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The Cockeyed Miracle is a 1946 American fantasy film directed by S. Sylvan Simon and starring Frank Morgan, Keenan Wynn, and Cecil Kellaway. The film was based on the play But Not Goodbye by George Seaton.
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It’s like finding a dollar in a coat you haven’t touched since last winter — but better. An anonymous, wealthy businessman from Kansas City has been lifting the holiday spirit of strangers for the past 12 years by handing out extra cash to those “who look as though they could use a little boost”. With the help of a dozen local police officers, he h...
When Michigan resident Chad Rose just happened to have an extra Christmas tree that was used on his business’s parade float, he did what any decent person would do: he posted on Craigslist to give it away for free. For some, a tree is an annual necessity and integral part of the holidays, but for many it’s an expense that needs to be saved for dail...
While all her classmates were eagerly making plans with family and friends for their trips back home for the holidays, Jackie Turner, a junior at William Jessup University near Sacramento, was worried she would be the only student left on campus for Christmas. “This time of year is hard,” Jackie said. “Everyone is talking about their cousins, their...
Canadian airline WestJet delivered holiday cheer for 250 passengers on a flight to Calgary. The airline placed a digital Santa Claus at an airport, and asked passengers what they wanted for Christmas. While everyone was in the air, 175 WestJet workers sprinted to nearby stores and bought everything they asked ‘WestJet Santa’ for — from pairs of soc...
Five-year-old Claire Koch used sign language during her kindergarten Christmas concert to make sure her deaf parents wouldn’t miss out on the holiday cheer. With her fingers and true Christmas spirit, Claire signed Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Jingle Bells, and more—and totally stole the show. image by kate lesueur
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GENESIS 1:1–2, 9–10. What most of us mean by ‘the Christmas story’ is told in only 120 verses, split between the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. With scant textual detail to play with, our imaginations have furnished wide-eyed sheep, woolly and worshipful; a star hovering tastefully above a rustic shack; and a caravan of camels.
- Mary probably didn't ride on a donkey. It's possible – although disputed – that a middle-class pregnant woman travelled 80 miles to Bethlehem on a donkey.
- It almost certainly wasn't a stable. The Bible doesn't actually mention a stable, or a barn, or a cave - only a manger (in Luke 2:7). We do read that she laid him in this feeding trough because there was no room for him elsewhere in the place they were staying, but most scholars suggest that this was a guest room in the home of some of Joseph's relatives.
- There's no innkeeper. Similarly, the innkeeper is a function of the story dreamt up to a) make sense of the stable story and b) ensure a suitable role for Charlie Farrington in Year Two who likes shouting 'no!'
- Jesus wasn't silent. It's a lovely carol, but Away in the Manger's claim that 'the Little Lord Jesus, no crying he makes' is romantic nonsense. Jesus was fully human; fully a baby, and as any parent of small children will tell you, that means he will have regularly screamed down the neighbourhood, especially when he had wind.
Dec 25, 2023 · To summarise, the miracle we celebrate at Christmas is that as a result of the action of the Holy Spirit Mary conceived a human nature that was assumed by God the Son, thus forming the God-Man Jesus Christ.
- Martin Davie
Dec 23, 2021 · For Christians, it is the belief that Jesus is the Son of God that means his source of power is divine and therefore his deeds miraculous, not magic. But dissenting perspectives come through to...
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The Christmas tree is a symbol of Christ, the miracle of Christmas, and God’s gift of life. The green boughs on a Christmas wreath or a garland point us the perennially freshness of life — that even when we feel as though our world is growing stale, there is always an element of newness and rebirth.
