In 1988, Anissa Ayala was sixteen years-old and diagnosed with a rare form
of Leukemia. The doctors said that if she did not receive a bone marrow
transplant after chemotherapy and radiation treatment she would die.
In
a survey, nearly a third of those questioned stated, that of all the
persons mentioned in the Christmas story, they identified the most with
the shepherds. The shepherds were average, ordinary people and were invited to see the birth of the...
One lady waited until the last minute to send Christmas
cards. She knew she had forty-nine folks on her list. So she rushed into a store
and bought a package of fifty cards without really looking at them. Still in a big hurry, she addressed the...
A little boy ran to the kitchen with a big box
in his hand and breathlessly told his mother, “We’d better tell Santa Claus to
forget about the train set I ordered. I just found one on the top shelf of Dad’s
closet.”
The following memo was sent by a school administrator:
Dear Staff,
Please remember that we live in a multicultural community, and it is not
acceptable to continue to act and speak as if everyone celebrates Christmas as
the birth of...
In a Charlie Brown Christmas
Charlie Brown was having trouble getting into the Christmas spirit so Linus
said, “Charlie Brown, you’re the only person I know who can take a wonderful
season like Christmas and turn it into a problem.”...
