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  • Gallup Reports 97% Of Americans Are Not Bothered ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Gallup reports 97% of Americans are not bothered when someone greets them with Merry Christmas. (Foster ...read more

  • Who Took Christ Out Of Christmas? Secular Tv. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Who Took Christ Out of Christmas? Secular TV. During this past December, of 1156 hours TV devoted to the theme of Christmas 90% of the shows did not include a major spiritual theme, 7% had a religious or spiritual theme not specifically dealing with Jesus and ...read more

  • Decorate To Celebrate: Consumer Purchases Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
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    Decorate To Celebrate: Consumer purchases of Christmas and seasonal decorations have risen sharply since ‘00, according to a new research report from Unity Marketing, Gifts & Decorative Accents Report, 2003:The Market, The Competitors, The Future Trends. Over 60% percent of consumers bought ...read more

  • What Sort Of Person Is Afraid Of A Baby Or Of A ...

    Contributed by Michael Uebergang on Apr 12, 2006
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    What sort of person is afraid of a baby or of a fifteen year old girl? There is no greater treasure than to know that God comes to us in such a ...read more

  • That The Son Of God Became Incarnate, Took On ...

    Contributed by Michael Uebergang on Apr 12, 2006
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    That the Son of God became incarnate, took on human flesh, became one like us, and came so close to us in such a friendly way is a great story. But if the story stopped there, that is all that it would be: a great story! There is more to this story, though. It is that it has a messenger and a ...read more

  • When Pope Julius I Authorized December 25 To Be ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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    When Pope Julius I authorized December 25 to be celebrated as the birthday of Jesus in A.D. 353, who would have ever thought that it would become what it is today. When Professor Charles Follen lit candles on the first Christmas tree in America in 1832, who would have ever thought that the ...read more

  • A Popular Play And Movie This Time Of Year, One I ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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    A popular play and movie this time of year, one I always enjoy watching is A Christmas Carol. There is one scene that has always fascinated me. The Ghost of Christmas Past has just paid a very discomforting visit to Ebenezer Scrooge. Clearly the old miser is shaken by the entire ordeal. But when he ...read more

  • A Little Boy And Girl Were Singing Their Favorite ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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    A little boy and girl were singing their favorite Christmas carol in church the Sunday before Christmas. The boy concluded "Silent Night" with the words, "Sleep in heavenly beans." "No," his sister corrected, "not beans, peas." Michael ...read more

  • In December 1903, After Many Attempts, The Wright ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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    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 the editor of the local ...read more

  • Some Gifts You Can Give This Christmas Are Beyond ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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    Some gifts you can give this Christmas are beyond monetary value: Mend a quarrel, dismiss suspicion, tell someone, "I love you." Give something away--anonymously. Forgive someone who has treated you wrong. Turn away wrath with a soft answer. Visit someone in a nursing home. Apologize if you were ...read more

  • Americans Used 28,497,464 Rolls And Sheets Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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    Americans used 28,497,464 rolls and sheets of wrapping paper, 16,826,362 packages of tags and bows, 372,430,684 greeting cards, and 35,200,000 Christmas trees during the 1989 Christmas season. ...read more

  • Well I Thought That Since We Just Celebrated ...  PRO

    Contributed by Andrew Hoover on Aug 3, 2006
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    Well I thought that since we just celebrated Christmas that I would start out this morning by sharing some of the most overheard comments regarding bad Christmas gifts. So here they are, the top five most overheard comments regarding bad Christmas gifts… 5. Hey, now there’s a gift. 4. If ...read more

  • Where Did Candy Canes Come From? Tradition Holds ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2006
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    Where did candy canes come from? Tradition holds that in about 1670, the choirmaster at Cologne Cathedral was frustrated by fidgety kids at the Living Nativity. He had some white, sugar-candy sticks made to keep the youngsters quiet. The sticks were curved like shepherds’ staffs in honor of the ...read more

  • Extraordinary Gift Ideas

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Dec 8, 2008
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    EXTRAORDINARY GIFT IDEAS A while back, on "Good Morning, America," a co-host featured some gift ideas that might be called indescribable. They were extraordinary gifts that some of you might want to include on your Christmas gift list. One of them was a Jaguar automobile, the Jaguar 220. If you ...read more

  • One Giant Leap For Mankind  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Dec 10, 2008
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    ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND ONE OF THE GREAT EVENTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY took place on July 20th, 1969, at exactly 4:17 P.M., EDT, when the Lunar Module "Eagle" landed on the surface of the moon. The Apollo 11 mission was the first manned mission to land on the moon. It was the 5th human spaceflight ...read more

  • Not A Guest, But Family

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Dec 10, 2008
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    NOT A GUEST, BUT FAMILY Ellen Porter tells the story of Mitsuyo, a Japanese exchange student coming to live with her family. Her father had written and warned Ellen that Mitsuyo was a willful child, but she saw no signs of that at all. She dressed the same each day, was silent while eating at the ...read more

  • Have You Heard The Humorus Story About A Young ...  PRO

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Dec 11, 2008
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    Have you heard the humorus story about a young boy who was disillusioned with Christmas he said to his father "Daddy does Santa really deliver the goods? After all He has to come back year after year and I'm still not satisfied." How right is that young boy! Let's face it, each year we ...read more

  • Jesus Is Better Than Santa!

    Contributed by Gregg Rustulka on Dec 20, 2008
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    Jesus is Better than Santa! Santa lives at the North Pole. JESUS is everywhere. Santa rides in a sleigh. JESUS rides on the wind and walks on the water. Santa comes but once a year. JESUS is an ever present help. Santa fills your stockings with goodies JESUS supplies all your needs. Santa ...read more

  • He's Alive!

    Contributed by Todd Catteau on Dec 21, 2008
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    He's Alive! One church I read about put on a Christmas program that included a manger scene with their children. There was a little 5-year-old boy on the drama team, I think he was a shepherd that year. He was energetic to say the least! This little boy was a handful. During rehearsals he was all ...read more

  • A Gift For Nicolas Cage

    Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Dec 22, 2008
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    A Gift for Nicolas Cage When the actor Nicolas Cage was a young boy, his father gave him a little Pinocchio for Christmas. Being a boy, he was a little rough with it, and broke its head off. So his father suggested they bury Pinocchio. The next morning, on the very place where they had buried ...read more