TIP: Holiday Hints
There's "Snow Place Like Home"...especially on snow days! Children look forward to snow days--an unanticipated day off from school and time to have fun at home. Make sure that everyone at home that day--children and adults--have fun in a healthy way. Whether it is playing outside, going for a walk or fixing a nutritious snack.
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Oct. 2003-Nov. 2009
RECIPE: Quick and Easy Eggnog (View in html or pdf.)
For many people, it would not be the holidays without having eggnog on the menu. While commercially made eggnog is perfectly safe, you must take some special precautions if you plan to make eggnog from scratch....
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FACT SHEET AND NEWS RELEASE: Snow Place Like Home
Thoughts of family and home are a frequent theme during the holiday season. Magazine ads and television commercials show peaceful, snow-covered landscapes and depict warm family moments as they promote their products. Their marketing targets our emotions related to happy times and fond memories. Maybe it reminds you of your own family traditions.... View full fact sheet in html or pdf, and view press release in html or pdf.

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