Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Jun 15, 2005
At Christmas my kids would eagerly await the Christmas boxes from grandma. Every time she went shopping throughout the year she would buy them each a little something, wrap it in bright paper and put it in a box. After Thanksgiving she would seal the boxes and send one to
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Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Dec 27, 2005
‘Every year at Christmas, James Baxter watches people rip apart his company’s product and throw it away. All the hours of creative design and careful manufacturing are gone in a flash. And he has no regrets. As president of the nation’s largest maker of Christmas gift-wrap, Mr Baxter says, “What
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Charismatic
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 3, 2006
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Christmas Under Attack Fox News conducted a survey 11/29 asking: •Do you consider Christmas a religious holiday or cultural holiday? Religious: 57% ... Cultural 14% ... Both: 12% •Do you agree there is a war on Christmas in the U.S.? Agree: 42% ... Disagree: 48% •Does it seem that the public
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Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Jan 23, 2006
At the end of Charles Dickens’ book “A Christmas Carol”, Scrooge has realised the error of his stingy, miserly ways. Scrooge gets converted!
At the end of the book Dickens wrote this: “Scrooge was better than his word. He did it all and infinitely more; and to Tiny Tim, who did not die, he became
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Anglican
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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Our children await Christmas presents like politicians getting election returns; there's the Uncle Fred precinct and
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play, And wild and sweet The words repeat
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"Holiday and Holy Day, Christmas is more than a yule log, holly or tree. It is more than natural good cheer and the giving of gifts. Christmas is even more than the feast of the home and of children, the feast of love and friendship. It is more than all of these
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"Christmas is less than what it can be and less than what it was intended to be where gifts are given grudgingly, and
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