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Come up with some interesting ways to use the paper, I suppose...]]></description></item><item><title>Dad saves the day (again)</title><link>http://kvstyle.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1463429</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://kvstyle.canadaeast.com/rss/article/a1d0d10889a288e31367bdc75b6dcbf9</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[So, where was my hubby at nearly midnight one night last week when his Fantasy Football team was one point from missing out on the playoffs?]]></description></item><item><title>Add meaning this season</title><link>http://kvstyle.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1463426</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://kvstyle.canadaeast.com/rss/article/79f8439e3357562200e5d1029ef704a5</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Remember the excitement you had as a child during the lead-up to Christmas? All you had to do was wait for it to arrive. 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