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Is there an official Santa Claus address?

The U.S. Postal Service has been responding to letters from children to Santa Claus since 1912. The current process allows children to receive a letter postmarked from the North Pole with a reply from Santa. A parent simply takes the letter their child has written and addressed to the North Pole and places it in an envelope addressed to the Anchorage Postmaster. The post office also provides volunteer gift givers the opportunity to provide gifts to underprivileged children through these letters.

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What are some ideas for a 50th birthday party for a woman?

If a woman who is interested in travel dreams of visiting Hawaii, give her a luau-inspired birthday party. Serve Hawaiian dishes and offer Kahlua and pineapple chunks as refreshments. Decorate with plastic palm trees and tiki cutouts; give each party guest a lei of flowers to wear and keep as a party favor.\nIf the woman loves to collect shoes, give her a shoe-themed party, serving shoe-shaped cookies and other finger foods and decorate with cutouts of various styles of shoes.\nWhen creating a photo collage for a woman's 50th birthday party, it is a good idea to arrange the photos to form..

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What are the steps of grieving?

Shock and denial, the first stage, involves reacting to grief with dull disbelief. It is common to deny the loss at some level to avoid feeling pain. This may continue for weeks. The next step is pain and guilt, which typically happens after the initial shock wears off and replaces previous emotions with a deep hurt. While overwhelming, it is important to experience the pain completely rather than avoid it or mask it with substances.\nPain gives way to anger, leading some people to lash out and place unwarranted blame on another person. At the point people expect a grieving person to be over t..

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What are some 70th birthday wishes?

A person turning 70 may not want to be reminded of the loss of some mobility and independence. Rather, it is a good idea to congratulate her on an exemplary life and bring up some good memories that will make the person smile. Depending on the person's personality, she may like jokes or cards pertaining to yesteryear.

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What are some Italian Christmas traditions?

Most modern Italian children wait for Father Christmas to bring them gifts on Christmas Day, but this was not always the case. Traditionally, children left out long socks on Christmas Eve to be filled with candy by a friendly witch called La Befana. If they had been naughty then La Befana would leave coal instead of gifts. In some regions, gifts were brought not by a friendly witch but by Santa Lucia or even baby Jesus.\nWhile some Italians wait until Jan. 6, the day of Epiphany, before giving and receiving their Christmas presents, most open their gifts on Dec. 25.\nMany Italian houses are de..

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What are some original half-birthday present ideas?

A good theme for a half-birthday is things that are cut in half or contain the word "half." Black and white half-moon cookies are a great idea for a half-birthday breakfast. The birthday child can also enjoy a pastry that is half brownie, half cookie.\nAnother original idea is to wrap tiny presents that the recipient opens on the half hour of every hour. For books and movies, get the birthday child a title that has the word "half" in it. Examples are "Oscar's Half-Birthday" by Bob Graham or "Poppo's Half-Birthday Wish" by Annie MacDonald.\nHalf-fingerless mitten gloves are an origina..

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What are some Christmas traditions around the world?

In Norway, brooms are hidden on Christmas Eve to prevent witches from finding and using them. In Sweden, an almond is hidden in rice pudding, and unmarried adults fish around for it to get married the coming year. In Finland, people remember the dead by placing lit candles by the graves. Finnish children leave a shoe out during the 12 days of Christmas, which are then filled with presents and candy every night. Greenland has unusual traditional Christmas foods, among which is mattak, a chunk of raw whale that includes the blubber and skin. In Great Britain, every member of the household takes ..

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How do you find out where Santa Claus is right now?

Starting on Dec. 1 of every year, Santa can be tracked on the Official NORAD Santa Tracker, built by the North American Aerospace Defense Command Center. Every Christmas Eve millions of people worldwide visit the site to follow Santa's journey across the globe. The NORAD Center also takes calls and answers emails from children.

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What are some fun ideas for carving pumpkins?

Carve Halloween figures, such as howling cats, spiders, bats or witches on brooms into your pumpkins. Include eyebrows, mustaches and hair to exaggerate your carvings' features. Carve your pumpkin face of your favorite movie character, such as Darth Vader, Jack Sparrow or Frankenstein. To make several carvings alike, use a cookie cutter to make a pattern to cut.

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Where can you get some simple adult costumes?

At Buycostumes.com, the prices range from under $5 to over $100, as of July 2015. They offer you the option to select how much you want it to cost, for what holiday the costume is intended, what type of costume you're looking for and many other options. They often have special offers and their costumes are shipped internationally.\nBuycostumes is just one of the many stores that offer costumes for adults. Other websites like CostumeSupercenter.com and HalloweenCostumes.com have also been recommended by many a party goer and are also websites that offer all kinds of costumes with quick shi..

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