I recently learned that All Seasons Nursery on Johnston, in keeping with tradition, named their Christmas trees again this year. Except this year, they included the names of the KTDY air staff. There was a JayCee tree, a Steve Wiley tree and Debbie Ray and I also had a tree named after us.
I saw a commercial for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital on television today. It was followed by a commercial for Keeping Up With the Kardashians. That got me to thinking.
I must be a terrible person. I can't watch those commercials about abused dogs and cats when they come on television. After I saw the very first one, I've never watched another one all the way through.
As a nation, have we lost the meaning of Christmas? Have we become too focus on the indulgence of material things? And what are we teaching our children?
The Miles Perret Cancer Services Giving Tree Program is an annual holiday gift giving program to help and comfort to families dealing with cancer during the holidays.
On my way back into town after the Thanksgiving holiday, I was craving a sandwich like I used to get at my grandma's so I stopped into a Subway just outside of Lafayette. I met a gentleman there who taught me a valuable lesson.
One morning, I guess a little over a month ago, we ended the show at 10am and Debbie Ray asked me if I had a second. And I know it sounds weird, but I knew what she was going to say to me. She said, "I wanted you to be the first to know that I've decided to retire". And I said, "I always said when it was time, you'd know." And that was it.
Christmas trees are such a beautiful site this time of year. I wish we kept them up all year, a 'Christmas' trees. Depending on who you talk to, it's almost sacrilegious to have a fake Christmas tree. To others, it's the only way to go.
I want to give my hard earned money to local businesses and I hope you do too. But there are some locals who beg me to shop local, but when I go into their stores I get my feelings hurt.