the economic setbacks that just about everyone in the U.S. is experiencing, I recommend that businesses keep us consumers in mind with corporate Christmas cards and we’ll keep you in mind the next time we open our checkbooks.
Which baseball player, who was an All-Star selection every year except his final year in 1985, is celebrating a birthday today?
Happy Birthday to Rod Carew. Another former slugger celebrating a birthday today is Mark McGwire. And an extra special Happy Birthday to everyone’s favorite nanny, Julie Andrews.
Many famous cartoon characters have been featured in their own renditions of “A Christmas Carol,” such as the Jetsons, the Flintstones, the Muppets, and so on. This brawny cartoon character never had his own version of “A Christmas Carol.” Who is he?
The spinach-eating Popeye has never had his own rendition of “A Christmas Carol.”