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	<title>Thingamababy &#187; Holidays</title>
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		<title>A winter family tradition: Ogre Socks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:34:25 +0000</pubDate>
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I vividly remember the morning of one December 25th when my brothers and I woke up early and quietly whispered between our respective doors waiting for the 6 a.m. start of Christmas. We weren&#8217;t allowed out of our rooms until 6 a.m., and had even broken out my father&#8217;s ancient Official Boy Scout Twin Signal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why is it?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:23:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We know that children willingly accept that Santa&#8217;s elves create all of their favorite toys that are commercially packaged in cardboard and molded plastic, complete with company names, marketing slogans and flashy graphics. Why is it that when Santa forgets to remove a price tag on one toy, the jig is up?
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		<title>Armistice Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s another not-baby-oriented idea from this baby blog, a bigger picture notion for when your child is old enough to learn about America&#8217;s Veteran&#8217;s Day.
In the United States, the holiday began in 1919 as Armistice Day, intended to remember and commemorate the ending of World War I and to thank its veterans.  In 1938, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Photos: A Japanese Halloween Parade</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:08:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friend of Thingamababy Buz Carter visited Tokyo last month and brought back some awesome photos of a Japanese Halloween celebration: the Harajuku Omotesando Halloween Pumpkin Parade.
Buz explains:
I believe it was a Sunday when we saw a kid with his mom, both in costumes walking on the sidewalk &#8212; so we followed them. Is that creepy?
We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Halloween recap &#8211; How was yours?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:34:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AJ</dc:creator>
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For several of our Halloween activities my daughter dressed as a witch. On Halloween night she decided to combine her witch costume with a bat cape and velvet masquerade mask to become the Vampire Witch Super Hero.
To criminals, she casts the illusion of being a helpless victim. When bad people approach, she bites them, releasing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Halloween Tradition: Pumpkin Races</title>
		<link>http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2009/09/goldenboy.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:10:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every October we bring home a range of pumpkins from our local pumpkin patches. Some are for carving into jack-o-lanterns. A few tiny ones are for decoration. And a few medium-size pumpkins are for racing.
Yes, racing. It&#8217;s a competition of sorts. We don&#8217;t maintain records because no one ever comes close to winning. Except&#8230; this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Independence Days</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[American independence was declared on July 2, 1776, a fact dusted off again in an interesting newspaper column by a historian who reminds us it&#8217;s the &#8220;joyous romp&#8221; that matters, not so much the date:

&#8220;The second day of July, 1776, will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Part 2: Fifth Birthday Deployment + Fort Pics</title>
		<link>http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2009/06/birthdayparty.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve read our plan, now read how the party went down, made possible by Budget Truck Rental. (Really! See below.)
A front door sign written by my daughter greeted guests: &#8220;Please come in here for the party.&#8221; My wife lobbied for &#8220;Please come in here for great fun,&#8221; but my persuasion won over my daughter. We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thoughts on birthday gifts, regifting and no-gifting</title>
		<link>http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2009/05/birthdaygifts.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 07:28:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AJ</dc:creator>
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My daughter&#8217;s fifth birthday is rapidly approaching and it has me thinking about what I&#8217;ve learned from her first four birthdays &#8212; I really don&#8217;t like gifts.
My wife and I put a good deal of thought into the types of products we do and don&#8217;t surround our kids with. Birthday parties are a big gamble, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to explain New Year&#8217;s Eve to a toddler</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:04:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Simple: It&#8217;s the night before the world&#8217;s birthday.

Making the world a birthday cake is one of our new annual traditions.

Mom applied the chocolate frosting and green edging. Dad wrote &#8220;Happy Birthday World 2009&#8243; around the edges in non-sequential order because that&#8217;s what dads do. Then we gave our daughter carte blanche to go to town [...]]]></description>
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