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  • Christmas: ’Tis the Season to Be Pagan?

    Christmas: ’Tis the Season to Be Pagan?3

    The festive season is upon us — a time to decorate the house, gather with family, exchange gifts, and of course, discuss the pagan origins of Christmas. In recent years, suggesting and suspecting that Christmas has a pagan past has almost become a Christmas tradition in its own right. Now, an increasing number of Christians are

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  • Christmas Shopping for a Happier New Year

    Christmas Shopping for a Happier New Year2

    Oscar Wilde defined a cynic as one who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. If this is so, many of us are more cynical than we realize because we don’t know the difference between price and value. We buy the cheapest because this is our duty as good consumers. We need

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  • Christmas Shopping for a Happier New Year

    Christmas Shopping for a Happier New Year1

    Oscar Wilde defined a cynic as one who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. If this is so, many of us are more cynical than we realize because we don’t know the difference between price and value. We buy the cheapest because this is our duty as good consumers. We need

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  • Christmas Predators, Parasites, or Magi?

    Christmas Predators, Parasites, or Magi?0

    A couple of years ago there was quite a kerfuffle about the holiday duet, “Baby, its Cold Outside.” This song, from 1944, features a dialogue which some people might describe as a man trying to talk a woman into staying longer at his place on a snowy night. The criticism said the song was really about a

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  • Christmas After Communism: One Man’s Story

    Christmas After Communism: One Man’s Story6

    During the holiday season I usually come across at least one social media picture of families seeking to give back. This can be through serving a meal at a homeless shelter, volunteering at Feed My Starving Children, or even packing a shoebox for Operation Christmas Child. That last activity has become a longstanding tradition in

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  • Christmas After Communism: One Man’s Story

    Christmas After Communism: One Man’s Story0

    During the holiday season I usually come across at least one social media picture of families seeking to give back. This can be through serving a meal at a homeless shelter, volunteering at Feed My Starving Children, or even packing a shoebox for Operation Christmas Child. That last activity has become a longstanding tradition in

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