Scrooge was better than his word. He did it all, and infinitely more; and to Tiny Tim, who did not die, he was a second father. He became as good a friend, as good a...

The scientific creation story has majesty, power and beauty. and is infused with a powerful message capable of lifting our spirits in a way that its multitudinous supernatural counterparts are incapable of matching. It teaches...

The president wished them a Merry Christmas and thanked them for their service to our country.

Yeah, well, maybe it’s time to let another man have it, you think?” he teased. ~ “The Mirror

Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!

In another Christmas story, Dale Pearson, evil developer, self-absorbed woman hater, and seemingly unredeemable curmudgeon, might be visited in the night by a series of ghosts who, by showing him bleak visions of Christmas future,...

Strengthening of the both the retail sector over Christmas and the housing market over recent months, and the positive impact of recent moves in gilt yields, equities and sterling on the Bank’s forecasts, should limit...

Control your temper, or it will control you. Sometimes even remotely, like a toy car. Christmas is coming up, and for only $44.44 I’ll sell you a gift that would be perfect for the child...

The Soul does not just share the answers you seek — but, how all you want can be achieved.

Amidst such Soulful freedom, Christmas is never hindered – but, freely embraced.

Best of all are the decorations the grandchildren have made ~ fat little stars and rather crooked Santas, shaped out of dough and baked in the oven.

Jeff- “A Hanukkah tradition is making potato pancakes. For something a little different, use a sweet potato. Anything you’d like to add, Walter?”Walter- “Accept Jesus as your Savior or you’ll burn in Hell for all...

You have Christmas, and you have a bunch of half days that nobody is going to work. Plus, it’s been a hell of a ski season so far.

This team hasn’t won anything. We didn’t win our section. We didn’t win our Christmas tournament. We haven’t played good basketball for a month.

I wonder if he practices making awkward and nerdy look sort of cool. Like he fills his house with furniture that is the wrong scale for his tall body and buys plaid shirts in bulk...

They make rugs, scarves, placemats, runners, bags, bookmarks, kitchen towels and Christmas decorations,

The door opens with a rusted jingle, and an animatronic Santa insults my moral virtue three times. Ho, ho, ho.

We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter, between God and mankind. He who has faith knows this truly; let him rejoice.

She was an exotic flower amongst the snowdrifts, out of place, a Technicolor misfit in a monochrome Christmas movie.

If you’re giving to get, all you’ll receive is disappointment. But if you’re giving to give, all you’ll receive is joy.

Keeping Christ in Christmas” is like showing up at someone’s house every year, insisting on a party they never planned and never agreed to.

Snowflakes swirl down gently in the deep blue haze beyond the window. The outside world is a dream.Inside, the fireplace is brightly lit, and the Yule log crackles with orange and crimson sparks.There’s a steaming...

We were just joking about it before that even the prime minister had a few weeks off over Christmas while Ricky was busy making a century in Melbourne and a century in each innings in...

The Christmas presents once opened are Not So Much Fun as they were while we were in the process of examining, lifting, shaking, thinking about, and opening them. Three hundred sixty-five days later, we try...

A merry Christmas to everybody! A happy New Year to all the world!

Christmas was a response of the choice of mankind to take its existence into its own hands and chart its own course, liberally scripting its own ethics, crafting its own moral system, and choosing to...

At last the anchor was up, the sails were set, and off we glided. It was a short, cold Christmas; and as the short northern day merged into night, we found ourselves almost broad upon...

Last Christmas (2004), the staff had asked me if we could leave it up, so that’s when we started.

Here’s something for you to hang your dreams on, pal.

Christmas, just like life itself – will become all that you choose or want it, to be.

All we endured throughout the year was – but an integral part of our life’s learning & evolution.

The world won’t end if we don’t pick up their discarded Christmas tree today.

Sometimes in the company of others I find a disagreeable spirit of competitiveness kicks in and each person is shamed into spending rather more than he would have wished. This is a historically established syndrome,...

Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends.

Hey, great idea: if you have kids, give your partner reading vouchers next Christmas. Each voucher entitles the bearer to two hours’ reading time *while the kids are awake*. It might look like a cheapskate...

A white cloth falls on your heart; How beautiful you are – The winter loves us, because only lovers have a pure heart.

Christmas used to be a good “idea” ’til somebody came up with the concept of giving wrapped up presents to each other… 🙂

The angels heralded the birth of the Savior, John the Baptist heralded the coming of the Savior, and we herald the gospel of the Savior.

The Christmas tree, twinkling with lights, had a mountain of gifts piled up beneath it, like offerings to the great god of excess.

Later the place was as deserted as Malcolm Muggeridge’s Christmas party of fellow intellectuals.

You don’t remember the gifts you are given; you remember the giver and how their love made you feel.

I was miserable during Christmas. I haven’t had that as a head coach. I probably made everybody around me miserable.

This is difficult to comprehend when one pauses to consider the character of Christ. Admittedly there have been many false caricatures of this Person, but an unbiased look at His life quickly reveals an individual...

Christmas is such a time of struggle anyway, crammed with busy and hurry and the expectation that you will be joyful, no matter what. Then, if you’re like me, when you just sit quietly, just...

My specialty is actually creating an environment for people to enjoy the holidays. That’s what I love to do, … Generally there’s the technical aspect of it. ‘Do you want it to match your furniture?...

I have always thought of Christmastime, when it has come round…as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men...

I had never before been a special fan of that great comedian Phyllis Diller, but she utterly won my heart this week by sending me an envelope that, when opened, contained a torn-off square of...

One can never have enough socks,” said Dumbledore. “Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn’t get a single pair. People will insist on giving me books.

The rest of the year, I wondered if the point of Christmas was just spending money and getting fat and opening gifts. Indulging.But when Christmas finally comes, and that warm, tingly, mints-and-sweaters-and-fireplace-fires feeling gathers in...

They were playing in two tournaments over the Christmas break, so they had a split squad. I’d say they had about half of their varsity players and had some players from their j.v. team.