Dear Booklover (or at least liker),

Welcome to the Tallfellow Tribune, Vol. I, Issue #6, December 2005 - The ???Merry and Happy Everything!??? Issue

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Enjoy the Tallfellow Tribune Lite ??“ This month the newsletter is quick and easy as we??™re all running around like crazy people! Enjoy your hopefully-by-now-favorite newsletter from Tallfellow Press of Los Angeles - a pioneer in indie publishing. See below for our sixth Droodles Caption Contest (and last month's winner)... plus some fun December trivia. Enjoy!

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TALLFELLOW TRIVIA - SPONSORED BY Painted Prayers by Jody Uttal

December Trivia: (answers below)

??? George Washington crossed the Delaware on December 25th. What year was it?
??? The final issue of the original version of this magazine came out on December 19, 1972. Can you name the magazine?
??? On December 12, 1937, this King abdicated his throne. Name him, the reason he did it and, for extra bonus points, the length of his reign?
??? On December 5, 1933, Prohibition ended. What state became the 36th to ratify the 21st amendment(thus giving the majority needed)? Which amendment did it repeal?
??? And speaking of amendments, the first ten were ratified on December 15...of what year?
??? Cigarette ads were banned on television on December 31, 1970. What show aired the last commercial?

??? Some famous December birthdays: Marco Polo, Ava Gardner, Ty Cobb, Abe Lincoln, Woody Allen, Richard Pryor, Emerson Fittapaldi, Flip Wilson, Nero, Bobby Van, William Randolph Hearst, Dick Van Dyke, Georges Seurat, Steve Allen, Tiger Woods, Louis Pasteur, Leonard B. Stern, Emmett Kelly, Rita Moreno, Ludwig Von Beethoven, Leonard Maltin, Nostradamus, Ira Gershwin, Anthony Hopkins, Bette Midler and Humphrey Bogart

Sponsored by Painted Prayers by Jody Uttal ??“ A beautiful, full-color book featuring an artist??™s interpretations of the spiritual wisdom of the masters, from Rumi, Jesus and Heschel to Thich Nhat Hanh, Herman Hesse, Leonard Cohen and many more.

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BREAKING NEWS OF ALL THINGS TALLFELLOW
Everyone at Tallfellow and smallfellow Press would like to wish everyone not at Tallfellow and smallfellow Press a wonderful holiday, Happy New Year and a great 2006!!!


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DROODLES, DROODLES, DROODLES!!!

The 6th Droodles Caption Contest is here! Go to our blog to celebrate the satisfaction of being succinct. As always, the winner gets a free, one-of-a-kind copy of the mass-produced mega-seller, Droodles: The Classic Collection.

And, in honor of New Year's Eve, here it is:


The real caption is:
Ants Crawling Through Spilled Champagne.
Do you have a better caption? Then go to our blog ??¦and enter it!!! You might just win!

The winner of last month's contest is... Amy. Congrats! Look for a copy of Droodles - The Classic Collection in the mail. To see the Droodle and the winning caption, visit our blog.

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A TALL SMALL NOTE
Happy Winter Solstice (that should just about cover everything!) You can even re-live the joys of winter with our book It??™s Winter by Jimmy Pickering. Remember snow angels, hot cocoa and crisp air? Well, so do Sally and Sam and you can share it all with them!

And a quick thanks to everyone who has ordered books from our website. We thank you! If you can't find a Tallfellow/smallfellow book anywhere else, we have it here!

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TRIVIA ANSWERS
1. 1776

2. Life Magazine

3. King Edward VIII, he would soon marry Wallace Warfield Simpson, 325 days

4. Utah, 18th

5. 1791

6. The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson

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Thanks for reading The Tallfellow Tribune! If you forward it to five people right now...nothing will happen...except you might make them smile!
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