Babies popular theme around New Year s Eve
Terry Kovel
The New Year is celebrated in many ways, but in the United States, there are always midnight celebrations with pictures of an old man representing the past and a baby, the new year. The other popular symbol is a clock of almost any style with the hands at midnight.
The early Greek idea of Baby New Year was a baby paraded around in a basket to welcome the new year. Then it became pictures of the Baby Jesus or a Baby New Year. But pictures were created for publications, and each year from 1907 to 1943, Joseph Leyendecker drew a different, humorous illustration of a Baby New Year for the Saturday Evening Post that have influenced all that followed.
Catoosa County Residents Who Recycle Their Christmas Tree Can Get Free Mulch Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Catoosa County residents who recycle their natural Christmas trees at designated locations are eligible to get free mulch, thanks to a partnership between the Catoosa County Public Works Department and the University of Georgia Extension Office in Ringgold.
“Let the magic of the Christmas season continue giving throughout the year,” said Catoosa County UGA Extension Office Agriculture & Natural Resource Agent Julia Willingham. “Recycling trees reduces waste in our landfill and provides a natural resource to help gardens and yards thrive in the next growing season.”
Beginning Dec. 26 and continuing through Jan. 10, residents can bring their natural Christmas trees with all the decorations removed to either of two locations for recycling: in the field across from Boynton Elementary School (3938 Boynton Drive), and at the end of the parking lot at Jack Mattox Park (
Underrated Fleetwood Mac: The Most Overlooked Song From Each LP
Rumours, has been certified 20 times platinum in the U.S. alone.
However, go beyond the band s hits ( and viral TikTok videos), and the California-via-England band has a wealth of songs to discover beginning with their early, blues-rock days and winding through their more familiar pop-rock days.
Here are the the most overlooked song from each Fleetwood Mac album. Looking for Somebody
The band s debut album,
Peter Green s Fleetwood Mac, is of a piece with the popular (and influential) late- 60s British blues-rock movement. In addition to covers of songs by Robert Johnson and Elmore James, the LP features original songs from founding member Peter Green including the superlative Looking for Somebody, a harmonica-heavy, three-minute jam that captures the bittersweet agony of trying to find love.