12 days of Christmas

One of my favorite memories as a child around Christmas time was helping my mother decorate Christmas cookies. We had sugar cookies shaped like bells and Christmas Tree Anise cookies made from an old family recipe. Now, thanks to the internet and Google Trends we know what the favorite cookies are by state, including Arkansas and Texas.

This is a critical time of year for Lifeshare Blood Center needing blood donations at their center at 1321 College Drive or at any of the 39 scheduled mobile blood drives until Christmas Eve.  Donors that donate blood during their 12 days of Christmas have a chance to win over $1500 in prizes.

Christmas is over and decorations start coming down, or should they? Actually, January 5th is when Christmas decorations should come down. It's a tradition lost here in America.