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For years, I’ve watched friends and acquaintances take family trips during the holiday season to exciting locations like Disney World, Hawaii, Colorado and Cracker Barrel.
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By Jase Graves, Special to the Katy Times
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1/5/23
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I’m filled with a renewed sense of hope all of the sudden.
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By Tom Purcell, Special to the Katy Times
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12/29/22
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As I write this year-end essay about 2022 trends in food and dining, I must confess that I’m playing catch-up.
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By Danny Tyree, Special to the Katy Times
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12/29/22
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One of my fondest childhood memories of Christmas in the 1970s was riding around in the family station wagon, “Bessie,” to look at Christmas lights while I whined to my parents about needing a snack—again. There was something magical about a familiar evening landscape transformed to a radiant wonderland at the expense of someone’s lumbar spine.
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By Jase Graves, Special to the Katy Times
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12/22/22
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I read a great piece in the Tribune-Review about the nostalgia many Pittsburghers hold for their favorite old suburban shopping malls—especially around the holidays.
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By Tom Purcell, Special to the Katy Times
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12/22/22
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I grew up believing that you judge a man by the size of his Christmas tree.
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By Peter Funt, Special to the Katy Times
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12/15/22
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My dog Thurber has been lying to me.
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By Tom Purcell, Special to the Katy Times
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12/15/22
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It has been years since my family last dealt with the “pictures with Santa” pageantry, but Saint Nick impersonators remain an integral part of Christmas for Americans.
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By Danny Tyree, Special to the Katy Times
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12/8/22
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Please pardon me, but I am always overcome by mawkish sentimentality at this time of year.
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By Danny Tyree, Special to the Katy Times
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12/1/22
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When it comes to sappy holiday movies, you either scorn them as you would another pair of reindeer-themed socks, or you eagerly binge on offerings such as “My Southern Family Christmas,” produced by Hallmark and described thusly:
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By Peter Funt, Special to the Katy Times
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12/1/22
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Is the glass half empty or half full?
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By Tom Purcell, Special to the Katy Times
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11/24/22
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The whole concept of a bed and breakfast is pretty ingenious and fits almost perfectly with my lifestyle.
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By Jase Graves, Special to the Katy Times
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11/24/22
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This week half the country will be upset by the midterm election results and half will be elated.
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By Tom Purcell, Special to the Katy Times
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11/17/22
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Thanksgiving is much more than a big meal with family and friends. It’s a time to reflect on, and be thankful for, all of the good things you have.
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By Bryan Golden, Special to the Katy Times
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11/17/22
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Murphy’s Law being what it is, whether you’re talking about a surprise party, a romantic getaway or visiting an acquaintance in the hospital, good intentions don’t always pan out.
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By Danny Tyree, Special to the Katy Times
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11/10/22
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When I was growing up in 1970’s East Texas, my experiences with international cuisine were pretty much limited to pizza, spaghetti and an occasional tamale.
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By Jase Graves
Special to the Katy Times
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11/10/22
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Since the Reagan era of the 1980s, we have heard arguments from various quarters lamenting the supposed “fact” that studying liberal arts or the humanities in general was a colossal waste of time. As a Generation X teenager, this message was routinely fed to me and my peers.
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By Elwood Watson, Special to the Katy Times
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11/3/22
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It’s a question worth asking in these nutty times: how old is too old to trick-or-treat?
On the question-and-answer website Quora, some people ask if the age of 12 is a good time to hang …
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By Tom Purcell, Special to the Katy Times
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11/3/22
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Perhaps it’s partly because my mother owns a huge antique desk from Milky Way Farm (the former estate of Franklin C. Mars, founder of Mars Candies), but I pay keen attention to the annual flurry of “filler” news items about Halloween candy.
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By Danny Tyree, Special to the Katy Times
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10/27/22
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I’ve experienced a lifelong identity crisis, of sorts, because of my name (or names), and I’ve actually kind of enjoyed it—most of the time.
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By Jase Graves, Special to the Katy Times
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10/27/22
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