That Christmas of ‘68 December 25, 2024Silvio Canto, Jr.
This was a never-to-be-forgotten Christmas because it coincided with the miracle of hearing the Bible read from space.
Christmas in America December 17, 2024Deana Chadwell
There’s no doubt that Christmas is, for America, the most thoroughly celebrated holiday of the year.
Plenty of Grievances to Air This Christmas Season December 19, 2022Brian C. Joondeph
Most Americans are hoping for a shiny present under the American Christmas tree this year. But will it be a lump of coal instead? In the spirit of Festivus, let’s air some grievances.
God's Christmas Gift December 25, 2021Trevor Thomas
We lie about Christmas because the real meaning and message of Christmas make us confront a frightening truth.
A wonderful unexpected Christmas gift December 26, 2018Lloyd Marcus
My wife Mary and I are an interracial couple. Over 40 years ago, Mary's dad and stepmother who raised her accepted their daughter marrying a black guy. Mary's birth mother did not. She refused to meet me.
Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas December 23, 2018Rabbi Elliot B. Gertel
Filmmaker Larry Weinstein is not the first to pay tribute to Jewish composers of popular Christmas songs, but his Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas, recently broadcast on PBS, may be the most disappointing and even obnoxious of such efforts.
Bringing Santa into the polar bear canards December 25, 2017Monica Showalter
So if believing in Santa Claus is for children, well, then, so is believing in global warming. Such is the impression a Canadian government agency leaves in claiming Santa Claus has relocated to the South Pole.
Three souls who taught me the meaning of Christmas December 25, 2016Leesa K. Donner
In every day and age, there are people who point us toward better places in our society and within ourselves. They become our inspiration, our hope for a more civil society and a better heart that beats within us.
Yes Virginia... December 25, 2015Thomas P. Sheahen
As editor Francis Church wrote in 1897, “Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world.” That point has gradually sunk in with scientists.
Obama's winter vacation hypocrisy January 5, 2014Thomas Lifson
Is Barack Obama entirely lacking in self-awareness, or does he simply think that his intended audience will believe anything he says?
Mary's Christmas December 25, 2013Ben Voth
All of the discomfort surrounding Christmas and education is unfortunate because of the powerful moral and ethical content of the Christmas story.
My Stingray Christmas December 25, 2012Glenn Fairman
Heroes do not come in capes and cowls. Often they wear broken shoes and threadbare pants as they arise before dawn to return home at dusk; and they are as mundane to those who are ill-equipped to really see their heroics as birds upon a wire.
Growing Up American: Christmas 1941 December 25, 2012Susan D. Harris
It's December 6th, 1941. War wages in Europe and America is struggling through a Depression, but there is still innocence and hope in American hearts. Life is going on as usual, and neighbors are helping neighbors.
Soldier's Christmas Eve December 24, 2012Elise Cooper
This Christmas, there are brothers, sisters, wives, husbands, and children who are fighting in some hellhole to protect our freedoms.
What does Newsweek Know About Jesus? December 23, 2012R.B. Parrish
We did not follow cleverly invented stories when we told you about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. (2 Peter 1.16)
Atheist Bah-humbug in Times Square December 17, 2012Rev. Michael Bresciani
What disturbs the atheists has nothing to do with the veracity of the holiday, it is the attention that is directed to what is, and will always be, the most significant birth and subsequent history changing event in our world.
A Christmas Carol for Gaza November 22, 2012Mike Konrad
No one can unravel this Mideast mess. Unlike previous contests, religious extremism has ruled out reason as a moderating agency. Our politicians are too afraid to prepare us for the inevitable conflagration. They dare not admit it to themselves.
