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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<\/a>— 1 —<\/strong><\/p>\n \nAnother Dots in Books<\/a> update: My first sale!<\/b> I sold a copy of the mid-length version of my counting book for kids to the Kantonsbibliothek Baselland<\/a>, where I will have to stop by one of these days to check on how it’s doing. Next step: write a bunch of libraries. <\/a>— 2 —<\/strong><\/p>\n The White House has also published something: their 2011 Christmas card<\/a>. It seems people are upset about it because there’s no tree in it and that’s not christmasey enough. <\/p>\n <\/a>— 3 —<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/a>— 4 —<\/strong><\/p>\n But finally, it’s not christmasey looks but christmasey deeds that make a Christmas christmasey. I’m sure that’s how the KMart customers felt whose layaway bill was paid for by anonymous donors<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/a>— 5 —<\/strong><\/p>\n But if you want to make sure your Christmas is christmasey enough, leave it to the standards bureaus. Their standard-bearer this season is the Dutch office with their NEN 0512 Guidelines for Sint-Nicolaas Festivities<\/a>. <\/p>\n <\/a>— 6 —<\/strong><\/p>\n Just make sure you comfort those kids who ran into Zwarte Piet, because new research seems to show that letting very young children cry uncomforted is bad for them<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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So I’m adding some christmasey artwork just in case.<\/p>\n