Category: holidays
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The First Sunday of Advent
Advent wreaths are not just a Christmas decoration. What they represent is pretty amazing. Even if you have never observed advent before, you can start today, on the first Sunday of advent. What is advent? Advent is the period of four Sundays and weeks before Christmas (or sometimes from the 1st December to Christmas Day!).…
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24 Days of Christmas: The 2022 Kickoff!
Each year, we decorate our home and we share 24 Christmas related posts during the month of December. It’s hard and it’s time consuming but it’s a lot of fun!! Each day, from now through Christmas Eve, we will share something fun and Christmas related. Here is what we have in store for this month:…
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Happy Thanksgiving!!
We wish you a wonderful and happy Thanksgiving holiday! We will be out of the office until Monday, November 29!
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The History of Thanksgiving
How many of us grew up learning that the first Thanksgiving happened like this? Smithsonian Magazine almost perfectly sums up what most of us learned in school about Thanksgiving: “The myth is that friendly Indians, unidentified by tribe, welcome the Pilgrims to America, teach them how to live in this new place, sit down to…
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Happy Veteran’s Day
Lumber in my Minivan proudly supports and salutes our nation’s veterans! Thank you for serving and protecting our country. In observance of Veteran’s Day, we will close and reopen Monday, November 14. Have a blessed week!