holiday events: Holiday Safety Tips - The Christmas Version...
- 12/21/16 08:19 AM
It's the holiday season and whether you celebrate Christmas, Hannukah (Channukah) or other holiday, here are a few common sense safety tips to help keep you and your family safe... Decorating Never use lighted candles near trees, boughs, curtains/drapes, or with any potentially flammable item. Wear gloves while decorating with spun glass “angel hair.” You can substitute non-flammable cotton for "angel hair" When displaying a tree, cut off about two inches off the trunk and put the tree in a sturdy, water-holding stand. Keep the tree stand filled with water so the tree does not dry out quickly. Stand your tree away … (6 comments)
holiday events: Thanksgiving safety tips...
- 11/16/16 08:51 PM
The Panama City Realty Group hopes everyone has a safe and happy Thanksgiving holiday. In addition to our fun Thaanksgiving facts, we're pleased to offer these few safety tips which may assist you in having a safe and happy Thanksgiving holiday! Avoid leaving your food unattended while frying or grilling. Use a timer and remember to check for doneness whatever you’re cooking If frying or deep-frying, keep the fryer outside, away from walls, and free from moisture. You don't want to be the one the News this year Never place a glass casserole or lid on a lit stove or burner, … (7 comments)
holiday events: Did you know? The Thanksgiving Version....
- 11/15/16 09:40 PM
Here we go with a few more of the short series of things you may not have known about the American holiday of Thanksgiving! Did you know... The American Automobile Association (AAA) estimates over 42 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend - Please be careful if you are one of them. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota is the top turkey-producing state in America, with a planned production total of over 46.million turkeys! Six states — Minnesota, North Carolina, Arkansas, Missouri, Virginia, and Indiana — account for nearly two-thirds of the over … (5 comments)
holiday events: Did you know? The Thanksgiving Version...
- 11/14/16 11:01 PM
Here we go with a short series on things you may not have known about the American holiday of Thanksgiving! Did you know... Though many competing claims exist, the most familiar story of the first Thanksgiving took place in Plymouth Colony, in present-day Massachusetts, in 1621. More than 200 years later, President Abraham Lincoln declared the final Thursday in November as a national day of thanksgiving. Congress finally made Thanksgiving Day an official national holiday in 1941. Sarah Josepha Hale petitioned for a national Thanksgiving holiday for close to 40 years, believing that "Thanksgiving, like the Fourth of July, should be considered … (8 comments)
holiday events: Thank you to our Veterans from the Panama City Realty Group
- 11/10/16 10:37 PM
I’d like to take a moment to give thanks to all men and woman everywhere who have served and are currently serving our country and the Military. Without your unyielding devotion and dedication to our great country I would not be able to enjoy the freedoms for which you have so valiantly fought. I believe many current and future citizens of the United States feel the same way as I and sometimes we either forget or are unsure of how to show our appreciation. So just a small thank you to all the military personel and families for being there when you’ve been called … (3 comments)
holiday events: Did you know? The Halloween Version Part 2...
- 10/27/16 11:21 PM
Here are a few interesting tidbits of which you may not be aware and may even surprise you. This is the end the two part series, of Did you know? The Halloween Version! I hope you've enjoyed the Halloween facts and odities. Halloween is more Irish than St. Patrick's Day. As mentioned in my previous series, Halloween's origins come from a Celtic festival for the dead called "Samhain." Celts believed the ghosts of the dead roamed Earth on this holiday, so people would dress in costumes and leave "treats" out on their front doors to appease the roaming spirits. The Irish Celts … (11 comments)
holiday events: Did you know? The Halloween Version Part 1...
- 10/26/16 10:18 PM
Here are a few interesting tidbits of which you may not be aware and may even surprise you. This will be a two part series, so don't forget to come back tomorrow for part 2 of Did you know? The Halloween Version! Originally, you had to dance for your "treat."Many experts trace trick-or-treating to the European practice of "mumming," or "guysing," in which costume-wearing participants would go door-to-door performing choreographed dances, songs and plays in exchange for treats. If you'd been around for the earliest Halloween celebrations, you might have worn animal skins and heads According to ancient Roman records, tribes located in today's Germany … (8 comments)
holiday events: The Last of the Halloween Fun Facts
- 10/25/16 10:45 PM
Here are the last fun Halloween facts of which you may not be aware. I hope you enjoyed this series of posts. I found it to be fun and interesting myself Halloweem is the most dangerous holiday for pedestrians. The chances of children being in a pedestrian/car accident more than double on Halloween. PLEASE DRIVE CAREFULLY AND SAFELY! Children are more than twice as likely to be killed in a pedestrian/car accident on Halloween than on any other night. PLEASE DRIVE CAREFULLY AND SAFELY! Both Salem, Massachusetts, and Anoka, Minnesota, are the self-proclaimed Halloween capitals of the world - Anoka? Really? Boston, … (9 comments)
holiday events: Even More Halloween Fun Facts..
- 10/24/16 11:21 PM
Here are more fun Halloween facts of which you may not be aware. There are still a few more days of facts coming.so stop by daily and enjoy. In 1970, a five-year-old boy allegedly ate Halloween candy laced with heroin. Investigators later discovered the heroin belonged to the boy’s uncle and was not intended for a Halloween candy. The result was a nationwide panic that continues to this day, to throw away any candy opened or in unsealed wrappers or fruit or other edible items n 1974, an eight-year-old died of cyanide poisoning after eating Halloween candy. Investigators later learned that his … (11 comments)
holiday events: Even More Halloween Fun Facts.
- 10/24/16 03:03 AM
Here are more fun Halloween facts of which you may not be aware. There are still a few more days of facts coming.so stop by daily and enjoy. According to tradition, if a person wears his or her clothes inside out and then walks backwards on Halloween, he or she will see a witch at midnight Mexico celebrates the Days of the Dead (Días de los Muertos) on the Christian holidays All Saints’ Day (November 1) and All Souls’ Day (November 2) instead of Halloween. The townspeople dress up with all manner of masks and costumes and parade down the street During … (8 comments)
holiday events: Even More Halloween Fun Facts
- 10/21/16 11:55 PM
Here are more fun Halloween facts of which you may not be aware. There are still a few more days of facts coming.so stop by daily and enjoy. Halloween was originally influenced by the ancient Roman festival Pomona. Pomona being the harvest goddess. Many Halloween customs and games that feature apples (such as bobbing for apples) and nuts originate from this time and festival. Hense the alternate names San-Apple Night and Nutcrack Night. The famous Magician/Escape artist Harry Houdini was one of the most famous and mysterious magicians who ever lived. Strangely enough, he died in 1926 on Halloween night as a … (5 comments)
holiday events: Halloween Fun Facts
- 10/21/16 03:35 AM
Here are more fun Halloween facts of which you may not be aware. There are still a few more days of facts coming.so stop by daily and enjoy. With their link to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (a precursor to Halloween - see yesterdays facts) and of course to witches, cats have a permanent and difinitive place in the folklore of Halloween. I won't go into the details of what Druids did with cats during the festival, but let's say it wasn't a good thing for the cat! “Halloween” is short for “Hallows’ Eve” the evening before All Hallows’ (sanctified or … (12 comments)
holiday events: Halloween fun facts continues..
- 10/19/16 11:26 PM
Here are more fun Halloween facts of which you may not be aware. There are still a few more days of facts coming.so stop by daily and enjoy. The record for the world’s fastest pumpkin carving time: 24.03 seconds is held by Stephen Clarke. Stephen smashed his previous record of 54.72 seconds. According to the rules of the competition, the pumpkin must weigh less than 24 pounds and be carved in a traditional way, requiring at least eyes, nose, ears, and a mouth Trick-or-treating is believed to be evolved from an ancient Celtic tradition of putting out treats and food to placate … (3 comments)
holiday events: Where to trick or treat with the kids in Panama City, Florida
- 10/18/16 11:20 PM
Here are some local Halloween events for the whole family. Bring the kids and have a great Halloween time... "The city church @ northside 530 Airport RD. They are having an Outdoor Festival. They have many things going on and many people attend./ Games and candy, snow cones and popcorn etc etc. No charge for anything. Everyone is welcome. Pumpkin Carving, wed. Night @ the Annex call 785- 6137 for more details. Hiland Park Baptist Church has a Fall Festival on Halloween to give kids a safe alternative to trick-or-treating. Fun for the whole family. Free food, popcor The Panama.City Mall … (10 comments)
holiday events: Halloween fun facts continues...
- 10/18/16 11:08 PM
Here are more fun Halloween facts of which you may not be aware. Over the next few days, I'll be presenting more of these fun facts so stop by daily and enjoy. Samhainophobia is the fear of Halloween Kids really like their treats. In fact fifty percent of them want to receive chocolate candy for Halloween, as oppossed to 24% who prefer non-chocolate candy and and then there's the 10% who preferred chewing gum! The owl has long been a popular Halloween image and icon. During the dark ages In Medieval Europe, owls were thought to be witches. It was believed to … (3 comments)
holiday events: Halloween fun facts...
- 10/17/16 07:31 AM
Here are some fun Halloween facts of which you may not be aware. Over the next few days, I'll be presenting more of these fun facts so stop by daily and enjoy... The movie Halloween released in 1978, was filmed on a tight budget. So much so that they had to find and use the cheapest mask they could find for Michael Meyers (the main character), As it turned out, the one they found was a William Shatner Star Trek mask. William Shatner initially was unaware that the mask was in his likeness (could gave fooled me also), but years later when … (11 comments)
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It's the holiday season and whether you celebrate Christmas, Hannukah (Channukah) or other holiday, here are a few common sense safety tips to help keep you and your family safe...
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