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Santa Claus’s Christmas quandary

"Mrs. Claus, are you awake?""I am now,""Good, 'cause I've been lying here thinking about my naughty and nice list and I'm greatly perplexed-need your help.""What's the problem?""Well. .. a few very important people are up to some dreadful, naughty shenanigans, and I'm afraid that if I put them ...

Christmas past and Christmas present

The Christmas season has always been an important time in all our lives. We enjoyed celebrating the special traditions that enabled our children to get excited with anticipation as to what was coming. Let's look at the past and the present and see how many traditions have been taken out of our ...

Trump responsible for his own plight

Two things are evident from the president's stunning December 17 six-page letter of woe, grievance and self-pity to U. S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi:(1) He had a great deal of assistance in writing it. Although the ramblings, rantings, ravings, falsehoods, distortions, and paranoia are his, the ...

Look no further than Brownsville to see the damage that an abandoned church can do to the community and adjacent properties.In 1995, church trustees and parishioners walked away from the First Baptist Church, 128 Market St., Brownsville. Local and county officials took no action, i.e. fines for ...

We are a republic; If we can keep it

Deliberations over the new U.S. Constitution had just come to a close. The proceedings ran through that sultry summer from May through September of 1787 with the public held at bay. As the delegates left the Pennsylvania State House (Independence Hall) in Philadelphia, a Mrs. Powell spotted ...

Many traditions come at the end of the year, traditions that relate to New YearÎÞëÊÓÆµ™s and Christmas. We bake, make gingerbread houses, wrap gifts, and deck the halls. But, one of my favorite tradition is one that started almost by accident in 2009.My husband, Matthew, and I hosted a Christmas ...