Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Mar 6, 2025
                
                
                
                    [048].  A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – CHRISTMAS TRAVESTY – PSEUDO CHRISTMAS
Walking through a shopping centre at Christmas time was a depressing trip.  All around were merchants parading their wares with full commercialisation; fake Santa Claus(es) everywhere and the occasional songs being played –
                    
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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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                    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Dec 25, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    The Work of Christmas
When the song of the angels is stilled,
When the star in the sky is gone,
When the kings and princes are home,
When the shepherds are back with their flock,
The work of Christmas begins:
To find the lost,
To heal the broken,
To feed the hungry,
To release the
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 24, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    MEANING OF CHRISTMAS? 
A television interviewer was walking the streets of Tokyo at Christmas time. Much as in America, Christmas shopping is a big commercial success in Japan. The interviewer stopped one young woman on the sidewalk, and asked, "What is the meaning of Christmas?" 
Laughing, she
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 24, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    THE PERCEPTION OF CHRISTMAS 
To perceive Christmas through its wrappings becomes more difficult with every year. 
SOURCE:  E. B. White, The Second Tree
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 24, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    HOME FOR CHRISTMAS 
In December 1903, after many attempts, the Wright brothers were successful in getting their "flying machine" off the ground. Thrilled, they telegraphed this message to their sister Katherine: "We have actually flown 120 feet. Will be home for Christmas." Katherine hurried to
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 10, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    CHRISTMAS SIGNS 
- From a toy store: "Ho, ho, ho spoken here."
- In a bridal boutique: "Marry Christmas."
- Outside a church: "The original Christmas Club."
- From a department store: "Big pre-Christmas sale. Come in and mangle with the crowd."
- In a Texas jewelry store: "Diamond tiaras: $70,000.
                    
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                    Contributed by Bernard Dawson on Dec 14, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    ALONE ON CHRISTMAS
George Mason’s life was centered in his business. He lived alone and refused all invitations to socialize. His brother’s family had urged him to visit but the children always made too much noise. Besides, he didn’t want to buy presents for his nephews and nieces. Instead he
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    FINALLY CHRISTMAS
Senator John McCain of Arizona was a prisoner of war during the Vietnam conflict. He was shot down and held as a prisoner of war in Hanoi for 5 ½ years, 1967-1973, spending much of it in solitary confinement.John McCain said this, “When I was being mistreated by the North
                    
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                    CHRISTMAS SIGNS 
- From a toy store: "Ho, ho, ho spoken here."
- In a bridal boutique: "Marry Christmas."
- Outside a church: "The original Christmas Club."
- From a department store: "Big pre-Christmas sale. Come in and mangle with the crowd."
- In a Texas jewelry store: "Diamond tiaras: $70,000.
                    
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                    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 Sermon Central on Dec 6, 2004
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    CHRISTMAS SURVEY
What do people believe about the birth of Christ? A few days ago Newsweek Magazine conducted a poll asking some questions about Christ and His birth.* Here are some of the results:
67% - believe that the entire story of Christmas is historically accurate
24% - believe the story
                    
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                    The Christmas tree:
It was on a Tree that God hung His greatest gift to humankind.  The Christmas tree is symbolic of a broken curse, its evergreen branches representing everlasting life.  Our exchange of gifts isn’t a surrender to commercialism, but
                    
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                    Christmas Present
It was the day after Christmas at a church in San Francisco. Pastor Mike was looking at the nativity scene outside when he noticed the baby Jesus was missing from the figures. 
Immediately, Pastor Mike turned towards the church to call the police. But as he was about to do so,
                    
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                    Contributed by Steve Smith on Dec 4, 2006
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    ILL:  Christmas Season
Listen to this parody of the Christmas season that I read this past week:
"And there were in the same country children keeping watch over there stockings by the fireplace. And lo! And was said unto them `Fear not, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy that is for
                    
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                    Contributed by Steve Smith on Dec 4, 2006
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    ILL:  FINALLY CHRISTMAS
Senator John McCain of Arizona was a prisoner of war during the Vietnam conflict. He was shot down and held as a prisoner of war in Hanoi for 5 ½ years, 1967-1973, spending much of it in solitary confinement.  
John McCain said this, “When I was being mistreated by the North
                    
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                    CHRISTMAS PANTS
I told you about a pair of guys who had exchanged the same pair of moleskin pants for over a decade. Each year they tried to outdo one another with the only rules being they couldn’t damage the pants and they had to use scrap material. I’d left the story with Kunkel having received
                    
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