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Jingle All The Way
A man who celebrated Christmas everyday for the last 14 years is now planning his Christmas funeral.Andy Park, a 44-year-old electrician from Melksham, Wiltshire, is known around town as Mr. Christmas. Every morning since July 14, 1994, Park wakes up and eats seven or eight mince pies, followed by a glass of sherry for breakfast. He then proceeds to open the presents he bought and[...]
Even Death Can't Stop Cold Feet
For some families, family reunions are affairs that occur every decade or so, especially when family members are spread out across the country or even the world. Unless these are planned events, or even traditional annual gatherings, some family members may even go years without seeing one another until a wedding or a funeral obligates them to make that journey home. In Chinese[...]
The Hearse Song
Nursery rhymes, for years have been used as an integral form of soothing and pacifying children into the dark, slumberous passage of sleep or arousing the playful mischievous wonderment of fun. These catching melodies were, on the surface, weaved to both educate and instruct moral lessons, but if you scratch the surface of these lullabies there lies a much more complex adult[...]
The Legacy of the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans
Born in 1827, Marie Laveau Glapion was one of 15 children living in Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau's home on Rampart Street. Described as a virtual replica of her mother, Marie II was said to have lacked the compassion and warmth of her mother.Carrying on the rich traditions and persona of the Voodoo Queen begun by her mother, Marie II oversaw the operations of Maison Blanche, the house[...]
The Death of a Boxer
"The world has lost a great champion. I will always remember Joe with respect and admiration." - Cassius "Muhammad Ali" Clay, Jr.Madison Square Garden was busting with a pandemonium of activity. Police patrolled the area and controlled the circus-like frenzy of the crowd, some who were dressed outrageously. It was 1971 and it was the place to be. Countless celebrities from Norman[...]
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