Prepping for the Holidays — Santa’s Tea and Cookies

The tradition of leaving milk and cookies for Santa has been around quite awhile. There are also variations: hot cocoa and cookies, eggnog and brownies, coffee and donuts, and even beverages of a somewhat “harder” nature. My experience, though, is that the best quality and most numerous gifts result from leaving tea and cookies for …

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“A History of the Sale and Use of Tea in England” by Various Authors

I have to confess that my Latin is a little rusty (as in almost non-existent), but through the miracle of the Internet I was able to determine that Defensio Non Provocatio roughly translates to "Defense No Recourse." Or perhaps that online translator gadget is dead wrong and it doesn't actually. Another source I found suggests …

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