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Christmas Movies - Now more than ever!

Well now, the season of giving is soon to be upon us and of the many things that remind us of the holidays there are trees, lights, decorations, gifts, parties, food and so much more but for me (at this particular moment) it's movies!  Rotten Tomatoes has a list of 25 Best Christmas Movies and there is something for everyone there.  Trolling through the list will bring back memories of so many wonderful holidays that it is worth a look and a smile!   So what's your favorite holiday movie? NOTHING ABOUT GLOBAL PANDEMICS please.   By the way, my...

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Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving thoughts :)

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Rubber Ducky your the one, you make my bathtime...

Rubber Ducky your the one, you make my bathtime...

So lately we have had a lot of people buying Duck Boxer Shorts and Duck Socks which reminds us of Ernie singing the rubber ducky song as well as those wonderfully fun and famous ducks: Donald Duck, Daffy Duck, The AFLAC Duck, Howard the Duck (once seen never to be unseen), The Ugly Duckling (spoiler alert... really a swan), Ferdinand the duck from the movie Babe, and no list would be complete without Count Duckula! When we had our executive board meeting about famous ducks some of the directors wanted us to add: Duck that responsibility, Duck and Cover, Duck...

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To Autumn - John Keats

Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,     Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;  Conspiring with him how to load and bless     With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;  To bend with apples the moss'd cottage-trees,     And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;        To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells     With a sweet kernel; to set budding more,  And still more, later flowers for the bees,  Until they think warm days will never cease,        For summer has o'er-brimm'd their clammy cells.  Who hath not seen thee oft amid thy store?     Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may find  Thee sitting careless...

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An ode to socks!

It's too easy to argue over politics, religion, taxes and so many more things so let's celebrate something good... Socks!  Each sock graphic has a link to a sock poem, story, etc... Enjoy!    If you enjoy the links and the stories, poems, etc... behind them then maybe you should check out our Amazing Socks... They are fun, comfortable and make amazing sock puppets! https://www.funaffordablegifts.com/collections/kids/socks  

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