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…

"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…

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…

First Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving began as part of the religion of the English colonists (who had emigrated to Holland because of religious persecutio…

Saint Patrick's Day: March 17th Until 2060

Saint Patrick's Day , celebrated on March 17 th , in the dioceses of Ireland it is a solemn and holy day of obligation and is…