28th Annual Pennsylvania Christmas Craft and Gift Show Starts December 1st!

If you want to shop till you drop then look no further than the Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg.  The 28th Annual Pennsylvania Christmas Craft and Gift Show has HUNDREDS of vendors with merchandise for every taste and budget!

In addition to shopping, there is food, entertainment, a 120-foot train display, gingerbread house building and visits with Santa for the kids!

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WHEN: 10am – 8pm Dec. 1 & Dec. 2  

9am – 8pm Dec. 3  

10am – 5pm Dec. 4

WHERE: Farm Show Complex, 2300 North Cameron Street, Harrisburg

COST: $7, $6 seniors

INFO: (717) 233-5100 or www.pachristmasshow.com

Brunch With Santa At The Elmwood Park Zoo In Norristown

If you live in the area and have little ones who still believe in Santa, you can head on over to the Elmwood Park Zoo in Norristown on December 11^th, 17^th or 18^th and have some holiday family fun!

The holiday event features food, zoo admission, entertainment and pictures with Santa for $25.00 per adult and $15 per child.

The menu includes scrambled eggs, an omelet station, French toast, Belgian waffles, Chicken Primavera, eye of round roast and much more!

The zoo is located on Harding Boulevard in Norristown.  Reservations are required!  Call (610) 277-3825, ext. 241 or click here www.elmwoodparkzooevents.wordpress.com

Eagles Implode, Reid Sputters, Fans Ballistic

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Yesterday’s disgraceful loss by the Philadelphia Eagles to the New England Patriots has fans calling for Andy Reid‘s head.  As usual, Andy “takes responsibility” but offers no solutions.  The game was painful to watch.  The “Dream Team” is an embarrassing nightmare as evidenced by the booing from Eagles fans.  We can’t even win a game on our home field for cryin’ out loud!

Dropped passes, poor coverage, interceptions, a total Red Zone collapse and the list goes on and on.  Something drastic needs to happen.  If that means Andy Reid gets the axe then so be it.  Jeff Lurie better pull a rabbit out of his hat while he still has a football team left!  We need our mojo back!

“Twelve Days Of Christmas” Items Top $100,000

Many people are familiar with the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas“.  Each year somebody figures out how much it would actually cost to give all these gifts.  This year is no exception thanks to PNC Financial Services and PNC Wealth Management.

This year’s high ticket item – seven swans-a-swimming.  It would set you back $6,300!  That is a 12.5 percent increase over last year.  The eight maids-a-milking would only set you back $58 because we are in a recession and they only get minimum wage, evidently.  The partridge, sans pear tree, would only set you back $15.

If you buy your gifts online, it would cost 16.1 percent more than schlepping to the store yourself.  Don’t forget that ordering online would include shipping live birds!

If you only bought one set of each item it would cost you $24,000 in stores and $39,860 online.  The $101,119 price tag would be if you purchased all 364 items or 12 sets of everything (one set for each verse).  That’s a LOT of repetition 🙂