Good Living

• A recent study found CACAO to be a more effective cough suppressant than codeine.


• In Ukraine ANIMALS were historically believed to have the power of speech on Christmas Eve.


• Teddy Roosevelt BANNED THE CHRISTMAS TREE from the White House for ENVIRONMENTAL reasons.


• More than 70 percent of seafood eaten in the US is imported.


• The technique used to make CANDY CANES was first written down in a collection of recipes in 13th century Baghdad.


• Prior to the first World War, Southerns were more likely to set off FIREWORKS on Christmas Day than the 4th of July.


• Buenos Aires is the home to the only KOSHER McDonald's outside of Israel.