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Celebrate the Royal Wedding in style this April. There are a vast range of party supplies tailored towards the celebration of William and Kate’s marriage. Whether its Union Jack Plates for cucumber sandwiches or cups for squash – you can set your party off in a number of different Union Jack styles.

Why not go all the way and celebrate everything Great Britain has to offer on the 29th April, with decorations and party supplies from red, white and blue balloons, crepe streamers and rosettes. If it’s a Union Jack theme you are looking for then you can decorate yourself from top to bottom, with Union Jack Bunting, Union Jack cloth flags and Union Jack table flags – ideal for any street party! Furthermore, if you wish to go all the way to celebrate William and Kate, then it’s the bespoke items that will be for you. You won’t be able to find these items anywhere, so your Royal party will have the edge. There is William and Kate bunting, balloons and table flags, in addition to cutouts decorations, posters and banners.

Royal Wedding Party Packs can also take away the effort of individual purchases, offering three different types of decoration party packs, which will cater for every party from the minor to the massive. In addition, there are British themed novelty packs and party packs for ten people to help everyone feel involved in the celebration. Why not get dressed up for the occasion. You might want to wear the Union Jack flag cape, or one of the many patriotic British hats or even a waistcoat or bow tie. You can even top it off with a Union Jack hand waving flag.

Want to turn some heads with your Royal Wedding party? Check out some of the Will and Kate stand-ups for a Royal decoration you won’t forget, or why not take a look at some of the fantastic wedding couple “Stand-in’s” and let your all your party guests share the special day! “Put on a traditional Royal Wedding street party and prepare for a brilliant feast with some amazing Regal table decorations!” Start off with some great-value Union Jack table flags, then complete your Royal party with a sprinkling of lovely confetti including gold and silver rings or even Will and Kate named confetti.

These fantastic decorations are ideal for your Royal Wedding street party so take a look around and get inspired with some incredible party ideas for the special day!

It’s the “silver citizens” – previously known as the “baby boomers” – and, since 2006, ten thousand of them per day are reaching the age of 65 and this phenomenon will continue until 2025. 14 more years! In simple terms – that’s 3,650,000 per year for 19 years – which will equal nearly 70,000,000 people in the U.S. alone who will require some form of financial assistance, social services, and [most importantly] guidance on a daily basis.

These new ’silver citizens’ are the largest group in the history of the world to move through history at any one time…they have created trends, fashions, architecture, design, and much more in their voyage through history. They will, however, place tremendous pressure on society in their never-ending search for security and safety. Their care costs will be astronomical because the majority of them [over 71%]…have not planned or save appropriately for their ’silver years’ in a mature and cognizant manner.

If we believe that the Federal Government is in deep debt now…this is nothing compared to what will occur when 2025 arrives…their Federal Reserve printing presses will be working overtime just to keep up. The new “silver citizens” will inevitably receive their due but the value of the dollars that they are paid will be tremendously depreciated and, as a direct result, the costs of the basic necessities such as health, pharmacy, food, and transportation will continue to rise to that point when their income will not be able to provide those basics.

Corporate pension plans are horribly weak and Government plans are downright failures. The Feds are now paying out more than they are receiving and the future appears dreadful for many other social programs, as well. We simply are not able to live up to those promises that were made so many years ago.

It becomes all of our responsibilities to create or build environments that will give this group a positive rationale for moving forward. We need to treat these ’silver citizens’ with the importance that they deserve for having built our country to the status that it now enjoys. It behooves us to provide them with an aggregation of credible information sites that they can go to comfortably in order to obtain factual, organized, and cohesive information that will lessen their stress and allow them to continue to move through our society with the grace and civility that they so richly deserve.

Excerpts from the millions of letters received by the USPS “Operation Santa” which links needy kids with “Secret Santas:” Melanney, 9, asked Santa for a coat and boots. “I have been a very good girl this year,” she wrote. Another “little girl didn’t want anything for herself. She wanted a winter coat for her mother.” Cesar, age 7, wrote to Santa that, “This year my mom don’t have much money to spend on Christmas gifts so I’m writing to you. It would make us [Cesar and his baby sister] very happy if you and your elves would bring us toys and clothes.” One mom sent a turn-off notice from the electric company. A single mother of a girl, 8, and a boy, 2, wrote that she recently lost her job. “I am unable to buy my children toys and clothes. Santa, may you help me with my family?”

I doubt very much that those mothers still believe in Santa Claus, although anything is possible this time of year, especially since this has been a very tough time for many people. The postal elves at 20 post offices nationwide try to do their bit to help but even many of the Secret Santas seem to struggling and aren’t coming forward in the usual numbers to pick out a letter and fulfill a child’s, or a parent’s, Christmas wish.

Granted, the USPS isn’t America’s most popular institution but Operation Santa deserves everyone’s support. Functioning for almost 70 years, it taps into Americans’ fundamental generosity and, if nothing else, is a reminder of where they may have been and of the axiom, “There but for the grace of God go you, and yours.”

See the USPS website for participating post offices, participation forms, etc.

If you miss the deadline, there’s always an alternative: Make a financial contribution to the USPS Operation Santa fund, to the Marine’s Toys for Tots program, or just wing it, find a needy kid or family and make their day, and make it anonymous. A Melaney or a Cesar or a mom may not thank you personally-that’s the whole point of a “Secret Santa,” no?-but they’ll thank you nonetheless.