December 22, 2008 – 7:58 am
This is actually one of the last areas I would have expected to see this kind of story, the Deep South, but, here we go After asking the state Board of Ethics last month whether library staff can accept inexpensive and homemade Christmas gifts from grateful patrons, St. Tammany Parish library officials last week received […]
December 21, 2008 – 1:56 pm
I do truly like these types of cheerful stories more then the ones about people trying to do away with Christmas, don’t you? EAST WENATCHEE (Washington) — Dressed head-to-toe in military fatigues, her camouflage pants tucked into combat boots and her hair pulled back in a tight bun, Maureen Peltier stood nervously outside a classroom at […]
December 20, 2008 – 8:07 pm
Heh. Cracked. Worst. Christmas. Ever.
December 20, 2008 – 9:41 am
Spreading the holiday cheer Santa brought some Christmas cheer to the lives of Iraqi children gathered at Baghdad’s International Zone on Friday, handing out presents and posing for photographs. Dozens of Christian and Muslim children came together for the occasion which appeared to be well received by all. Bill Shober who dressed up as Santa […]
December 20, 2008 – 9:33 am
A special Christmas LA MARQUE (Texas) — David Trejo, 1, and his sister, Trinity, 3, got to open some of their Christmas gifts early. So did their parents, only they didn’t open gifts of a firetruck or a stuffed dog. Rather, they were given keys to a new house. Former U.S. Army Spc. Sergio Trejo […]
December 19, 2008 – 3:42 pm
OK, we had the good Christmas story earlier, now comes this @*&@Φ story For decades of Christmases, it had been a gratifying way to function as a substitute Santa Claus. Every holiday season, thousands of New Yorkers trooped to Manhattan’s main post office and sifted through heaps of dream-encased letters that children had scribbled to […]
December 19, 2008 – 9:08 am
I like these types of stories much better then the ones about people, groups, and government whining about Christmas displays, don’t you? Get the hanky out Christmas came early for a North Little Rock family. Captain Tanya Phillips was in Iraq for nine months. Her three sons thought they wouldn’t see her until early next year, […]
December 18, 2008 – 9:51 am
I guess we are now looking at the Climaysterics using Christmas as an excuse to push their silly agenda. Funnily, the people who Believe in AGW are usually the same folks who bitch about Christmas decorations and such being in the public eye. Let’s start with the Christmas trees North Carolina Rep. Heath Shuler and […]
December 18, 2008 – 7:55 am
The spirit of Christmas When Tina Wood took her children to visit Santa at the Port Charlotte Town Center mall in November, she never thought the experience would bring her to tears. After asking for the games Hungry Hungry Hippos and Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed, 3-year-old Aidan asked for something that shocked […]
December 17, 2008 – 9:46 am
Usually, these stories tend to focus on Christmas haters doing Christmas hating things. Not today (well, not yet today, anyhow.) Let’s start with how you can help The Marines have been making children’s Christmas dreams come true for nearly 60 years, but the corps may be seeing fewer smiles this year. With demand up due […]
