Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.twt.news From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Headline Article Date: Sun, 22 Nov 92 17:26:45 EST Message-ID: \SE A;PAGE 2: FREEZE FRAMES GREETINGS BY MAIL This yuletide season, more than 2.3 billion cards will be exchanged, making Christmas the largest card-sending holiday of the year. Louis Prang, a German who settled in Boston in 1850, is credited with establishing the Christmas card in the United States. His early efforts were no larger than business cards and bore the simple inscription, "Merry Christmas." HAPPY TO SEE YOU Children who say they spend too little time with their grandparents: 40% Those who say they spend too much time with their grandparents: 3% Those who say they spend "the right amount of time together": 54% Kids who say they "cheer grandparents up": 43% Kids who say they help their grandparents do things that they can't do by themselves: 35% Kids who say their grandparents do fun things with them that they wouldn't normally do: 33% CAFE TO GO The 20 most recognizable scents in America are: 1. Coffee, 2. Peanut butter, 3. Vicks VapoRub, 4. Chocolate, 5. Wintergreen oil, 6. Baby powder, 7. Cigarette butts, 8. Mothballs, 9. Dry cat food, 10. Beer, 11. Ivory bar soap, 12. Juicy Fruit gum, 13. Orange, 14. Cinnamon, 15. Lemon, 16. Tuna, 17. Banana, 18. Crayons, 19. Cheese, 20. Bleach TODAY IN HISTORY On this date, Nov. 22: In 1718, English pirate Edward Teach - better known as "Blackbeard" - was killed during a battle off the Virginia coast. In 1906, the SOS distress signal was adopted at the International Radio Telegraphic Convention in Berlin. In 1935, a flying boat named the "China Clipper" took off from Alameda, Calif., carrying more than 100,000 pieces of mail on the first trans-Pacific airmail flight. In 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the 36th president. In 1967, the U.N. Security Council approved Resolution 242, which calls for Israel to withdraw from territories it captured in 1967, and implicitly calls on Israel's adversaries to recognize its right to exist. In 1977, regular passenger service between New York and Europe on the supersonic Concorde began on a trial basis. Sources: AP, American Greetings, Yale University, The Heinz Kids Speak Out! Survey This article is copyright 1992 The Washington Times. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM