Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Dec 8, 2023
                
                
                
                    
“The Legend of Pepita’s Poinsettia”
Thank you much, my pretty friend,
For the beauty you display;
Those colors of green and red
Enhances our Christmas day.
 
Great is your reputation-
You’re like the Christmas Star,
For you are highly regarded,
No matter where you are.
 
You are called
                    
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                    Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Dec 14, 2022
                
                
                
                    THE CHRISTMAS FLOWER
“The Legend of Pepita’s Poinsettia”
Thank you much, my pretty friend,
For the beauty you display;
Those colors of green and red
Enhances our Christmas day.
 
Great is your reputation-
You’re like the Christmas Star,
For you are highly regarded,
No matter where you are.
 
You
                    
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                    Contributed by Sam Higgs on Dec 6, 2012
                
                
                
                    Making Christmas Special
In the months leading up to the Christmas season, Dan lost his job.  Well, in the city he lived in, most of the workers had to relocate with the company or face unemployment.  Dan was one of the unlucky ones who had not been with the company long enough to be asked to
                    
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                    Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Dec 14, 2022
                
                
                
                    Christmas Must Be Near
When soft snowflakes fill childish dreams,
And Missy hangs the mistletoe.
Then gift shoppers show up in streams,
And Mike the mailman is bending low.
When the generosities astound,
Then through the air, we hear the sound
Of joy-bells ring…
“Ting-a-ling, ting-a-ling!”
Then
                    
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                    Contributed by David Elvery on Nov 14, 2004
                
                
                
                    When Michelangelo was ordered to decorate the walls of the Sistine Chapel, he refused.  He had ever done any work of that kind, and said he could not do it.  But he was told his refusal would not be accepted.  When he discovered that there was no alternative without some very unpleasant
                    
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                    "Beauty is not mere decoration, but rather an essential element of the liturgical action, since it is an attribute of God
                    
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                    Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Dec 28, 2009
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    The Gentlemen’s Guide on What Not to Get Your Wife for Christmas
#10: A Vacuum Cleaner
The only possible way to make this a cool gift would be to give the hands-down coolest vacuum cleaner of all time... which I’m afraid hasn’t been invented yet and probably never will be, considering that there
                    
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                    Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Jan 4, 2012
                
                
                
                    Pysanky -- Ukrainian Art of Egg Decorating
Pysanka is a Ukrainian Easter egg. Pysanky is a form of wax-resist dyeing using a kind of stylus called a kistka. Some kistkas are dipped into the hot wax, and others consist of a cone filled with hot wax that feeds the nib of the stylus. Kistkas are
                    
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                    Contributed by Kathy Findley on Oct 25, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    It was a holy night, the songwriter tells us, that night in Bethlehem.  There was “a thrill of hope,” and the weary world rejoiced because a new and glorious morn had broken.  It was, indeed, a night divine . . . a holy night when all anyone could do in response was fall to their knees and listen
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    JAPANESE CHRISTMAS
I read recently about how Japan celebrates Christmas, which has become a major event over there. They put up decorations, exchange presents, send cards, sing yuletide songs, decorate trees, serve special seasonal treats and make a big fuss over St Nick, Rudolph and Frosty. Their
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    "There is love at Christmas because Christmas was born of love. Let us, each one, keep alive
                    
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