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linklings, “no Wii under the tree” edition

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Categories: linklings

 Well, it’s the day after Christmas.  Again.  I didn’t get a Wii.  Again. Maybe next year.  I have an interesting holiday dynamic since I celebrated Christmas growing up (and still do) and my wife Bubelah’s big holiday was New Year’s Eve – the biggest holiday of the Soviet/Russian year.  We have both traditions in our [...]

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a surprise Christmas present

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Categories: family

Recently I wrote an article about the Russian Children’s Welfare Society as part of the generous December writing project. I was surprised and delighted to see that “I” won. When I say “I” won, really the RCWS won since they were the recipients of a gift from Kate at Babylune! That was a nice little [...]

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