Away From Home and Family, a Slice of Tradition
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For U.S. soldiers in Iraq celebrating Thanksgiving away from their families, the day's events showed some traditions can be transplanted, even to the palm groves and farm fields near Baqubah.
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On Sunday they will go home, carrying memories of their experience here; however, not all those memories will be good.
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It's like witnessing the sale of the humble home in which you grew up and experienced all the changes of youth. It's like the shuttering of the neighborhood restaurant where your family always gathered to plan, celebrate, and sometimes mourn.
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NEW YORK The holiday season is an especially busy time for global travelers intent on delivering gifts to friends and relatives from faraway places.
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The holidays mark the end of one year and the beginning of another -- a worthy occasion for celebration. So it's hardly surprising that wine, beer and spirits flow freely.
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When a group of Earth-conscious gastronomes gather for a holiday meal made only from ingredients produced within 100 miles of the home, the constraints of the task birth some creative results. By Paul Adams. Plus:
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By SHARON SHORT  Most of the items that decorate the walls in our home are pretty self-explanatory: family photos in most every room, framed book covers in my office, candles and vases, here and there.
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Around the country, this is the season when cemeteries become homes for many familiesâ second Christmas tree.
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As Omar Minaya and Brian Cashman depart for Thanksgiving vacations with their families, they have a lot in the oven but not much on the table.
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Once upon a time, Germany's Christkind darted from house to house with traditional wooden toys for children on Christmas Eve. This year, it will be bringing a very special gift for the grown-ups.
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Two of the world's most-famous birds  will be home for the holidays after all.
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Across the country, initiatives are sprouting to push commerce out of Christmas and focus on tradition.
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When visiting with your family this holiday weekend, you might want to talk about more than deer hunting, Christmas wish lists and the cousins&#39; latest report cards.
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KEY CENTER, Wash. - A family moving into a home west of Tacoma was greeted by an unusual welcome wagon...
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How sharing your family vacation photos online can help others discover a place through your travels.
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If you're a parent, be forewarned: The homecomers may snack like locusts, sleep like vampires, treat property with the respect of marauding villagers -- yet exude such charm and sweetness that you pray they never leave.
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SAN SALVADOR -- It wasn't exactly traditional, but it got to the heart of the holiday.