Christmas thought of the day by Benjamin Franklin reflects on faith, practice, and moral conduct. The quote reminds readers ...

Christmas can be a joyous season but it can also be shrouded in stressful expectations. Here's some food for thought on ...

Just a short entry today to wish all the readers at Steve’s blog and all of Birdland a wonderful Christmas and Holiday Season. Enjoy your time with family and friends and I hope it’s your best ...

The commercial aspects of Christmas can sometimes overshadow its religious and spiritual significance. Christmas often evokes ...

I pushed myself so hard to make the holidays special when my kids were little. Now they are adults, and they are so much ...

Since the lies that have been passed back and forth over the past few weeks are over (election 2006), I would like to express some Christmas thoughts. For those of you who have disagreed and those who ...

Christmas can be hard. For some people, it increases loneliness, grief, hopelessness and family tension, and the festive ...

A Christmas Story holds a very special place in my heart. It’s a movie that I’ve loved almost all of my life. Ralphie’s wins are my wins. Because of my devotion to the movie, I was both excited and ...

Christmas songs generally aren’t risque. Neither are The Monkees‘ songs. Despite their wholesome past, The Monkees released a Christmas song with suggestive lyrics. During an interview, The Monkees’ ...

Netflix’s holiday brand is ridiculous Christmas-themed movies. They gave us multiple Vanessa Hudgens in The Princess Switch films. The streaming service also convinced us that a journalist could ...

Many military families don't get the chance to spend the holidays with their loved one who is serving overseas. This is true for a family in Hamburg. The Fronefield family has a lot of children who ...

EVEN as the preelection petards were bursting around our ears, we had our eyes resolutely set on Christmas, and our energies primed for working up this year’s lists of suggestions for presents. Our ...