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For kids around the world, time is measured by Christmas. The anticipation, the excitement, the joy of presents and no school and good food and presents. (Did I mention presents?)…

When I was a young teen growing up in southern Illinois I was part of a church youth group. One of our favorite things to do each Christmas was go…

Perhaps you'll see it often this year, but you've seen it now: "Jesus is the reason for the season." I don't know who came up with that, or when, but…

A few weeks ago Politico, an online magazine about things political, published an article called “What Trump Showed Us About America.” Only the opening five paragraphs were written by staff.…

Washington, Lincoln and Us The first official Thanksgiving Day in America was Thursday, November 26, 1789. George Washington proclaimed it so on October 3, 1789.  On October 3, 1863, Abraham…