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Over morning coffee, five friends inspire “Merry Christmas” billboards nationwide
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“As Christians, we were offended,” the five told the morning news shows. Over coffee, Joanne Brown, Linda Bennett, Judi Hanna, Laurie Kramer and Pat See, all of the Youngstown, Ohio, area — lamented Americans’ increasingly “politically correct” pressure to mumble “Happy Holidays” rather than risk offending someone by saying “Merry Christmas.” What could they do…
All across America, “Secret Santas” anonymously paying off strangers’ layaways
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A generosity phenomenon is spreading like wildfire this Christmas season — “Secret Santas” walking up to layaway counters and paying off balances owed by total strangers. The phenomenon may have begun in Michigan where a woman paid off three layaway charges at a Grand Rapids Kmart. Media coverage prompted a slew of copycat givers. Then it spread to stores…
Christmas stage collapses, but kids OK!
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Oh what fun it is to sing in the mall while your parents and grandparents and godparents record the grand event! Wearing a cool Christmas hat! So, while singing their hearts out, challenging shoppers to have a little love in their hearts, the kids took an unexpected tumble when their portable stage collapsed. The good…
Daily Mail: Christmas gone from new “Thomas the Tank Engine” children’s cartoon
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The annual battle to banish Christmas has started early this year with the beloved British children’s cartoon “Thomas the Tank Engine” carrying a “decorated tree” for the “winter holidays. The word “Christmas” is never uttered although the plucky little train engine is obviously transporting a Christmas tree. “The team behind TV’s ‘Thomas the Tank Engine’ have…
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