Wishing All a Very Merry Christmas

I wish all a Merry Christmas from the Old Glory Shoppe , and I would like to remind folks the reason for the season with this qu…

NORAD Continues Tradition of Tracking Santa

At Maggie's Notebook , you can read about the history of NORAD [North American Aerospace Defense Command] that has been conti…

Christmas: It is about Caring and its 'Ripple' Effect

" A simple act of caring creates an endless ripple " One of my favorite Christmas songs is If Everyday Could Be Chris…

"A Soldier's Christmas" by Michael Marks

Got this poem in email from friend, originally published at Lighthouse Journal who found the author, so here it is - a poem abou…

Have Yourself A Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah

Christmas is not just a holiday, nor is it just a time for Christmas Mass (derived Latin name of Christ Mass ), but it is nothin…

Christmas Turkey, English Style - Gordon Ramsay

Tradition to England and the UK country-states for Christmas dinner has been the goose. Depicted in the Christmas tale entitled A…

History of the Winter Festival and Christmas

The United States, as a young nation, gathered traditions from the Old World, especially from Mother England and the United Kingd…

The Christmas Truce of 1914

I just watched the film Joyeux Noel ( Merry Christmas ) about the miracle of a Christmas Eve truce of three armies, an historica…