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Sounds and lights seem to swirl at Snowflake Lane as the annual performance brings thousands of people to downtown Bellevue for the free performance.

The music, performers and, yes, snowflakes, happen each night at 7 through Saturday, when the event becomes Celebration Lane beginning Monday. For a look at other holiday activities now under way in Bellevue, see page 7. CHAD COLEMAN, Bellevue Reporter

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Schools supt. Amalia Cudeiro announced last Thursday that she will be taking a leave of absence from the district to care for her mother, a stroke victim who has been battling cancer and will be entering hospice care.

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AT&T announced Monday it plans to drop the $39 billion merger with T-Mobile, citing too much government opposition.

The agreement would have made AT&T the largest mobile phone company in the United States, potentially creating a duopoly with the second-largest carrier Verizon.

AT&T said in a statement Monday that it will enter a roaming agreement with Deutsche Telekom.

According to the terms of the offer, AT&T must pay Deutsche Telekom a $3 billion breakup fee in cash, transfer radio spectrum to T-Mobile and strike a more favorable network-sharing agreement.

Deutsche Telekom has valued the breakup package at as much as $7 billion.

The withdrawal came after FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski asked the commission Nov. 22 to send the proposal to an agency judge for a hearing. The Department of Justice also opposed the deal, filing suit in September. The nation’s third-largest carrier, Sprint also joined the legal battle, suing to block the merger in concurrence with the Justice Department.

AT&T pursued the deal to try and get T-Mobile’s cellular airwaves, or spectrum, to relieve its congested network and offer faster service for smartphone users.

T-Mobile has 37,000 employees, 4,500 of them at its corporate headquarters in Bellevue.

T-Mobile representatives said in a statement that the company will continue to focus on providing the affordable service it is known for. Though experts have said T-Mobile will have trouble competing with larger providers, the settlement fee from AT&T and the spectrum it gains will make T-Mobile a stronger option, as well as a more attractive asset should a future sale emerge.

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Ali Tarhouni, a popular lecturer at the University of Washington who left his position to help lead the revolution in his Libyan homeland.

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You’ve probably read the story or seen it on TV, but I can’t stop thinking about it: Anonymous donors are showing up at stores across the country to pay the layaway accounts of strangers.

The Associated Press story I read put it this way: A young father was standing in line at a Kmart layaway counter in Omaha, Neb., wearing dirty clothes and worn-out boots. With him were three small children.

He asked to pay something on his bill because he knew he wouldn’t be able to afford it all before Christmas. Then a mysterious woman stepped up to the counter.

Craig Groshart “She told him, ‘No, I’m paying for it,’ ” recalled Edna Deppe, assistant manager at the store in Indianapolis. “He just stood there and looked at her and then looked at me and asked if it was a joke. I told him it wasn’t, and that she was going to pay for him. And he just busted out in tears.”

Has anyone heard a better story this holiday season?

It’s not that we’re an uncaring country. After all, many of us contribute to food and toy drives, and donate our time and talent to nonprofit organizations. But that’s mostly behindthe-scenes. The people showing up at layaway counters appear to be lending their helping hand to the person standing next to them.

One woman in Indianapolis paid for layaway gifts for as many as 50 people – and then on her way out of the store proceeded to hand out $50 bills and pay for two carts of toys for a woman in line at the cash register.

Most of us aren’t able to step up to that large a plate, but just doing something nice and helpful for another can make a real difference.

Got some money in your pocket that you can live without? Look around. There’s someone right here in our community who could use your helping hand.

Some other help If you recall last week’s column, you know of my frustration with trying to attach Christmas lights to the edge of my flat-roof house. Fortunately, two residents emailed me to offer advice.

Tim Beard suggested a way to sort of modify those gutter clips you see in stores for Christmas lights. His gutter is a bit different than mine, but I appreciated his help.

Perhaps better was the short note from Mary McLoone who said “we too are cursed with a flat roof. I’ve decided to forget decorating the house and concentrate on the beautiful Japanese maple and evergreens in the front yard. It’s easier to put up and take down!”

I showed Mary’s note to my wife, but I’m not sure I can get out of my yearly project that easily.

I did get lights up. It’s just took another trip to the store to buy more strings of lights to replace those I had with broken plastic clips.

And, yes, I broke more clips in trying to put them up.

A gift any time of the year

BY MARNIE DELCARMEN

I am late with my cards this year and debated not sending them at all. But Christmas is a time of year to catch up with friends around the country. Also, I notice when I don’t get a holiday letter from a loved one. Sometimes it is the only time I hear from them.

This is a meaningful month to reflect on the year and share highlights with special people in your life. Families have their own traditions – there’s the three pager, or the classic ones with the names imprinted inMarnie DelCarmen side (maybe they are too busy to sign them!). There are even email cards.

My girlfriend uses a professional studio for her family photo. Another takes her own picture of her kids and has a do-it-yourself feel for her letters. My pastor keeps all the Christmas portraits in a file for each family. That way she can see the

growth of her friends’ children each year. My mom makes beautiful collages featuring pictures from her latest travels.

There is a large selection of cards available at grocery stores or pharmacies in Bellevue. Your family can have fun choosing the artwork or message close to their hearts, whether it is the birth of Christ, Santa Claus or something in between.

When there have been major life changes, such as deaths or divorces, it’s difficult to write a cheery greeting. But as we advance in our years, we know that challenges affect us all, and sharing them may open channels for more support.

I’m going to try striking a balance and having a short computer written wrap-up of the past year and add a personal note with my signature.

I enjoy hearing from my friends even if it’s once a year, but that’s what makes this time significant.

A Christmas card is a gift, an important way of staying connected. Happy Holidays!

Marnie DelCarmen lives in Bellevue

Time to give thanks, and keep hopeful BY ‘LYN FLEURY LAMBERT

In the hustle and bustle of holiday time we tend to rush from one celebration to the next without taking time to fully appreciate any of them.

We sweep Halloween trappings off store shelves, trundle in Christmas decorations, hardly doing justice to Thanksgiving in our rush to the malls so we can scoop up Black Friday bargains.

But one very encouraging giving of thanks has been occurring locally every ‘Lyn Fleury Lambert Thanksgiving Eve for the past 25 years.

This year, the 25th Annual Thanksgiving Eve Community Worship Service took place at Temple B’nai Torah, hosted by area Lutheran, Episcopal, Roman Catholic churches and the Jewish temple.

The temple sanctuary was packed. People of diverse wisdom traditions all joined together in thanksgiving. Bishops, pastors, priests, rabbis, delivered their personal reflections on thanksgiving, an interfaith choir led the people in singing praise and, as the old Psalm declared, how good and how beautiful it was to see the people gathered together in unity.

The theme of the celebration was We gather because we need community, together – because we need each other, in thanks – because our God is a great God, worthy of praise, giving because the world needs what we have to offer.

What a joy it was, in this so-called “most unchurched area of our country,” to witness the visible progress of cooperation, respect and hope in our community. We do indeed have much for which we can be truly thankful.

And now, let’s take time to prepare to celebrate peace on earth, goodwill to all.

Thankfully, hopefully.

‘Lyn Fleury Lambert lives in Bellevue

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In this season of religious holidays, we should remember that religion is about love, compassion and forgiveness. I know the Dalai Lama said that. But I’m sure many others have uttered similar ideas.

At the very core of all these festivities, if you can look past the presents and Hallmark cards, are those very values.

That’s something that I’ve learned from the many, seemingly different, traditions I’ve grown up with.

Gabrielle Nomura is a staff writer for the Bellevue Reporter. She can be reached at gnomura@bellevuereporter.com or 425-453-4602.

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Within a day of the story appearing in print and online, The Reporter received countless calls, emails and comments. The story has been picked up by national TV news, and Bob’s family members are sending it off to the Colbert Report and the Tonight Show.

All this feedback represents a common theme – frustration that in such a hard time for many people, a man would not be allowed to bring a little slice of happiness because he wasn’t wearing a regulation postal Nat Levy uniform.

And you know what, I agree.

First a little background, I’ve never been a huge Christmas guy. I grew up in a family that celebrated Christmas, but didn’t live it. So I’m not speaking from a “War on Christmas” point of view here. But, as a lot of people say, we need this.

Businesses are facing a difficult climate, and people have less money to spend on their kids this year. Bob speaks fondly of the wide-eyed look children give him when he passes by on the street. Why take that away?

Santa Claus and the United States Postal Service go way back. As depicted in the Christmas classic, “Miracle on 34th Street,” if it weren’t for the postal service, and the thousands of letters they brought to Judge Harper, there wouldn’t have been a Santa Claus at all.

Also, the Postal Service has always been a key cog in the Christmas crunch. How else would I get my annual present off to my parents at home in Oregon?

So, in response to all this feedback from postal carriers nationwide, and Bellevue residents who want to see Santa Bob, he went rogue. Tuesday night, KING TV caught up with Bob as he toured his Bellevue Way and Old Main route with his Santa hat and jacket on.

Many are now worried that this act of defiance will cost the 40+-year veteran of the Postal Service his job. But Bob says he’s not worried about it. He plans to wear the outfit again on Christmas Eve. The worst that could happen, he gets sent home early, a first for him on the day before Christmas.

As I wrote this on Tuesday, my mouth was already watering at the thought of latkes on that first night of Hanukkah. That night I lit the candles and said the blessings, “Baruch Atah Adonai…”

This weekend, I will celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ and go to church with my family – the same folks who already ate latkes and spun the dreidel.

I grew up celebrating Hanukkah, Christmas and a multitude of other traditions that come from a multicultural, interfaith family.

Some would argue that getting a little taste of everything dilutes the actual message of the particular faith. I disagree. Call me an idealistic millennial kid, but I think it brings me closer to my Gabrielle Nomura fellow human.

In a season that is supposed to be about peace on earth, good will to all living things, I am continually inspired by my family, friends and people in the community who are open to one another’s beliefs, despite their drastically differing viewpoints. To me, this openness is at the root of peace.

In my own life, I’ve known diverse people to have created successful boyfriend/girlfriend unions, marriages and a particular group of tight-knit girlfriends that includes a secular gay rights activist, a parishioner of Mars Hill Church, several who grew up in Mormon households, a Catholic, a couple agnostics and a Buddhist.

Accepting differences with grace is often one of the most difficult things to do; and something I still need a lot of work at. But when you open your mind, you can gain a lot – plus, you expose yourself to a marketplace of ideas, and are able to affirm your own truth for yourself.

While we get to enjoy Hanukkah and Christmas before Martin Luther King Jr. day next month, (a.k.a. next year) it’s not too early to start thinking of his message of peace during the holidays.

Instead of merely “tolerating” one another, we can learn to accept, and even embrace one another. Instead of Christian, Muslim, black, white, woman, man, liberal, conserva-

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If you recognize this suspect, or have any information relevant to the investigation, please contact detective Bean at 425-4527820 or gbean@bellevuewa. gov.

Photos with Santa are Wednesday-Sunday through Dec. 24 and every day noon-6 p.m., Dec. 1424. Pony rides are noon-6 p.m., through Dec. 24. Live caroling performances are 7-8 p.m. every Friday. The Bravern is located at 11111 NE Eighth Street. For more information and additional Enchanted Holidays activities visit thebravern.com.

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The venue includes shelter views of the parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s waterfall.

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The ice arena is located at Bellevueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Downtown Park at Northeast First Street and 102nd Avenue Northeast.

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The theater, at Northeast Sixth Street and 112th Avenue Northeast, will host International Ballet Theatreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Nutcrackerâ&#x20AC;?

Dec. 23; Ballet Bellevue presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Sleeping Beautyâ&#x20AC;? Dec. 28-29; and Seattle Choral Company presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;Carmina Buranaâ&#x20AC;? Dec. 31. For tickets call Brown Paper Tickets at 800-838-3006 or visit brownpapertickets.com.

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Nearly 100 demonstrators decked out in Santa Claus hats marched around Bellevue Square on Monday to protest the man they called “the Grinch who stole Congress,” Kemper Freeman.

The protesters, organized by self-proclaimed coalition of labor and community groups Working Washington, turned out to decry Freeman’s role in local elections and his support of congressional representatives Dave Reichert and John Boehner.

They were led by a man in a Grinch costume, emblazoned with the words “Freeman 1%.”

The protesters kept the march Christmas-themed by rewriting some classic carols to center on Bellevue, including the ever-popular “here comes Kemper Freeman right down Bellevue Way.” Despite the light-hearted caroling and dress of the protesters, the message remained serious.

“It’s all about the separation of corporation and state, and that’s why I’m here,” said Emma Petersky, who arrived at the corner of Bellevue Way and Northeast Eighth at 8 a.m.

The protest fit the tone and message of the Occupy Wall Street movement, which has grown through satellite movements around the country.

Petersky was one of several participants holding “Occupy Bellevue” signs at the rally. Monday’s march featured protesters young and old, including a family with a baby who slept through much of the affair.

Madison O’Connell, 19, has been to many of the Occupy marches in the Seattle area, including a sitin of a Chase Bank branch.

She came to Bellevue Square from Ballard to have her voice heard.

“Corporations are getting away with way too much, and the rich are getting richer, while the poor are getting poorer,” she said.

Following the carols and chants, the protesters moved inside the Lodge at Bellevue Square on their way up to Freeman’s offices.

With protesters squished into the stairwell, standing face-to-face with security, the chanting continued.

“We want to talk to Kemper Freeman,” they chanted.

Freeman did not emerge to address the protesters, and they eventually retreated down the stairs and back to the street.

The movement did not lead to the type of highly publicized incidents seen at Occupy protests in New York, California and even Seattle, but security did have to remove an overhanging sign from the sky bridge between Bellevue Square and Lincoln Square.

Shannon Sehlin, a resident of Fife and a member of Working Washington, held the sign that read “Kemper Freeman is the Grinch.” She ignored security personnel, but when members of the Bellevue Police Department came in for backup, she and several other protesters complied.

“We’re not looking to be arrested,” Sehlin said.

“We just wanted to make a point, and I think plenty of people heard our message.”

RJ Williams, of Kent dressed as the Grinch, and fellow demonstrators chant outside Bellevue Square along Bellevue Way in Bellevue on Monday. CHAD COLEMAN, Bellevue Reporter

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Knights give to get basketball team shared dinner and some laughs wtih residents Glen, a low-income housing facility located across in the Holiday spirit atfromAndrew’s the school on Wednesday. The Knights got a chance to give Cyclists and pedestrians in Factoria now have a safer means of travel with the completion of the Factoria trail.

A third of a mile long, the trail opened last week and connects the north end of 124th Avenue Southeast with the I-90 trail. The new trail allows walkers and bike riders to stay off the busy street.

The total cost was $1.4 million with $605,000 from a state Pedestrian & Bicycle Safety grant and $354,000 from a federal Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality grant.

back to the community while residents, many of the which are military veterans, were able to offer a new perspective to the youngsters. JOSH SUMAN, Bellevue Reporter

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Both the Sammamish and Interlake High School athletic programs will be on the move beginning with the next WIAA classifica-

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under 903 (numbers are an averaged based on full time enrollment numbers in grades 10-12) and this time, will drop down to Class 2A for the postseason, according to AD Pat McCarthy. [ more MOVE page 13 ]

When my Girl Scout troop leaders told us we were going to do a challenge course at South Bellevue Community Center, I wanted to try it mainly just to see if I could do it.

I had never done anything like this in my life and though I was definitely not expecting anything we actually did on Saturday, it was a great, exciting challenge.

Before getting into the ropes course, we played some games to get to know each other and to help us work together as a team.

Our first challenge was to arrange ourselves according to our birthdays silently, all while standing on a slippery log. Although we had to be silent, our ability to communicate without making noise made for a surprisingly quick and efficient completion of the activity.

It felt like we were talking the whole time.

After getting geared up and hearing some final safety briefings, we climbed up on the high course and attempted to navigate the various challenges.

On the course, I received tons of encouragement from everyone and was constantly reminded of the importance of working as a team. At one point when I was stuck on one of the challenges, my team continued to offer support and there is no doubt that helped me complete the challenge.

In some ways, I felt that it was my duty to finish the course for them.

After taking a turn climbing, I had a chance to gain a new perspective as a spotter, helping another girl while she was walking on the rope. The connection we made through the activity and providing her support made it feel [ more GET OUT! page 13 ]

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Interlake moving back to 3A Interlake, which has been in Class 2A since 2007, came in at nearly 1,207 this time around, well above the cutoff of 1,096.

Neither school will change conference affiliation and it seems likely Sammamish will follow a similar playoff route as its Crossroads Cup rivals did, through West Central District III. But WIAA Executive Director Mike Colbrese said it is still far too early to tell how the postseason picture would shake out in both team and individual sports.

Interlake has seen its athletic programs rejuvenated by the move and in many cases had teams earn a spot at state for the fist time in decades.

The baseball program reached the state tournament for the first time since 1993 last season. The boys soccer team has made three straight trips to state after missing out every year since 1989. In

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I was on the course, I tried to give her the confidence she needed and remained with her until she completed the challenge.

Of all the many lessons I took from the challenge course, the most important was that without trying, you will never know what you are capable of. I gained an entirely new set of skills and confidence in my ability to adapt to any situation through working on the challenge course and also have a better understanding of what it means to work as a team.

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Lamp magnate calls it a career

Richard Kennedy, owner of Kennedy Lamps and Shades in his workshop at the store located on 106th Avenue Northeast. Kennedy retired this week after 42 years with the store. CHAD COLEMAN, Bellevue Reporter

Richard Kennedy has lamps in his blood.

For the majority of his life, Kennedy has made lamps, fixed lamps and sold lamps. He even married a fellow lamp store owner. But Kennedy, 66, has turned off the light of his near life-long relationship with lamps this week.

Kennedy, owner of Kennedy Lamps and Shade, closed his doors for the last time Thursday. Having spent the last 42 years building his store, Kennedy is on his way to retirement. He foresees a future Hawaiian vacation, and maybe a trip with his brother and some buddies

on their Harley Davidsons.

What he didn’t predict was the trouble he’d have walking away from the oneman operation that had him working six days a week for much of his life.

“I didn’t think I’d be sentimental about all this at all, but I’m getting that way a little bit,” he said. “I don’t know where the last 42 and a half years went.”

Since 1969, Kennedy has been a pillar of Bellevue’s luminary community. Through three locations, and endless changes in the business, Kennedy’s has remained a top spot for lamp aficionados in Bellevue. Kennedy has remained a fixture despite the presence of big box retailers such as Home Depot in

Bellevue.

“They send me customers,” he said. “If I go to Home Depot in the lighting department, they ask for my cards because they need some place to send people for repairs and other things they don’t do.”

Kennedy’s did it all for his desire to please the customers. Regulars speak of him with reverence, and Kennedy credits customers for stoking his creative flame. They bring him any number of objects to build lamps from, including a parking meter, sowing machine, and fire extinguisher.

Even before venturing out on his own, where he became known for his aurora artistry, Kennedy was steeped in the

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KORAl will be located at 900 Bellevue Way NE, Suite 100, Bellevue. The website is not yet available.

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lamp business. His first job after moving to Seattle from Oak Harbor at the age of 19 was a part time gig at Hansen Lamps and Shades. After returning from service in the Naval Reserve, Kennedy went back to Hansen. He became forever wedded to the local lamp scene when he married a woman named Nancy, the niece of Hansen’s owner, and herself an owner of Harold’s Lighting, a store in Wallingford.

With Kennedy’s retirement, this circle of lamps will complete itself. Kennedy said Harold’s bought out the building and will open a store in the 106th Avenue Northeast location in January.

Kennedy said business has been booming since people found out about his retirement.

Kay Grosse has come to Kennedy’s for more than a decade. A resident of Issaquah, Grosse said it’s more than worth the trip to bring her lamps to Kennedy. Only two days from Kennedy’s retirement, Grosse came to the store to pick up a table lamp that sits by the Christmas tree every year.

Lamps, as givers of light, play a big role in their home, and Grosse would much rather see the same fixture each year, even if it needs the odd repair job.

“We live in such a disposable society, and we really like to buy quality products and have them repaired,” she said. “This entity will be missed.”

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The stawkings were hung by the chimney with care, (Can you spot the preceding sentence’s spelling error?)

The children were nestled with Snuggies in their beds, While visions of Dick’s fries danced in their heads.

Plus dreams about cool stuff like Let’s Rock Elmo’s, Transformers, Angry Birds, Barbies and Legos.

My wife in her negligee, and me in my whitey-tighties, Were just climbing into bed, saying our “Nighty-nighties.”

Pat Cashman When out in the yard arose such commotion and glare, As if Justin Bieber had shown up to sing at Bel-Square.

Away to the window I flew like a flash, Tripped over the cat and fell on my … lower back.

Finally I saw what had interrupted our sleep, It was St. Nick and his reindeer, all lying in a heap.

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What mom always knew My mother had a career before she was married. She was the head stenographer in the legal department at the newly-constructed Pentagon. She didn’t care much for living in Washington, D.C., so in 1944 she joined the Navy. After WAVE training, they sent her right back to D.C. Ah, but there was a purpose in all of this. When she returned, she became reacquainted with my dad. They had been in the same class in elementary school, and knew each other a little bit. They married on a snowy day in December at Fort Belvoir, Va. According to dad, my brother was born nine months and 10 minutes after the Patty Luzzi wedding.

Thus Rita Kelley Murphy began her new career as Mother Superior. By the time the family was complete, she had lost a few babies and borne five of us. They put their roots deep into the mine-shaft riddled hard rock of Butte, Mont., and never left.

Mom managed our household of seven people and occasional strays. She had three elderly aunts who relied on her for everything, including companionship. I now understand the proverb she used to recite, “Blessed is she who does her best, and leaves the rest, and does not worry. Angels can do no more.”

I mention this because I have a part-time job that includes travel. The hours are long, the work is hard, and driving in Seattle’s winter weather is challenging. The hard part is that I still try to manage our household, yard and gardens, as well as keep The Big Table as a haven for our family and friends.

I am in awe of those of you who do this all the time. What I have learned is what my mother knew all along: selective neglect. I know I CAN do it all. Just not all at once!

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Not taking the time to bother to dress, I ran outside in my briefs to look at the mess.

Nick looked a bit ticked, not saying a word, He seemed to be shaken, but not seriously stirred.

The reindeer looked like eight tiny nervous wrecks, Dasher and Dancer were dazed, and Vixen vexed.

I said, “What happened here, oh jolly St. Nick?”

He said, “Don’t stand so close, I’m rather air-sick.

But I’d feel much better if you think there’s a chance, You could go back inside and put on some pants?”

I did what he asked and soon his nausea passed, And then St. Nick began to explain things at last: “We were just flying along not far from Puyallup, When Blitzen’s right rear leg began to cramp all up.

He began to stagger, the sleigh started to roll, And before we knew it, we were out of control.

We cart wheeled like crazy, dangerously tiltin’ We bounced off of Tacoma and almost nicked Milton, We started whirling and twirling, losing our power.

Sailing over Lake Washington toward Meydenbauer.

I struggled in vain to bring our mad ride to a halt,

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‘Tis the season to get rid of ‘shoulds’ December is the best month to practice lowering expectations, because this is the time we all hope to get our way, whether it is receiving a particular gift, having all the relatives get along without a squabble, or merely surviving the shopping/baking/traveling experience without feeling drained and stressed.

And, like every other month, some things will go wrong.

We carry around expectations for ourselves and others wherever we go. We have fixed ideas about how others should behave toward us and how they should act in the world, as well as about what we deserve.

Since no one, including ourselves, ever lives up to our expectations completely, we feel angry or disappointed. What’s the alternative to this disappointment? TryAnn Oxrieder ing to live without expectations and what some call “shoulds.”

We create our particular expectations and “shoulds” over the course of many years, which explains why it was almost easier to let go of my mother (who died earlier this year) than let go of making holiday cards. This week, an out-oftown guest, viewing the sheets of colored paper and pens on my desk, asked how many people sent me handmade Christmas cards. “Two,” I said, which helped me put this “should” in perspective.

I decided the first step in reducing my “shoulds” is to ask myself why it is important that I make Christmas cards. My answer? I don’t think it really is. I like making greeting

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Ann Oxrieder has lived in Bellevue for 35 years. She retired after 25 years as an administrator in the Bellevue School District and now blogs about retirement at http:// stillalife.wordpress.com/.

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But it only resulted in a Somerset somersault.

We gave Newport Hills a pretty big shock, Then skipped over Lake Sammamish like a big, flat rock.

We swung back toward Bellevue College, Just missing the campus to the best of my knowledge.

Things got roughest somewhere up near Medina, Cupid bumped his head and would up with a shina.

We came frighteningly close to an end-of-ride spill, Doing a series of corkscrews right over Clyde Hill.

Near the 520 bridge we started going down fast, And I hadn’t yet ordered my “Good to Go” pass.

Then we bounded for blocks, flying high and headlong, Until plopping down here – on your mole-riddled lawn.”

By now his tale was over, and Santa was itching to leave.

“I’ve many more stops to make on this fine Christmas Eve.” Cupid’s eye was much better – Blitzen’s cramp was all gone.

The toy bag was reloaded – it was time to move on.

Santa sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle, And away they all flew – fast as a Boeing missile.

But they’d soon regret barreling away quite so fast.

‘As they headed straight for Tacoma’s Museum of Glass.

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Ella, age 9, wished for a Glowing Fairy Barbie; Andrew, age 3, wanted Tonka trucks; Sara, age 4, requested Sing-Along music videos; Trey, 2 months, needed clothing; Ryan, age 8, wanted a book bag for school; and Francisca, age 7, wished for a warm winter coat.

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a lifetime of dance, but when her parents signed up to be extras on stage, it turned into a family activity.

Is it embarrassing to have her parents dress up as courtiers on stage? Just a little, she says, but sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s glad theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re involved.

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This performer has shared the stage with Van Morrison, Etta James, Al Green, India Arie, Erykah Badu, LeAnne Rimes and Los Lobos â&#x20AC;&#x201C; just to name a few. The eclectic group reflects his sound, which crosses many demographics from classic rock to soul.

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BELL: You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t buy that kind of exposure. For six weeks, there were 10-12 million people watching every week. People have been following me on Twitter, sending me emails. People have watched the show in more than 150 countries.

REPORTER: After auditioning in April, was it a stressful competition?

BELL: There were challenges throughout the experience. First, you were going through bootcamp where you wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get much sleep because youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re always trying to learn a song. Then as we got further along, you got more sleep, but youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re working 10 or 12 hours a day. Still, I heard from other people that this was the best show they worked on. It was a positive environment.

REPORTER: Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re both a singer and songwriter. Tell me about your process of writing a song.

BELL: I play my guitar and a lot of times, when Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m supposed to be practicing, I end up producing a song. I will usually write the basic chord structure and melody.

Sometimes, I will have a lyric and I will write around that. Elton [John] always wrote the music around the lyrics which seemed completely backwards to me.

REPORTER: How did you get into music?

BELL: I started music when I was around 13, when I first got my guitar in Germany. I saw The Beatles there and I listened to Elvis. I saw all these girls screaming and yelling and all this admira-

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