Family,
Christmas Birds and … BINGO! … It’s the Holidays!
It’s no secret. Some of you 39ers have been playing Bingo since childhood, and never stopped! Long past the kiddie game and fundraising stage, it has grown into a bona fide gambling institution. That’s okay … if ya win. If ya don’t … well … that’s why it’s called “gambling”! But somebody is going to win. May as well be you, right?
Do
you know Bingo has been around in some form or other since the 1500s? True
story. Or so Wiki says. However, it wasn’t until December
1929 that toy merchandiser, Edwin Lowe, spotted the game at a traveling carnival and the rest is
proverbial history.
Besides
Bingo, DECEMBER 39ers, what other birthday party games do you have up
your sleeve? Read on for a new one, and more reasons to celebrate …
Along with Your
UN-Birthday ~ Happy DECEMBER Celebrations
December
14th:
Christmas Bird Count Week starts December 14 and
continues through January 5, 2020! Link
… Yes, seriously! “Beginning on Christmas Day 1900, ornithologist Frank M.
Chapman, an early officer in the then-nascent Audubon Society, proposed a new
holiday tradition—a ‘Christmas Bird Census’ that would count birds during
the holidays rather than hunt them.”
Don’t
forget to gather those memories together for later documenting in a family Living Legacy. Another day, you’ll be glad
you did.
December
26th:
National Candy Cane Day – Well shoot, we had to have
something here about sweets! The day after Christmas, you may be
starting your un-decorating … what else to do with those adorable striped candy
canes – but eat them!?
For 39ers who Follow the
Stars
Is it any wonder the Archer
leads us into December, with an eye on the New Year? Sagittarian
39ers
(11/22-12/21) are habitually upbeat and always seeking new experiences, like a
good party. You may see more than one vivacious Sagittarian strutting into the
festivities this season, empowered in purple and with a hint of gold, of
course.
Then,
in strolls destination-minded Capricorn (12/22-01/19). That is, if
you’re able to pry them away from business. They may love a good party, but work
is their true paramour. We need the Earthy Caps to guide us solidly into the
new year and decade, with conservative determination. Don’t be surprised if
their New Year’s resolutions are already written down and prioritized!
January 1, 2020 is not only the beginning of a bright New Year, but offers the promise of a fresh New Decade. Make 2020 your year of golden goals in spirit and deed.
Aging with ATT-i-tude Platitude
It’s easy to say, oh, it’s just another
Christmas. Remember, it’s a celebration of birth. New beginnings are always
worth celebrating. ~ L.
Rochelle
Don’t
wait, start now! Happy UN-Birthday DECEMBER
39ers: This one’s for you, kids – Linda, Patricia, Ken, and Kevin!
Happy Holidays
& Merry Christmas!
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Are
you a 39er this month? Feel free to share your UN-birthday comments below (click on Comments or if it says No
Comments, click that to be the first) and tell us how you really feel about your age and aging. Keep the stories coming!
LinDee Rochelle
is a writer and editor by trade, and author by way of Rock & Roll. She has
published two books (of three) in her Blast from Your Past series, available on Amazon (eBook and print): Book 1 – Rock & Roll Radio DJs: The First Five
Years 1954-1959; and Book 2 – Rock & Roll Radio DJs: The Swinging
Sixties. Coming soon … The Psychedelic Seventies!
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relatively new policy of not listing links to sites without a secure connection,
as indicated in the browser address bar. Sadly, this includes many prominent
celebrity and supposedly respectable sites. With
everything cyber-security, use at your own discretion. Holiday calendar info
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