Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Dec 12, 2003
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[A Christmas Story, unknown]
I remember my first Christmas adventure with Grandma. I was just a kid.
I remember tearing across town on my bike to visit her on the day my big sister dropped the bomb: "There is no Santa Claus," she jeered. "Even dummies know that!" (Rejection!)
My Grandma was not
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Dec 19, 2022
• A Sunday School was putting on a Christmas pageant which included the story of Mary and Joseph coming to the inn. One boy wanted so very much to be Joseph, but when the parts were handed out, a boy he didn’t like was given that part, and he was assigned to be the inn-keeper instead. He was
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A CHRISTMAS STORY: FILLING THE HOLE
One of the most popular films [of this season] is a little vignette set in the 50s called A Christmas Story. In the plot, young Ralphie sets his heart on an air rifle for Christmas, enduring ridicule and scorn in his quest for this gift he believes will make him
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 22, 2010
A CHRISTMAS STORY: TONGUE IN TROUBLE
The classic movie, A Christmas Story, is a nostalgic look at growing up in Gary, Indiana, through the eyes of a boy named Ralphie. One scene depicts playtime in the middle of winter. Two boys surrounded by their classmates are arguing whether a person's tongue
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Nov 28, 2023
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Pastor Clifford S. Stewart of Louisville, Kentucky, sent his parents a microwave oven one Christmas when microwaves were a new thing for many Americans. Here's how he recalls the interesting experience:
"They were excited that now they, too, could be a part of the instant generation.
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Nov 28, 2023
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The "fear nots" used in the biblical narratives of the birth of Christ:
The "fear not" of SALVATION: "And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings...which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"The first Christmas is a miraculous story of the eternal God becoming of no reputation and then humbling Himself to accept a cruel death on a cross. Sure there were angel choirs. Kings came from far away to worship Him. But the true Christmas story is about smallness, humility and servanthoodLet
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One of my favorite Christmas stories, is about a 7th-grade boy by the name of William Spurling. William Spurling was big for his age, & a little slow mentally. But he was a good boy & all the kids liked him. In fact, they wanted him for a friend because he was big enough to take their part if they
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Contributed by Lin Smalec on Dec 21, 2005
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When you hear the Christmas story, you get a picture in your head of what things must have looked like at the birth of Jesus. Sometimes it’s interesting to find out how others envision that scene. I read recently about a children’s Sunday School class that heard the Christmas story and sang the
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 6, 2024
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The classic movie, A Christmas Story, is a nostalgic look at growing up in Gary, Indiana, through the eyes of a boy named Ralphie. One scene depicts playtime in the middle of winter. Two boys surrounded by their classmates are arguing whether a person's tongue will stick to a metal pole in
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Contributed by Charles Wallis on Dec 28, 2012
Television executives tried to reject The Charlie Brown Christmas story because it has the true story of Christmas. Charlie Brown has picked out an ugly tree, everyone laughs at him including Snoopy, and he screams out for someone to tell him the real meaning of Christmas. Linus begins to recite
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Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 14, 2003
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A friend of mine gave a Bible to someone who was going through a difficult time. The person was in real need, and their life had been one disaster after the other, but in all that time there was never any concrete attempt to give their life to God and follow him. As my friend gave a Bible to this
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Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Dec 27, 2003
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b. The story of the origin of the Christmas crèche rests with St. Francis of Assisi.
St. Bonaventure tells the story like this. In the year 1223, St. Francis, a deacon, was visiting the town of Grecio to celebrate Christmas. Grecio was a small town built on a mountainside overlooking a beautiful
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2. Cal and Rose Samra share this story from Holy Hilarity: From Rev. John L. Wallace.
Christmas: It wasn’t long ago that a psychologists started telling us that the ‘holidays’ are not a source of joy for everyone. Like the drunk I encountered on the subway on Christmas Eve, they’ve been told the
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Contributed by Dan Waite on Dec 1, 2005
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Charlie Brown is struggling with Christmas. He can’t get the kids to do the program correctly. He’s adopted a puny tree which causes the other kids to ridicule him. When it seems like all is lost, Linus takes the stage and quotes the Christmas story from Luke 2.
Just when it seems that Israel
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Tiffany shared a story with me at Christmas. The Starbucks she works in at Normal, Illinois last Christmas (2006) witnessed something amazing. A person in the drive thru lane one morning paid for the person behind them. It was a random act of kindness. But the amazing thing was the next person did
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