A Celebrate the Baby
Why do we celebrate Jesus' birthday so differently from other birthdays? When it's time to honour historical figures who have a day set aside for them, we don't think about them as babies. We don't have pictures of cute little Abraham Lincoln in his log cabin in Kentucky, USA (or cute little
Nelson Mandela in his little hut in Eastern Cape, South Africa). No, we
remember him for his contributions as an adult.
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A Christmas Quiz
When you think of a “quiz” you might remember your school days (with less than fond memories). Who likes to be quizzed? But when you work through a quiz that can change your thinking from something you THOUGHT you knew to be true but now you know better, it can be helpful.
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Make it Christmas
In Roman times Christians started a festival to compete with the pagan celebration of the winter solstice.
Christians won and for centuries the
pagan celebration was forgotten.
Today the competition for attention is
on again between the new pagan god of
materialism, “Santa Claus” and our Saviour
Jesus.
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The Star in the Window
During World War II it was the custom in the United States for a family who had a son serving in the military to place a star in the front window of their home. A gold star indicated (showed) that the son had died in support of his country’s cause.
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Truelove's Strange Christmas Guest
Captain Howard Truelove walked along the main street of Smartville on his way to his Quarters. He appeared to be deep in thought.It was Christmas Eve and the snow was beginning to cover the ground. Not too cold, the weather gave promise of a real picturesque, old-fashionedYuletide and the townsfolk were in good spirits.
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True Christmas
Soon many Christians will celebrate Christmas. We read the story about Jesus’ birth in the books of Matthew and Luke. The word “Christmas” is not found in the Bible. And Jesus never told us to remember His birth. But it is good to know this story and to thank God for sending Jesus to the earth. Chick Here...
The Story of the Candy Cane
A Candymaker in Indiana, USA, wanted to make a candy that would be to remind others about Christ so he made the Christmas Candy Cane. He incorporated several symbols for the birth, ministry and death of Jesus Christ. He began with a stick of pure white hard candy. White to symbolize the virgin birth and....
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Christmas Is Different in South Africa
When I was small boy in Gdansk , Poland , and I remembered everything, includes the smell of snow, the smell of real Christmas tree and the experience of celebration, etc. One thing that I don't really remember how cold it was during snow time...
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A Letter from Jesus
Family and friends get together and have a lot of fun, but they don't know the meaning of the celebration. I remember that last year there was a great feast in my honour. The dinner table was full of delicious foods, pastries, fruits, assorted nuts and chocolates. The decorations were exquisite and there were many, many beautifully wrapped gifts.
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What is Christmas?
On Christmas you don't need to have a fancy Christmas tree.
Abundant piles of wrapped-up gifts are not obligatory.
If what you seek is happiness upon this Christmas day,
This might be just the gift, one you never could repay.
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Christmas Around the World
In African countries such as Ghana buses and trucks are decorated with shiny ornaments and lights and “Afishapa” is the special Christmas greeting. On Christmas Eve people visit the houses of relatives and friends. On Christmas Day a meal of cassava root porridge (fufu), meat stew and rice is eaten.
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25 Things you never knew about Christmas
For most of us, Christmas is the time when we turn into couch potatoes on a non-stop diet of fattening food and old movies on TV. But do you know why the world's most indestructible Christmas gift is a pair of pants? That everyone's favourite carol was written by a drunk? Or how a moonlit stroll inspired the bright idea of Christmas decorations?
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