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		<title>A Basque Chrismas with Olentzero</title>
		<link>http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2009/12/30/a-basque-chrismas-with-olentzero/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik R.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Christmas Eve night in the Basque Country, the homes of little children are visited by an enormous, soot-stained, Basque gentleman in a beret who drops off presents.  His name is Olentzero.  The history of this tradition and its variations is quite fascinating.  In fact, when people give gifts on Christmas, there [...]

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<dt><a href='http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2009/12/18/noras-first-christmas/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Nora&#8217;s First Christmas'>Nora&#8217;s First Christmas</a></dt><dd>When my parents came to...</dd>
<dt><a href='http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2009/12/28/abandonment-issues/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Abandonment Issues'>Abandonment Issues</a></dt><dd>For pretty much all of...</dd>
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		<title>Abandonment Issues</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 10:14:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik R.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For pretty much all of December my wife&#8217;s family has been pressuring us to leave Nora with them for Santo Tomás (December 22), a huge festival in their town of Mondragon involving special seasonal foods, getting dressed up in traditional Basque clothing, traditional Basque music and dancing, and a crafts and livestock market.  The [...]

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<dt><a href='http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2009/12/30/a-basque-chrismas-with-olentzero/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: A Basque Chrismas with Olentzero'>A Basque Chrismas with Olentzero</a></dt><dd>On Christmas Eve night in...</dd>
<dt><a href='http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2008/12/25/merry-christmas-from-erik-marga-and-nora/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Merry Christmas from Erik, Marga, and Nora'>Merry Christmas from Erik, Marga, and Nora</a></dt><dd> That&#8217;s right, we are...</dd>
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		<title>Visiting Colindres in December</title>
		<link>http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2009/12/23/visiting-colindres-in-december/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik R.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is a document written by my father, Paul Rasmussen, about his recent trip to visit us in December 2009.
Betsy and I had been looking forward to meeting our granddaughter in August. We would visit southern Spain, where Erik’s Spanish family vacations every summer, and meet our granddaughter then. As her birth approached, however, [...]

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<dt><a href='http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2009/04/28/a-walk-around-colindres/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: A Walk Around Colindres'>A Walk Around Colindres</a></dt><dd>Ever since I knew I...</dd>
<dt><a href='http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2007/01/07/epiphany-in-colindres/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Epiphany In Colindres'>Epiphany In Colindres</a></dt><dd>For the Epiphany yesterday, Marga&#8217;s...</dd>
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		<title>Christmas Came Early This Year</title>
		<link>http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2009/12/23/christmas-came-early-this-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik R.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At our house this year, we had Christmas morning on the evening of December 16th. This was mainly because it was the last night my parents were visiting and giving gifts is much better when you can see the look on the recipient&#8217;s face as they open their presents.  Plus, the more the merrier. [...]

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<dt><a href='http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2008/12/25/merry-christmas-from-erik-marga-and-nora/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Merry Christmas from Erik, Marga, and Nora'>Merry Christmas from Erik, Marga, and Nora</a></dt><dd> That&#8217;s right, we are...</dd>
<dt><a href='http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2008/12/28/christmas-2008/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Christmas 2008'>Christmas 2008</a></dt><dd>We had a very intimate...</dd>
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		<title>Semana del Pincho 2 &#8211; Laredo</title>
		<link>http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2009/12/22/semana-del-pincho-2-laredo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik R.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just when I had almost forgotten about the First Annual Tapa Week from last December, it rolled around again and we celebrated the Second Annual Tapa Week this past week in nearby Laredo, Spain.  I must say that this is quickly becoming my favorite festival of the year.  There is little better in [...]

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<dt><a href='http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2008/03/13/philadelphia-salad/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Philadelphia Salad'>Philadelphia Salad</a></dt><dd>I thought I&#8217;d write about...</dd>
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		<title>Nora&#8217;s First Christmas</title>
		<link>http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2009/12/18/noras-first-christmas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:03:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik R.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When my parents came to visit last week, they brought two suitcases, one for clothes and one for Christmas presents.  So for the first time our little plastic Christmas tree looked like it should, rising up from a sea of wrapped toys and books and other goodies.  In Spain (in my family at [...]

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		<title>The Feeding Mirror</title>
		<link>http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2009/12/17/the-feeding-mirror/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik R.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During their visit, my parents very much enjoyed feeding their granddaughter her lunchtime vegetable puree and her afternoon fruit.  Feeding Nora is one of the best times (both frustrating and adorable) I usually get to spend with her, and I delighted in the opportunity to share the experience with my folks.  In my [...]

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		<title>Rasmussen Blanket</title>
		<link>http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2009/12/16/rasmussen-blanket/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik R.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some years ago, Thelma, a friend of my mother&#8217;s, was traveling somewhere in the Midwestern United States and spotted this blanket.  It was clearly made to celebrate or advertise a company specializing in bulldozers, backhoes, and other heavy machinery.  A quick Google search would lead me to believe that it is probably for [...]

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		<title>NCSSM, Class of 1996</title>
		<link>http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2009/12/14/ncssm-class-of-1996/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik R.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My parents are visiting, and they brought a set of photos that I haven&#8217;t seen for a very long time.  They are photos that I took just before and during my high school graduation from the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics on June 1, 1996.  Needless to say, it was quite [...]

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		<title>Well Informed</title>
		<link>http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2009/12/09/well-informed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik R.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning when Nora got up, I fed her breakfast and set her on the couch while I went about organizing a few things around the house.  I left the room for about two minutes, and when I returned, there she was, in the same place I&#8217;d left her, with both the television and [...]

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<dt><a href='http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2009/12/17/the-feeding-mirror/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: The Feeding Mirror'>The Feeding Mirror</a></dt><dd>During their visit, my parents...</dd>
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