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The Boston Globe, December 24, 1920This weekend, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day will arrive! Chinese cuisine is extremely popular on both days, especially with the Jewish community, and they are a couple of the busiest days for Chinese restaurants all year round. Christmas itself is celebrated all across the city of Boston, including in Chinatown, but that wasn't always the case. Let's explore the early history of Christmas in Chinatown. The neighborhood of Chinatown was established around 1884, and the first mention I found of Christmas and Chinatown was from 1892, eight years later. Obviously, as a new immigrant community, Chinatown...

In my home this week, do you remember the song by Herman Hermits, "Henry the VIIIth I am"?  After the first verse is over, the singer says, "Second verse, same as the first."  That's how I feel the entire month has been thus far.  It's more about what I didn't get done than about what I actually accomplish.  It's about what I keep thinking I'd normally do but don't have time for or patience enough for or mental space to give.  I attempted to order one, the only one gift I was going to order, but John disliked every single version...

Etymology is the term that refers to the study of the origins of words, including how they got their meanings and how words develop throughout history. Some of these words have lasted over a mind-blowing 15,000 years, like “thou” (the singular form you “you”), ”I” and “mother” and have been dubbed “ultraconserved words” by scientists. But the English language is not finite; on the contrary, it keeps growing at quite an impressive pace. According to Global Language Monitor, around 5,400 new words are created every year; it’s only the 1,000 or so deemed to be in sufficiently widespread use that...

Referred to as the “Billionaire’s Broker” by ELLE, “First Lady of Luxury Real Estate” by the Chinese media, and “Grand Dame of Real Estate” by the Los Angeles Times—Joyce Rey is an icon in her own right. After more than four decades working in the highest echelons of international luxury real estate, she has amassed nearly $6 billion in career sales and a roster of celebrity clients who revere her discretion. Negotiating historic estates is her specialty. She is known for marketing and selling some of the most expensive properties in the United States, including the esteemed Perenchio Estate, “Chartwell”,...

The belief has become persuasive.  Falun Gong continues to happen, along with christianity and the othger faiths. Also the belief that the CCP is doomed.Snap back will be ferocious and will see the entire CCP banded as well as confronting all crimes.  The level of operational tyrany is astounding.And of course, they are applying the same tools to the Uigars as well and we do not know who else.I do expect to see this convert into a simple NOT CCP POGRAM killing even weak supporters of the CCP.  After all, as targeted groups decline, the killers need new targets. At...