Tag: christmas: Page 5

Channel 19

Holidays on the road

Rand McNally’s survey of 800+ drivers about how they celebrate holidays on the road yielded quite a few tales of generosity, camaraderie and veritable miracles… What your best story of Christmas on the road?

December 23, 2013

Business

It’s better to give… Or is it?

“I suppose I’ll need to display some sort of placard that announces the distinct possibility of being wished a Merry Christmas while being hugged when in my general vicinity.”

December 22, 2013

Business

Holiday confusion… and cheer!

Left-hand Lucies: What it takes to make George Parker lose his cool. Also: Launch fail! And a Merry Christmas to the universe…

December 20, 2013

Life

‘Silent Night’: Christmas song No. 5

This famous carol, originally written in the early 1800s (the original German version’s lyrics composed by a Parish priest) in part retells the tale of the virgin birth.

December 18, 2013

Business

Hand made gifts and the truck budget deficit

With George and Wendy’s truck-purchase saga nearly over, “It’s a handmade Christmas, for sure.”

December 4, 2013

Voices

Overdrive’s top Christmas songs: Vote for your favorite!

Help us get into the holiday freight-hauling spirit this year by casting your vote for the best Christmas song of all time.

November 19, 2013

Business

Lying to the kids

“Lying to the kids is perfectly alright when it involves fairy tales…. It’s not OK to lie to kids about things they need to know.”

December 29, 2012

Channel 19

LED nose lights, sleigh skirts and more biz tips for operator Claus

A Christmas greeting from owner-operator business service firm ATBS.

December 25, 2012

Voices

Breaking: Regulators apologize for delaying Santa

Regulators have determined the Claus operation is an imminent hazard to the motoring public and have ordered Santa to cease operation effective immediately.

December 24, 2012

Business

Christmas shopping at the Petro

“Life on the road is never boring” — just wait till the kids and in-laws see the stocking stuffers Parkers picked up in a Kansas truck stop.

December 23, 2012

Overdrive Extra

“Christmas chicken,” a surprise gift and other seasonal tidbits

Should you happen upon a truck stop KFC during these final days of Christmas, you might not realize your good fortune. You would, though, if you were living in Japan.

December 20, 2012

Business

The perfect gift, from an unexpected place

An encounter in a store results in the perfect Christmas gift Wendy could have asked, a true appreciation for the meaning of the season.

December 16, 2012