Some Christmas stories didn't show up in searches last week but they're turning up now. ... TROUBLED WORLD AT WAR CELEBRATES CHRISTMAS IN PEACE It is a rare...
Fifth years after her first televised Christmas Day speech, Queen Elizabeth II has broadened her reach to a podcast, a special royal website and You Tube. In...
Greetings Bing, You joined this group on December 30, 2004. I hope you are enjoying the holidays and that you have a very happy birthday, too. Thanks for...
Edward Cardinal Egan led New Yorkers in welcoming Christmas early Tuesday morning with the traditional midnight mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral, followed later...
If we saw something like this on "Saturday Night Live" we would think it was silly and it would never happen. Just imagine police being called to watch over...
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania -- You don't have to look far to see that it's Christmastime in the city -- and beyond. Local museums, historic mansions and galleries...
GOZO, Malta -- Apart from the usual mail, the number of locally posted Christmas cards delivered this year to date amounted to more than 1.5 million, Maltapost...
BETHLEHEM -- Millions of Christians around the world are marking Christmas Day - the traditional day of Christ's birth. In the West Bank town of Bethlehem, the...
Search for a silent night in the bustling city By Luke T Johnson (China Daily) Updated: 2008-01-03 07:00 As the holiday season wraps up and Beijing's winter...
`God is born' Jolanta Wylezynska Czestochowa, Polska – 3 January 2008 When the first star appears in the sky, all things – the whole world – gets calm...
Orthodox Christmas celebrations begin on the evening of 5 January, known as kolede. Children go from door to door singing Christmas carols and receiving...
Michael Pakaluk 04 January 2008 If you want to see someone look at you as if you're crazy, try wishing him "Merry Christmas" on Dec. 26. I made the mistake of...
Professor Pakaluk makes some very good points. Yesterday, while out shopping, I said, "Happy eleventh day of Christmas" to several people. First they looked...
FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY The mystery of the Magi The three kings of Orient are mostly unknown, but they are celebrated each January By BENEDICTA CIPOLLA Religion...
Churches using Julian calendar mark Christmas Rev. John W. Harvey Saturday, January 5, 2008 Some people may be surprised to know that while most folks are...
Let us go a-wassailing! It's Twelfth Night Certainly Twelfth Night was religious in character coming as it does 12 days after Christmas on Jan. 5. But it...
Thank you so much for all the interesting history and information you send us. I really enjoy learning the different traditions and rituals of other...
For my part I feel that I've been diddled slightly. Normally we start decorating the house the week before Christmas and make the centrepiece the natural fir...
MOSCOW --- As tradition would have it, Russian President Vladimir Putin left Moscow on Orthodox Christmas Eve Monday to visit for the first time this year the...
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