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CUSTOM
IRON IN THE HOUSE
Custom
Iron's railings and spiral staircase are featured in the
Not So Big Showhouse (NSBSH) in Orlando in conjunction with the NAHB show. Reflecting
the vision and philosophy of renowned architect, Sarah Susanka, the NSBSH is
open January 13-15, 2005. For more info: www.notsobigshowhouse.com. |
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| Choose the correct definition for these holiday
words commonly used in our rural Minnesota area. We can only
poke fun at the traditions we embrace. If you embrace different
traditions, you are free to make fun of them yourself. |
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| Manger |
A |
That guy who spreads the mange around town |
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B |
A “typo” <wink, wink> when addressing your supervisor |
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Trough or feeding crib for farm animals |
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| Wassail |
| A |
Drunken query in a British pub, similar to the popular “whazzup?” |
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| B |
Response to “Where were you yesterday?” |
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Spiced ale in Old England used to toast health of friends.
Also to raise a glass in such a toast. |
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| Harold Angel |
| A |
Famous Broadway producer of “Dogs” |
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| B |
Hirsute guardian angel for men with toupees |
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| C |
Part of an oddly punctuated verse that says, “Listen.
The messenger angels are singing, ‘Glory'.” |
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| Orienttar |
| A |
A planet of herbivores just to the left of the planet
Vulcan |
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| B |
The person in your group with a good sense of direction |
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The place from whence the three kings hailed |
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Auld Lang Syne |
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13th century emperor of Korea |
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| B |
A great cry-in-your-eggnog Dan Fogelberg song |
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The literal translation is “days in the past.” Traditional
New Year's song based on a Robert Burns poem. This song is
one of the great expressions of the tragic ambiguity of man's
relation to time, which mixes memory with desire, carrying
away old friendships and bringing new, turning childhood
escapades into old men's recollections, making change the
very condition of consciousness, and at the same time the
creator and the destroyer of human experience.*
* adapted from text at http://www.tamoshanter.free-online.co.uk/Auldls.htm |
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