One of the most enduring traditions of Rich's Ramblings is to write a piece to express how wonderful the holiday season is and how we should be all be thankful for what we have done over the past year. The year 2014 has been no exception as there have been several interesting sea changes in my hobby experience. The first and most important was I have become a "show … [Read more...] about Secret Santa Exchanges Close Out Ramblings’ Year of Giving, Receiving
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Ramblings: Secret Santa Anyone?
Recently, I noticed the first signs of the upcoming holiday shopping season. The first was that a local station was getting ready to go all in on Christmas music pretty soon. While the date varies, they, along with tons of other radio stations will soon be playing it all the time through Christmas Day. Stores are either putting holiday decorations and related merchandise out … [Read more...] about Ramblings: Secret Santa Anyone?
Rich’s Ramblings: Secret Santa Edition
As many of our readers know, I enjoy nothing more than joining various birthday groups and Secret Santa exchanges set up inside the various online hobby message boards. There is always a real joy in opening up presents for the holidays from another collector with the assumption you never know what you are going to get. So come along with me as we go through various presents I … [Read more...] about Rich’s Ramblings: Secret Santa Edition
Rich Klein: Holidays Can Be Fun for Collectors; Valuable Time for Businesses
The holidays are approaching and I find it a shame that many major retailers (Kmart being the latest with an opening time before 9 AM on Thanksgiving day) are now using Thanksgiving as a cash machine instead of letting their employees honor their time with friends and family. I’ll be really impressed when the senior executives at these retail establishments join their … [Read more...] about Rich Klein: Holidays Can Be Fun for Collectors; Valuable Time for Businesses