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Vicki McClure Davidson | December 6, 2011

  From Thanksgiving on, I’m a self-professed Christmas music junkie. I just can’t get enough. I listen to it over the radio in my truck and also listen to Christmas CDs at work and home. I have plenty of favorites, both traditional Christian and contemporary secular — “O Little Town of Bethlehem,” “Joy to the [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | December 6, 2011

  After months of investigation, the sad, untimely death of beloved hockey player Derek Boogaard back in May has been attributed to an accidental drug/alcohol overdose. He also had chronic brain disease, which authorities have linked to his head injuries from playing hockey. Reported by CBS News, Derek Boogaard had chronic traumatic encephalopathy when he [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | December 6, 2011

Yuletide memory lane photo roundup… a wintry blast from the past of some previous White House Christmases and previous First Families.                           I love this one. H/t to Pirates Cove.   And this one…

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