Meaning of Christmas

We expect Christmas each year.  That makes sense because December comes around each year.  We have our traditions…the things we look forward to (and a few things we don’t).  We get excited to see the cold weather set in and the snow begin to fall.  But what if Christmas was unexpected?  The first Christmas was […]

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Celebrating Christmas

Within our own family, we each celebrate Christmas with certain traditions.  Some of our traditions are unique to our family while other are common and shared throughout the world.  Two of the more popular traditions of Christmas involve putting a tree inside your house and a jolly, red-suited gentleman bringing gifts down your chimney.  As […]

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Why “Christmas”?

Christmas can be a pretty exciting time of the year…all the trees, presents, nativity scenes, and cookies.  But Christmas can also be a pretty confusing time of the year…all the trees, presents, nativity scenes, and cookies.  It’s no wonder one child summarized Christmas as “the three wise men who followed the star to the North […]

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