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Oct 27, 2009 · DNY59/Getty Images. Christmas is celebrated on December 25 and is both a sacred religious holiday and a worldwide cultural and commercial phenomenon. For two millennia, people around the world...
- The mail train’s gift: a life-changing Christmas miracle message. My mother told me this true Christmas story from World War I many years ago. Christmas 1917 was coming, but because her brother Archie Clikeman was missing in action and presumed dead, the family was not going to celebrate.
- A season for Mercy. Polly, my stepmom, suggested the sweetest name: Mercy. We soon learned it was just what this new boxer pup would need. My parents’ rambunctious dog would bolt out of bed and go-go-go all day long.
- Our pennies made all the difference. Many years ago, when I was making 75 cents an hour, my three children asked for bicycles for Christmas, but I couldn’t afford them.
- Snow angel. Ice and snow pelted the window of the office where I was working. As the wind howled, I wondered how I would get home. The 12-mile route took me up and down steep hills and around treacherous turns.
Nov 16, 2023 · Rachel Dawson. Updated Nov 16, 2023. What Is Christmas and When Did it Start? Christmas, the cherished annual Christian festival celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, is a time-honored...
- The Anonymous Secret Santa Who Fills Strangers’ Pockets With $100 Bills. It’s like finding a dollar in a coat you haven’t touched since last winter — but better.
- The Christmas Tree Angel From Michigan. When Michigan resident Chad Rose just happened to have an extra Christmas tree that was used on his business’s parade float, he did what any decent person would do: he posted on Craigslist to give it away for free.
- The College Student Who Found Her ‘Home Away From Home’ for Christmas. While all her classmates were eagerly making plans with family and friends for their trips back home for the holidays, Jackie Turner, a junior at William Jessup University near Sacramento, was worried she would be the only student left on campus for Christmas.
- The Airline That Made Holiday Dreams Come True. Canadian airline WestJet delivered holiday cheer for 250 passengers on a flight to Calgary. The airline placed a digital Santa Claus at an airport, and asked passengers what they wanted for Christmas.
- “O Little Town of Bethlehem” When Phillips Brooks, a rising young preacher and staunch abolitionist, was asked to give the funeral address for President Abraham Lincoln, he must have been daunted by the task, and sure that his eloquent eulogy would be the most famous lines he would ever pen.
- “Go, Tell It on the Mountain” History can’t tell us who first sang the lines of “Go, Tell It on the Mountain,” because the original author and lyricist was an enslaved African-American.
- “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day” By the mid-1800s, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was a household name, and his poems, like “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere” and “The Song of Hiawatha” were memorized and quoted all over America.
- “Silent Night” The most recorded carol of all time had humble origins: it was written in a tiny village in Austria by Franz Xaver Gruber and Joseph Mohr, churchmen who wanted a simple song to perform for Christmas, since the organ had been damaged by flooding.
Oct 25, 2023 · What is the real story behind Christmas? We all know that Christmas is celebrated on December 25, but this wasn't always the case! For two millennia, people from around the world have been celebrating Christmas day as the birth of Jesus of Nazareth.
Dec 17, 2018 · Yes, the true history of Christmas is as colorful as your neighbor’s seizure-inducing house light display. Learn more about the pagan origins of Christmas traditions and gather some fun...