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1) Keep in Touch With Your Sister With Free E-Cards
Author:
Andy Gibson
Category:
Home and Family
Sisters are at long last recognized in America with Sister's Day. To mark this special day millions of free e-mails are sent by sisters to sisters to help celebrate this great day. These free e-cards can also be personalized and so sisters can send a special message to each other. Though generally taken to mean a female relative descending from shared parents, the connotation of the word sister is a familial relationship between people that is often not based on being related.Women th...
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2) How Meet a Mate Week Has Evolved
Author:
Andy Gibson
Category:
Relationships
In today's society the number of failed marriages is on the increase. Unfortunately the statistics on long-term relationships make extremely grim reading. More than 50% of first time marriages result in divorce and the figure gets worse for second marriages with the figure increasing to 67% for second time around.People show an unabated need to find long-term companionship, often within monogamous unions legitimated by legal and often religious record. Western culture dictates that fi...
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3) Why Online Greetings Cards Are Bought on the Internet
Author:
Andy Gibson
Category:
Home and Family
When a special someone celebrates a birthday, what are the usual practices in the United States? As it is already known, birthday parties are one of the most common ways to celebrate a birthday, whether it is for a family member or a friend. Americans also enjoy baking birthday cakes on these special occasions.Here is a little bit of information on the well-loved birthday cake that is present in almost every birthday celebration. It has been said about 200 years ago, Germany was the s...
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4) The Origins of Step-Parents' Week in the United States
Author:
Andy Gibson
Category:
Home and Family
Traditional families are no longer just that. The prevalence of divorce and the continued search for successful partnerships despite past failures result in what are called blended families. A blended family is one that is produced by the marriage of two people, at least one of whom has children from a previous relationship.This kind of family runs into some unique issues, such as having an extra person to compete for a parental role. Though becoming a step-parent is rarely a choice,...
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5) Why the Summer Solstice is Celebrated Around the World
Author:
Andy Gibson
Category:
Education
The summer solstice is a fascinating astronomical event and is celebrated in many countries around the world. The solstice literally means sun standing still in Latin. While it is orbiting the Sun, the Earth is also spinning around its own tilted axis. Due to the 23.5 degree tilt, the Sun's rays directly hit either of the two tropical latitudes on a particular day of the year. The Summer Solstice occurs when the Sun's rays are directly overhead the Tropic of Cancer (23.5 degree latitude Nort...
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6) The History of World Juggling Day
Author:
Andy Gibson
Category:
Education
World Juggling Day is celebrated every year to recognize the skills and dedication of jugglers all over the world. It is now observed thanks to the International Jugglers' Association. This association is a non-profit organization and was founded in June 1947. It is dedicated to the promotion of juggling as an art and a pastime and to providing a network for jugglers to communicate. They also use the association to share techniques, vend related items and paraphernalia, and of course, offer...
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7) How Greetings Cards Are Manufactured
Author:
Andy Gibson
Category:
Education
Traditional greeting cards are made from paper or cardboard onto which photographs, pictures, drawings are added. Often a greeting is written on the outside of the card congratulating the recipient on the event that they are celebrating. It is not uncommon to find a verse, rhyme or greeting also printed inside the card.Greeting cards can be designed in many various ways and printed with a many different images. They are designed to cater for almost any occasion and in order to meet th...
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8) Why Ice Cream is Celebrated in America
Author:
Andy Gibson
Category:
Education
The history of ice cream is lengthy and quite elaborate, though its earliest past is largely unsubstantiated. An irrefutable fact, however, is that an overwhelming 90% of Americans currently indulge in the tasty concoction.President Reagan recognized this popularity in 1984 with his designation of July as National Ice Cream Month and the third Sunday of the month, National Ice Cream Day. Some of the widespread legends about the origins of the frozen dessert involve Marco Polo, an Ital...
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9) Sporting Activity Holidays in America
Author:
Andy Gibson
Category:
Sports
When you begin to think about sports in America, you certainly can not overlook the most popular sport, Football. No, not the world sport of football, but the American version. The version that requires players to wear pads, with lines drawn on 10 yard increments across the field, and a huge upright field goal at each end.Football is the sport now days in the United States. When you think of footballs most popular events you immediately think of the Superbowl. This is the championship...
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