Christmas

The War on Christmas in July

Eric Williams | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics

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Eric Williams

Maybe it's a sign of getting older, but doesn't it seem like the War on Christmas starts earlier and earlier every year? Feels like I just took down my anti-Christmas decorations last month.

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Different Strokes

David Horton | Posted 03.30.2008 | Politics

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David Horton

In Russia they have a custom of diving into the river in the middle of winter, ice blocks floating, and then jumping out and rolling in the snow. In S...

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Who Are Red Letter Christians?

Tony Campolo | Posted 02.15.2008 | Politics

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Tony Campolo

We are trying to create a new movement that seeks to make faithfulness to Biblical Christianity an imperative for progressive politics.

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Single Mom, Serial Killer

Louise Sloan | Posted 01.30.2008 | Living

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Louise Sloan

I was prepared for most of the ways in which single motherhood can be lonely and hard, but there were some details they left out of the manual. Like, how do you get rid of the Christmas tree?

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ALL the Children

Paula Gordon | Posted 12.25.2007 | Living

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Paula Gordon

Crèche is the word the French use for "day care." "One species taking care of the young of another" is how zoologists use it. That singular Nazaren...

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Now is the time to Get Going on that Gift Closet -- or Cabinet

Marilyn M. Machlowitz | Posted 12.25.2007 | Living

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Marilyn M. Machlowitz

Starting tomorrow most will grow fatigued about reading about or hearing about the pros and cons of regifting. So here I am to suggest you start stocking a Gift Closet or at least a Cabinet-starting tomorrow.

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A Peaceful Revolution: Mothers' Twelve Days Of Christmas

Nanette Fondas | Posted 12.25.2007 | Living

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Nanette Fondas

On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: Realistic, fair wages, excellent childcare, health care for all kids!

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Christmas Story: Death of a Torture Victim

RJ Eskow | Posted 12.24.2007 | Politics

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RJ Eskow

He was innocent. He had no intention of hurting anyone. He was more concerned with the well-being of his fellow detainees than he was with himself. That's the kind of guy he was.

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Xmas with the Exes

Trey Ellis | Posted 12.24.2007 | Living

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Trey Ellis

I won't say it was easy, that first Christmas Eve apart, sleeping in the guest room again, surrounded by more ghosts of Christmas past than ever haunted Ebenezer Scrooge.

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The Shoppers Who Saved Christmas

AP | ANNE D'INNOCENZIO | Posted 12.24.2007 | Business

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Just weeks ago, the holiday shopping season seemed headed for disaster. But in the waning hours before Christmas, the nation's retailers got their wis...

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Christmas in Vegas

Ken Levine | Posted 12.24.2007 | Entertainment

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Ken Levine

As you prepare for the holiday traditions, take a moment to reflect on the true meaning of the season. And nowhere is that more present than in Vegas -- Bethlehem with slots.

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Why Christmas Is Not On The Solstice

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.24.2007 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

When is Christmas? And why? These are questions guaranteed to get you funny looks when you pop them, especially in a gathering of wassail-soaked rela...

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Merry Christmas (You're a Drunk)

Paul Hipp | Posted 12.24.2007 | Home

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Paul Hipp

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Christmas Over There

Bruce Kluger | Posted 12.24.2007 | Home

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Bruce Kluger

Seven Christmases into the new millennium, and it's never been easier to catch the holiday spirit. Through Internet technology alone, we can swap se...

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The Real Christmas Grinch

T. Jeremy Gunn | Posted 12.24.2007 | Business

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T. Jeremy Gunn

The Christmas Enforcers, who have been selling the myth of a supposed 'war on Christmas' for years now are on the loose again. They are going to make you take just the right dose of Christmas.

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Holiday Solution

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 12.24.2007 | Living

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Irene Rubaum-Keller

I know there are those of you out there with fantastic, loving families that you can't wait to see every year around this time. For the rest of us, how about every other year?

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The Conservative War on Christmas

Joseph Romm | Posted 12.24.2007 | Politics

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Joseph Romm

What will happen to Santa Claus when the Arctic is ice-free?

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Making Room at America's Inn for All God's Children

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 12.24.2007 | Living

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Marian Wright Edelman

I like sharing this story a friend shared with me as "the best sermon" my dear friend and mentor Rev. William Sloane Coffin, Jr., who passed away last year, "never preached."

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Nigella Lawson's Favorite Christmas Recipes

Daily Mail | Nigella Lawson | Posted 12.24.2007 | Living

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Christmas seems to instill an unparallelled tremor of expectation in people. We seem to feel that for this crucial period we must suddenly become grea...

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In Search of A Season

Bill Curry | Posted 12.24.2007 | Politics

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Bill Curry

Christians who wax proprietary about the day should tread carefully; one day the pagans may want their wreaths back and who knows what else.

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Why It's a Wonderful Life Still Resonates

John Farr | Posted 12.24.2007 | Entertainment

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John Farr

With passably funny Comedy Central take-offs undermining its stature as an important, enduring motion picture, is the new generation missing out?

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Where The Stars Spend Christmas

Daily Mail | Posted 12.24.2007 | Entertainment

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CATHERINE ZETA-JONES flies in her entire family from Mumbles, Wales, for a sunny Christmas in Bermuda. Catherine, husband Michael Douglas, son Dylan,...

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No, Virginia, There is No Santa Claus

Sherman Yellen | Posted 12.24.2007 | Living

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Sherman Yellen

No, Virginia, there is no Santa Claus. But here's a Christmas story with dogs, tears, politics, parents, tinsel and a traveling tree. Be warned, this goes from cat food to Access Hollywood with some politics thrown in.

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Hey, Unto You A Child Is Born!

Susan Madrak | Posted 12.23.2007 | Living

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Susan Madrak

Christmas is that Spirit which transforms and you don't have to belong to anything but the human race to let it work its magic.

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Explain to Me Again: When Will the War on Christmas Start?

Linda Seger | Posted 12.22.2007 | Living

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Linda Seger

Bill O'Reilly has been saying that there's a war on Christmas going on. So far, everything has been quiet here in Colorado Springs.

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