Some were sentimental, saying Christmas is a family time, a time for children, and so on. Others were humanistic, seeing Christmas as a time to celebrate love for one’s fellow man, the spirit of giving, and that sort of thing. Others were crassly hedonistic, viewing Christmas as just another excuse to party.
When did the story of Christmas begin? Some would say it started with the promise of a child to Mary (Luke 1:30–31). Others date it much further...
Burls, spherical woody growths on the trunks of spruce, birch and other trees, are commonly found throughout wooded parts of Alaska.
The evidence for this can be found in "trim lines" of old forestation and can be dated by examining the tree rings of the uppermost trees that survived injuries from earlier splashes. These trim lines show that similar, but smaller, waves occurred in Lituya Bay in 1853, 1874, and 1936. It is known that these were not all earthquake generated.
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The Best of Christmas Like many of history’s most enduring stories, this one took the most unlikely of turns. A virgin woman bears a child, promised by an angel and conceived by God. Born in a crowded town near Jerusalem, the infant has for His nursery a stable—His makeshift crib, a feeding trough. But shepherds worship the boy, and a powerful king fears Him. And when He has become a man ...