AI gives me some statistics on what U.S. consumers spend on celebrations of various Days. Major Holiday Spending Valentine's Day In 2024, U.S. consumers spent $25.8 billion on Valentine's Day, with the average person spending $185.81 capitaloneshoppingnrf. Major spending categories included jewelry ($6.5 billion), evenings out ($5.4 billion), and flowers ($2.9 billion) Americans expect to … Continue reading Getting the show on the road
itawaitsits glorydecoratedwith colour and lightmocks warm cottony snownow alone in a forestbut soon, its time will come - Christmaslove, bonhomie, social gatheringsMay it be merry for all and sundry MTB: An Etheree Tree Happy Holidays to Team dVerse
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https://open.spotify.com/episode/7uornYIzQ74DC4LCdLLPig?si=d962e194e2c84acc The season of cheer is over. Santa moves back to familiar environs of comfort after doling out promises and gifts. The pall bearers of dreams carry the carriers away. Coloured wrapping paper is strewn all around carrying different stories of ecstasy and disappointment. A child exclaims, “Mosquitoes sparkle so much in December.” The homeless … Continue reading Cycles of cheer
Jim's Music Prompt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp9rK8FmYog My take your boys keep tossing boxes of dreams Tell me what slipped out in between frozen wishes in drafts of cold breeze fell from the stars, caught in the trees What was not a piece of cake, not workable on a quick uptake let me catch all that is unspent … Continue reading Little Saint Nick
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Decorated buildings and market places, Christmas parties and a benevolent Santa at every corner takes me back to my childhood, when Christmas was not so widely celebrated in India. I was one of the few to enjoy this festival, being the resident of a predominantly Christian neighborhood. Our next-door neighbors, Robert and Josephine were a … Continue reading Christmas Years
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