Holiday parties, celebrations, driving under the influence… If you’ve checked in with friends and family over the past few days, then you may have realized how many people are prepping for a holiday “get together.” It could be you’ve noticed Facebook friends chatting about attending holiday celebrations, including everything from their children’s school holiday program...Read More

Dealing with grief during the holidays… Children looking at holiday cards ~ 1910 Did you ever stop to wonder why we have so many major holidays crammed into the last 90 days of the year? For many of us these holidays hold special memories of our childhood. These memories may be positive or negative, depending...Read More

Not all December programming is filled with holiday pleasantry… You have probably noticed that starting last week evening television programming is filled with holiday favorites. If you don’t think that is the case, you can visit a webpage created and maintained by TV Guide: Holiday TV 2014 Schedule. Last evening one of our associates happened...Read More

Holiday cooking, holiday shopping… Are you the holiday chef in your family? If so, then right about now you are finalizing your Thanksgiving menu, re-checking your last-minute shopping list and starting to plan those dishes that you can prepare 24 hours in advance. Let’s face it, being a guest at someone’s holiday table is easier...Read More

First Night Celebration will include Me2! Communities across the United States sponsor First Night celebrations on New Year’s Eve. It all started in Boston, MA; it was 1975 when a group of artists were looking for an alternative way to celebrate New Year’s Eve, opting to avoid the usual emphasis of alcohol and wild parties....Read More

English: “The First Thanksgiving at Plymouth” (1914) By Jennie A. Brownscombe (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The holiday season is about to begin with Blackout Wednesday… The 2013 holiday season is about to get underway tomorrow, November 27th. It is true that many people really feel that the autumn holiday season begins with Halloween and lumbers along...Read More

Remembering our veterans… On Monday, November 11, 2013, our nation will celebrate Veterans Day. Other countries around the world refer to this day as Armistice Day or Remembrance Day. As so often happens with special days there can be whole generations which have no knowledge of how we came to honor veterans around the world...Read More

Christmas Eve (Photo credit: Wikipedia) It’s Christmas Eve!  If you celebrate Christmas, then chances are over the next 48 hours you will be scrambling to finish your shopping and/or traveling to be with family to celebrate, enjoy a traditional meal and spend a great time with your grandparents, parents, siblings, spouses, children, cousins, nieces and...Read More

English: Leonard Cohen (Photo credit: Wikipedia) “I speak of a clinical depression that is the background of your entire life, a background of anguish and anxiety, a sense that nothing goes well, that pleasure is unavailable and all your strategies collapse.” …Leonard Cohen Holidays and depression This is the time of year when many people...Read More

English: A 30 kHz bright light therapy lamp (Innosol Rondo) used to treat seasonal affective disorder.  (Photo credit: Wikipedia) 2012 Winter Solstice will occur on December 21 Many people pay very little attention to when the winter season begins each year. To them it is just another day on the calendar; however, for at least...Read More