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Put Your House In A Snow Globe

Brian Scott — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:15:37 +0000

With the lack of snow across the eastern half of the Cowboy State, i kind of forgot how things would look with a light snow falling. With a little help from technology we have the opportunity to take our home, business, favorite park or whatever and put it in a snow globe. The folks at [...]

Candy Cane Pringles? Dear God, it's Real

Big Jim — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:36:17 +0000

Time for Crazy Holiday Pringles! Pringles. A brand of ultrathin potato crisps, sold in canisters that convert nicely into coin banks. All of you already knew this.It’s almost time for eggnog and sugar cookies, but this? Pringles has a new flavor…Candy Cane! I will try them and give you my results soon! Do you think [...]

5 Things I Learned From My Dad

Nick Perkins — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 00:43:50 +0000

Father's Day is upon us, and it's a chance to celebrate the person who, for many of us, is the most important man in our lives'- our father. Those of us who were lucky enough to have a father around most of the time can probably share a lot of stories, jokes, wisdom, that our dad's have passed onto us. These are just 5 things that I learned from mine.

Does Father's Day Get The Same Attention As Mother's Day? — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 12:00:20 +0000

Retailers and greeting card companies would like you to think Father’s Day is just as important as Mother’s Day. Is that really the case? According to most people, the celebration of fatherhood — which was created to complement Mother’s Day — doesn’t get the same amount of attention as the original. A RetailMeNot.com poll of 1,005 [...]

Bad Weather Memorial Day Activities- Our Top 5

Nick Perkins — Fri, 25 May 2012 20:00:35 +0000

Memorial Day is almost upon us, and with it comes the overwhelming desire to get ouside- to go to the lake, or a park, or the mountain and crack open a beer and enjoy the weather that the final days of spring can bring.

Unfortunately, we live in Wyoming and the weather is...fickle, to say the least. That being said,we've come up with five activities for you to do that will still allow you to enjoy Memorial Day and everything that goes a long with it, without having to deal with Mother Nature. So we present our Top 5 Bad Weather Memorial Day Activities.

Real-life Griswolds Pack Home With More Than 200 Christmas Trees [VIDEO]

Don Deane — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:20:31 +0000

It’s perfectly normal to mark the holidays with a decoration or two. But the Rieken family in Texas takes their celebration of the season to the extreme by cramming over 200 trees into their home. Clark Griswold of ‘National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation’ fame would be proud!

What Will It Take to Get Holiday Shoppers to Buy More? Discounts? Maybe

Shauna Wright — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:00:37 +0000

Since a new survey shows more than a third of Americans have already finished their holiday buying, analysts say retailers need to cut prices to the bone if they want people to keep shopping. About 32 percent of the 1,000 people surveyed by America’s Research Group said they finished a majority of their Christmas shopping [...]

7 Wacky Worldly December Holidays You Probably Didn't Know About

Kathy Landin — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:32:14 +0000

Jef Nickerson, Flickr / Koichi Kamoshida, Getty Images / Cindy Funk, Flickr / Stephen Chernin, Getty Images Most of us are looking forward to the gift giving and family dinners associated with the traditional December holidays. But many people from all over the world, however, are instead ready to dress up, storm the streets or [...]

Survey Says — Holidays Are No Longer the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Shauna Wright — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:22:49 +0000

Seems “holiday cheer” may be a misnomer, at least according to a new survey. Consumer Reports polled 1,013 adults, revealing that 90 percent of us have at least one thing to complain about the holidays, and 15 percent hate that they’re expected to be nice.

Matthew West's Viral Hit 'One Last Christmas' Spawns Inspirational Video and Movie [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:41:10 +0000

Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter Matthew West’s viral holiday hit ‘One Last Christmas‘ has inspired a movie called ‘The Heart of Christmas‘ that will premiere Sunday, December 4 on GMC. Based on a true story, the film revolves around a Central Illinois community that decorated their houses for Christmas several weeks early for a two-year-old boy battling a rare form of leukemia.