It's not that I want to be mean but there are a few good reasons why I won't be starting the Elf on the Shelf tradition this year.

A school principal has been placed on leave after banning certain Christmas decorations, including candy canes because they're shaped like the letter 'J," which stands for Jesus. The principal also banned anything red or green in classrooms because they're the colors of Christmas.

Kid Rock gave the Nashville Walmart store about $81,000 to pay off 350 layaway accounts.

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#worldview #Christmas #howdoyoucelebratechristmas I thought it would be interesting to use Biblical Worldview skills to look at how others celebrate Christmas. To do this we would take the truth of the Bible to determine what the celebrations show about they view Christmas. I know we are very early in the study,

When Jeremy Morris smiles — or otherwise bares his teeth — you can see his braces: red on top, green on bottom, his pearly whites dressed in Christmas colors. This is a man who named one of his sons Nicholas — as in St. Nicholas. This is a man who changes the name of his dog from "Ronald Reagan" to "Clarence" during the holidays. This is a man whose very first memory is of crawling on the floor while his dad demonstrated how to fix Christmas bulbs.

Read on to learn ways to get the gifts to your loved ones this holiday season.

The Log Cabin will be decorated for the holidays for WinterFest on Sunday, December 9.

Programmers have banned the song after fielding listener complaints that the song is offensive, only to face a backlash against that decision.

Exchanging gifts during Christmas parties has a futile if not adverse effect on the real message of gift-giving and the true spiritual meaning of Christmas.

'Now we've come to a point in a country where it's actually offensive to talk about the incarnation and the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ'

It’s the time of year when the sanctuary of the bookstore transforms into a battlefield. Here’s how to make life easier on both sides of the counter

A new study from Lifeway Research reveals that “most Americans want more religious meaning to the Christmas season.” Sixty-five percent of those surveyed said, “Christmas should be more about Jesus.” While that might sound like good news for Christians, the number of Americans who want to “keep Christ in Christmas” - while still a majority - is quickly declining. Just four years ago, 79% of Americans (14% more than this year) agreed that “Christmas should be more about Jesus.”

#biblicalworldview #christian #christmasmovies How To Decided What To Watch On TV This Christmas The films, shows, movies and tv programs are numerous today. There are so many channels to choose from. How to decided what to watch on TV this Christmas as a Christian is a great debate in our community. What I am

About 200 employees of a northern Michigan manufacturer received an average $20,000 Christmas bonus. Ludington-based FloraCraft surprised its employees during a holiday lunch on Friday, Dec. 14, when owner and Chairman Lee Schoenherr announced plans to give nearly $4 million in bonuses. Top gifts to employees with more than 40 years of tenure will exceed $60,000, the company. The gifts are a combination of cash bonuses and 401(k) contributions.

Ok, enough bickering and fighting. Let’s settle this once and for all in the only way I know how – going into a topic in way too much detail.

A wish list of changes from education funding to health care to property taxes for Premier John Horgan. Many atheists celebrate Christmas. We don’t believe Jesus was humanity’s saviour, so celebrating his birthday would be a bit bizarre. Yet for many atheists like me who grew up in a predominantly Christian culture, Christmas really is all around us.

Did you know that I am part Hungarian? I had a great grandmother who only spoke Hungarian that I adored and a grandmother who would ...

Children from low-income families will have access to healthy food during the Christmas school holidays thanks to £100,000 from the Scottish Government. The money is additional funding for the Cash for Kids charity to provide food and activities for more than 7,000 children from poorer backgrounds across Scotland. Another £48,000 is being awarded by ministers to 12 smaller, community organisations for similar projects during the Christmas and February school holidays.

It's my — and my family's — absolute favorite.

Using a neural network to create ridiculous plot lines takes a lot of work—and reveals the challenges of generating human language.

A Doctor Who Christmas poem.

Santa and Mrs. Claus drove their red Dodge Grand Caravan with the "Kringle" license plate from Myrtle Beach, S.C., to a Hampton Inn near Tampa International Airport last weekend. There they paid $299 to attend a two-day school for Santas. In the hotel's meeting room, two dozen older, naturally bearded men, and one "Clark Kent," the industry term for fake beard wearers, sat in reindeer bowling shirts and red leather cowboy boots. They read textbooks titled Behind the Red Suit and scrawled pages of notes.

I love Christmas but hate Christmas songs so I put together this list of Christmasy sounding music that isn't about Christmas. Beautiful, dark, soft and subtle songs to soundtrack your Christmas. Designed to be played in order and not shuffled.

Remember the Star that led the Wise Men To Jesus Birth Merry Christmas Eve As we follow the star that God to find Jesus in our lives. May your celebrations be merry and stress-free. Remember it is not the gifts, it is not the commercialized worldly Christmas. It is God, Jesus, family, and friends. You may not

Amid the partial government shutdown, at least one critical service remains operational: NORAD's Santa tracker. More than 1,500 military personnel and volunteers at an Air Force base in Colorado will be hard at work Christmas Eve, tracking Santa Claus and answering children's calls.

Bristol-based vegan group Friends Not Food invited Tulip Slaughterhouse workers to join them for a plant-based Christmas dinner to promote festive peace.

Jesus birth This Christmas there are so many different religions, thoughts, and ideas on this celebration. I would like to begin by starting the investigation on if Jesus birth really happened? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6uWSoxG_Fs Now while I will never claim to be a scholar or even close to it. You

Merry Christmas! https://youtu.be/XjRDDNF6Lxs Life Church Christmas' over the years Merry Christmas~ Please let this little wish from mine to yours help you celebrate this Christmas with your family and friends! Merry Christmas! Mary's Song My soul doth magnifyAnd glory in the LordHis

A bus driver in Dallas got mistaken for Santa Clause on Friday when students walked onto his bus to see the presents that they wanted for Christmas.

Christmas was good this year, almost had me in tears. All my adult kids together celebrating! I am so grateful God put my in laws in our life. This would not have happened on Christmas Day if it was not for them. I look at each of my kids, I wonder how did this happen. Each one such a wonderful young adult. I

Being home for the holidays is no guarantee for some -- and no one knows that better than those who work in the fast food industry. Hundreds of people spent Christmas Eve away from their families Monday, as they clocked in at fast food restaurants across the city. But someone special made sure to pay them a visit.

There can be quite a commotion at the Bush's Chicken in Georgetown, Texas. At all hours, employees refill the sweet tea, fry up chicken, and take orders. In the midst of this hard work, an anonymous couple surprised the workers with a generous Christmas gift. General Manager Randy Duncan says the couple asked him how many people worked in the store. He told them 25. Moments later, they came back with a Christmas card for each employee.

As the Civil War’s first Christmas neared, a pair of young lovers, Nathaniel Dawson and Elodie Todd, a Confederate soldier and his eventual bride, wrote to one