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EndNotes archive for Dec. 21, 2011

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 21, 2011

One of the large Christmas displays in Spokane in 1958 was the huge Christmas tree made up of lights at the Crescent Department Store on West Riverside Avenue. The tree was about 75 feet high and used 4,500 lights. (Photo Archive / The Spokesman-Review)

Holiday Affair

While writing out Christmas cards and channel surfing last night, I happened upon the 1949 film Holiday Affair on TCM. It's about a widow torn between two men at Christmas. She has a son. Her husband has died in World War II. It's not one…

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Spokesman-Review features writer Rebecca Nappi, along with writer Catherine Johnston of Olympia, Wash., discuss here issues facing aging boomers, seniors and those experiencing serious illness, dying, death and other forms of loss.