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Christmas is for entertaining–friends, family, work buddies. Mid-week or weekend parties, outside events if you live in a warm climate. Entertaining means holiday food (and of course, there will be a Christmas dinner, right?) and when you spread a table with food and refreshments, you should also decorate the table–it’s that time of the year. …
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This is the second of two videos about Christmas lighting (we haven’t touched on laser lighting yet..). This one deals with the very stylish trend to light the roofline of your house. Please note that this can be hazardous–if you’re not used to being on ladders or working twenty to thirty feet above the ground, …
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During the holidays, it’s time to light up the house. You do not want to be the occupant of the only house on the block (or in the neighborhood) who has not put up Christmas lights. First–a word of caution. At a certain point in your life, you may want to delegate hanging the lights …
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More intelligent, informed, instruction on how to celebrate the year’s biggest holiday. This installment is focused on not just making the wreath (see previous video or click this link) but how to decorate the wreath once you’ve got it made. Making the wreath provides one part of the canvas; decorating it–either traditionally or more creatively–is …
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One thing you will want is a wreath for your front door (or back door, or just to hang over the fireplace). You can buy a wreath or make your own, but making a wreath is a lot of fun, a great experience for everyone in the family, and something that builds wonderful memories of …
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You’ve made the commitment to find and cut down your own tree. Might as well do it the right way. Although some people like using a saw or even an axe, here at The Media Bunker, we are not shy about bringing out the Craftsman chainsaw and cutting the tree down quickly and smoothly. Again, …
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You’ll need a tree. You can buy a live one, cut down your own, or use an artificial tree. Each has its’ advantages. Live trees purchased from a Christmas tree lot bring the smell and feel of a traditional Christmas tree into the house without the necessity to go out to a farm and cut …
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It’s the holidaze…..the buildup is still building up, the time is getting shorter, and Christmas is days away. So…just in case you aren’t totally in control of the season, here’s a series of videos that cover many of the key elements of enjoying/staging/creating the perfect Christmas and Holiday experience. To be thorough–we’ll start with …
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Press Clippings: Good Morning, it’s Tuesday, 28 November 2017 and this is the Mid-Day Edition of The Nightshift, The World News Daily Did you survive Cyber Monday? According to CNBC, CyberMonday sales hit $6.59 billion, the biggest day ever. Now comes the tough part: paying off the credit cards. The proposed tax reform bill is …
The Latest Word He had one of the greatest names in music–Antoine “Fats” Domino–and he was early into the game and making R&B and rock & roll history before most of us were out of grade school. Born and raised in New Orleans, French Creole by background, Fats had five gold records before 1955. Among …