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From video tributes to custom stamps, here's how to make this Sunday special--no matter how last-minute your gifts are.
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Mothers everywhere will be lavished with love, cards, flowers and, perhaps, breakfast in bed on Mother's Day on Sunday.  On their special day, moms are also being offered free admission and activities at zoos, gardens, golf courses and other attractions around the country. Some offers are free; at others, mom gets in free if you buy one admission ticket. Here are a few for you and your mom to consider.
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Fake retweets, bad mixtapes and desktop pranks. 30 jokes that might actually work this time.

Why Leap Years Are Necessary

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Bikinis on Halloween. Leaf raking for Christmas. Presidents Day mattress sales on the wrong day.

Is One Month Enough to Remember Black History?

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Two-hundred years ago, an unlikely group of people shattered the presuppositions and assumptions of the simple-minded. 

Cake Pops Get Decorated for Christmas

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It was only a matter of time. The dipped and decorated cake pops -- long the rage at birthdays and weddings -- are beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

How Not to Waste Food This Holiday Season

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The U.S. wastes 34 million tons of food annually. (Photodisc / Getty Images)

Does anyone else think it's strange that Thanksgiving--a holiday meant to commemorate the moment when white settlers in America were essentially saved from starvation--now involves the biggest day of overeating in the calendar? 

Making Thanksgiving Memories that Matter

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I love Thanksgiving, as my one-size-bigger-each-year elastic waistband pants seem to attest.
John 5:24

Creative Ways to Celebrate Your Mom This Year
Free Places to Take Your Mom on Mother's Day
Fresh April Fool's Ideas that Might Actually Work
Why Leap Years Are Necessary
Is One Month Enough to Remember Black History?
Cake Pops Get Decorated for Christmas




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