Category Archives: Holidays

Easter in Essex, Maryland, 1970s

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He Is Risen – Easter Window Display, Hampden, Maryland

Easter 2012 window display next to Atomic Books, Baltimore, Maryland.

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Maryland celebrates New Year with unique drops

As the doughnut drops, a new year begins “Giant Do-Nut Drop” the newest of Maryland’s wacky New Year’s traditions. A duck, a muskrat, a crab and a pastry will descend to greet 2015. CNN to broadcast 10th annual crab drop … Continue reading

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H.L. Mencken’s “Christmas Story” (1946)

H.L. Mencken’s “Christmas Story” via archive.org.

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