LEHIGH VALLEY, Pennsylvania -- The Christmas holidays saw a record number of tourists visit the Lehigh Valley, particularly Bethlehem, officials say. The...
Many people feel that using a real tree is not environmentally responsible. In fact, there are more than 500,000 acres of farmland growing Christmas trees in...
Parade of Lights routed for changes Revised policy may be posted online as early as next week By Jean Torkelson, Rocky Mountain News March 4, 2005 The 2005...
Two whole floats with a religious theme!!!! It's funny to read stories like this. They act as if they're doing everyone a favor to allow a religious theme to...
When our ship's choir (Battleship, USS Missouri) did a series of Christmas concerts in Australia in 1987, we included two Australian carols. Since December is...
1. I am from Temple, Texas in the United States. 2. My favorite Christmas tradition is getting together with family for Christmas. It just doesn't seem like...
How bout some favorite Christmas movies? I recently discovered a little known one by the name of Remember the Night, starring Fred McMurry and a very...
Two religious floats; that was a difficult compromise on the part of the parade organizers (sarcasm). "Jingle Bells" and "Winter Wonderland" aside, Christmas...
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A friend in Canada uploaded one of the tracks from the CD album "An Australian Christmas" so that everyone can hear a beautiful carol from "Down Under." You...
On Feb. 26 Harry Hayfield alerted us to the story about the Santa statue on the BBC website. The story finally made it into print in the U.S. today. ISTANBUL...
Does any Christmas International member have pictures of the "before" (Russian St. Nicholas) and "after" (candy-cane Santa Claus) statues? I definitely want to...
Hello everyone, my name is Fernanda. I was born and raised in Canada, where my parents emmigrated from Portugal. I am so excited to have found this group! I...
One of the moderators of the "St. Nicholas Center" - a virtual museum - just happened to be going to Turkey last week. http://www.stnicholascenter.org ...
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania -- A shivering audience blinked in the Rockettes' red glare Thursday, as six of Radio City's high-kicking dancers strutted atop the...
Thank you, "christmas_university", for posting the photographs. And what a difference! I think the St. Nicholas statue should have been left alone. Replacing...
"In the past when I was young, there was a small candle-lit crib, some candies, and that was it. Nowadays there are no cribs any longer! ..." The person who...
The story made it to Reuters but is it correct? In the story, the reporter says the Saint Nicholas statue has been re-housed in a local museum. The photo on...
Greetings; Oh yes, the statue of St. Nicholas! Thanks for posting both on the main page. Santa is fine, but it's a US derivation of a US intrepretation of...
There's a listing for this at Amazon.com - it didn't show up on a title search but it got a hit on a search for "Boys of the Lough." Amazon has 30 second...
BOONTON, New Jersey -- Easter is a week away, but for Michael Du Jack, it's still the season to be jolly. There's a fully decorated Christmas tree in his...
FROSTPROOF, Florida -- A visitor to First Presbyterian Church in Frostproof during the summer might notice somthing unusual -- a large, elaborate nativity...
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In England, Christmas was forbidden by Act of Parliament in 1644; the day was to be a fast and a market day; shops were compelled to be open; plum puddings and...
DEMRE, Turkey -- In the 4th century, a bishop named Nicholas was a local hero in this seaside town, living the kind of life that eventually led to sainthood....