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Icelanders have a beautiful tradition of giving books to each other on Christmas Eve and then spending the night reading. This custom is so deeply ingrained in the culture that it is the reason ...
Shoveling Snow, a Family Tradition. Five Generations of Ruggs Have Made the Winter Tool That Clears the Way. February 25, 2001. By Trudy Tynan. GREENFIELD, Mass.
The tradition goes back probably about 75 years, to when my grandmother first waded through her snow-covered back yard in Conklin, NY. The goal then was a brick fireplace at the far end of the ...
James "Jim" Zimmerman, 59, and son, Drew, 27, turned leftover snow from Winter Storm Jonas into a stormtrooper snow sculpture. The two piled up snow, using shovels and a snow blower, the night of ...
"The Granta Book of the Irish Short Story," edited by Anne Enright, a collection of work by Irish authors born in the 20th century, shows that the rich tradition of ...
But MORNING EDITION's own Ashley Westerman has a family tradition making snow cream. Here she is with the recipe. ASHLEY WESTERMAN, BYLINE: One cup milk, half a cup sugar, one teaspoon of vanilla.