According to the National Confectioners Association , chocolate accounted for approximately 59 percent of U.S. candy retail sales for the six weeks leading up to Valentine’s Day in 2016. That’s a lot of sweet treats duly expressing our love and adoration for the darlings in our lives.
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You Can Now Order Girl Scout Cookies Online
Yes, you heard that right! Rather than trying to track down the parent of a Girl Scout or roaming around your community centers looking for those ubiquitous tables, you can now buy boxes upon boxes of the tasty cookies from the comfort of your own home, according to Hello Giggles . It’s all thanks to the Digital Cookie platform .
Why is vinyl making a comeback? ‘Nostalgia’ doesn’t quite cut it
Over the past few years, analog goods including physical books, board games and, of course, vinyl records have experienced a surprising resurgence – despite the fact that these technologies are functionally obsolete. How could this be happening? Why would someone pay $20 or more for a second-hand copy of Bill Withers’ “+Justments” on a scratchy melted plastic disc that plays only on a costly, troublesome turntable, when she could stream the same album in digital clarity on Spotify for free? The conventional wisdom is that nostalgia is to blame for this twee trend: Millenials, hipsters or that most-coveted demographic, the millennial hipster, are indulging in some perverse Wes Anderson fantasy.
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Families enjoy activities and crafts including dreidel bounce, baby/toddler zone, face paint, make your own donut, rainbow loom Chanukah jewelry, wood etching, take a picture with Judah Maccabee, dreidel crafts, Chanukah gelt, live presentations and more. Catch an interactive storytime , the Olive Oil Press demo and a Chanukah film .