Category: Christmas

Jan 03

The Twelve Days of Christmas

We are in the midst of the Twelve Days of Christmas. It is still the Christmas Season and will be until Epiphany, 6 January…

Dec 27

Oranges at Christmastime

When I was in elementary school at Willshire, probably during the first three or four grades, just before Christmas Santa would visit the school and give each a student a gift, a little brown paper bag with an orange in it.

Dec 24

Merry Christmas!

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders and he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6

Dec 20

Letters to Santa, 1917

December 1917. The U.S. had entered World War I a few months earlier and Christmas was right around the corner. Even though we were at war, children were making Christmas lists and writing letters to Santa…

Dec 26

The Day After Christmas

Today is the day after Christmas. The anticipation and preparations are over.