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Archive for the 'Holiday Time' Category

Visiting Santa Claus, Circa 2008

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, November 18th, 2008. Filed under Holiday Time, Humor, Personal

Things have changed since you were a child…..

H/T: David Boaz @ Cato
         

Santa And The Shopping Mall Make Peace

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, October 23rd, 2008. Filed under Holiday Time, In The News

It looks like Tysons Corner and Santa Claus have come together in the spirit of the holidays:
Tysons Corner Center and the longtime mall Santa whose dumping triggered a local uproar might work things out in time for the Christmas shopping season after all.
Less than 90 minutes before a scheduled news conference, Santa’s publicist e-mailed reporters [...]

The Saga Of The Fired Santa Continues

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, October 23rd, 2008. Filed under Dumbasses, Holiday Time, Virginia

It didn’t take long for the public relations people who run Tyson’s Corner Center to realize they screwed up royally:
Tysons Corner Center officials apologized yesterday for leaving Santa Claus out in the cold this holiday season.
Responding to hundreds of calls, an online petition and threats to boycott the mall for giving its longtime Santa the [...]

Maybe Their New Marketing Slogan Will Be “Bah, Humbug”

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008. Filed under Holiday Time, In The News, Virginia

The management at Tysons Corner Center has fired Santa:
Santa just got the boot. And not just any Santa.
Michael Graham has been Santa at Tysons Corner Center for so long that many who visited him when they were young have brought their own children to experience his magic: a real snowy beard, a twinkle in his [...]

And We’re Back

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, November 24th, 2007. Filed under Holiday Time, Personal

Still recovering from Thanksgiving, but regular blogging should resume momentarily.
         

Happy Thankgiving

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, November 21st, 2007. Filed under Holiday Time, Personal

We’ve got family coming into town for the holiday, so there won’t be any blogging here until sometime this weekend.
If you’re looking for something to read, head on over to The Liberty Papers, where we’re celebrating the beginning of our third year.
Enjoy the holiday.
         

Happy New Year

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, January 1st, 2007. Filed under Holiday Time, Personal

Here’s hoping that 2007 brings a better world than the one we’re living in right now.
Actually, 2006 was a pretty good year for me and I’m looking forward to the new year. Sorry for that dose of pessimism. Last night, Kellie and I rang out the New Year with a great dinner at what has [...]

Reporting Back

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, December 28th, 2006. Filed under Holiday Time, Personal

Kellie and I returned earlier this afternoon from another Christmas family gathering. This year, instead of enduring the cold of Cleveland, Ohio, we started out in the suburbs of Atlanta, where my brother-in-law and his wife live, and then made our way, in three cars, to Hilton Head, South Carolina where we spent Christmas and [...]

Holiday Hiatus 2006 Edition

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, December 21st, 2006. Filed under Holiday Time, News About The Site

As I did last year, it’s time to declare Christmas hiatus time here at Below The Beltway. I may post one or two things at The Liberty Papers tonight or tomorrow, but other than that, this will be the last post until sometime next week.
Have a great Christmas

Note: Because of what seems to be an [...]

An Al-Qaeda Christmas

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, December 21st, 2006. Filed under Holiday Time, Humor, Videos

The latest video from Osama bin Laden’s # 2 man is a little bit different:

Heh.
H/T: Winds of Change
         

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