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Every single day is a holiday.  From National Bubble Bath Day on January 8th to Bacon Day on December 30th, every day offers something.  And, what better way to celebrate the wild, funny, and traditional days than with books? So, here are 365 read-alouds for wacky holidays (and the traditional ones too.)  Best of all, each month, I have a printable book list for you. Wacky Holiday Books for the Entire Year Full Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Enjoy reading a book a day celebrating a different holiday each day.  Below you’ll find monthly links and lists.  Each link...

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SD62’s popular Nature Kindergarten program will be open for registration for the 2023-2024 school year from Jan. 9 through 13. Registration will work on a lottery system due to how popular the program is and how few spots are available each year at the two schools offering it. Eligible students must be turning five by Dec. 31, 2023 (born in 2018), and parents considering Nature Kindergarten must attend one of two information sessions and stay for the entire presentation. The first presentation will be held on Jan. 5 at Saseenos Elementary School from 6 to 7 p.m., and the second...

Parties were never on my mind more than when I wasn’t attending any. I avoided them for a couple of years, and my interest sharpened as a result. Parties were a very notable casualty of the beginning years of the coronavirus pandemic, though, it must be said, they were a pretty trifling one. Compared with the more than 1 million American lives lost, the lack of parties felt like something that was not worth grieving or complaining about. What is a party in the face of such anguish?But there’s a sadness to be found in waiting for parties to resume....

The night I met my partner, we started chatting at a birthday party for a mutual friend and didn’t stop talking until about 6 in the morning. We both knew immediately that there was something special between us, and fast forward to 5 years later, we’re still going strong. Of course, the story is a lot more complicated than that, but sometimes, the green flags are just waving so boldly and brightly that you can't possibly deny them.  We’re all used to looking for red flags on dates, and it’s easy to come up with a laundry list of them....