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.

A Doctor Who Christmas poem.

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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.

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.

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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.

#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

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.”

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

'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'

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.

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.

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

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

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

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