While many people celebrate Christmas as a Christian holiday centered around the birth of Jesus Christ ... Looking for inspirational poems around the holiday season? Canadian poet Virna Sheard ...

A carol service at a Howey church included readings, poems, singing and Christmas jokes. Many people attended the Providence Baptist Church, Howey, Carol Service, on December 22 and a warm welcome ...

For children, Santa Claus symbolizes gifts and magic. Inspirational quotes about Christmas from religious figures highlight its significance and promote a message of goodwill. And for children ...

Whether it’s a picture of a sparkling Christmas tree, a cheerful Santa Claus, or a serene image of Jesus, these moments capture the spirit of the holiday perfectly. For many, Christmas isn’t ...

MI5 has released a special version of the festive poem The night before Christmas, read by actor Gary Oldman. In the voice over, Oldman reprises the role of his Slow Horses character Jackson Lamb ...

But it can only happen when we understand the Incarnation. While the birth of Jesus describes what happened that first Christmas, it's the Incarnation that tells us what it means. It means that ...

Editor’s Note: Clement Clarke Moore (1779 – 1863) wrote the poem “Twas the Night Before Christmas,” also known as “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” in 1822. It is believed that a family ...

Moore's poem "Twas the Night Before Christmas." For almost half of that time, Forum readers have enjoyed seeing the famous words on the front page of the Christmas Eve edition. Originally titled ...

The image of baby Jesus in the Bethlehem barn warms our hearts. Each December we recreate the moment on our lawns and beneath our Christmas trees. Stores sell plastic donkeys and wooden mangers.

She reminds us that every child is an image of the Baby Jesus, and any baby just might be the Holy Child.” One of Ahlquist’s favorite Christmas poems is G.K. Chesterton’s “The Wise Men.” ...

And maybe that was the right response. We have sanitized and commercialized the meaning of Christmas and robbed it of its deeper meaning: Jesus enters our world as a homeless exile, not only to ...