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Light and Christmas
Light and Christmas
Christmas HistoryChristmas Traditions

Light and Christmas

  • B. Francis Morlan
  • Posted onJul 4, 2021 at 8:25 PM
  • 1 Comments
Light as a theme of Christmas dates back to the very beginnings of recorded history. As with many elements of Christmas it is a mixture of reverent worship, pagan tradition and spiritual symbolism that give light its lasting impact on Christmas. In the Old Testament, the psalmist David wrote “The …

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The Persistence of Christmas
The Persistence of Christmas
Christmas News

The Persistence of Christmas

  • Jeff Westover
  • Posted onFeb 12, 2021 at 10:54 PM
  • 0 Comments
Christmas has stubbornly persisted in these times of pandemic. As the world went into quarantine in the Spring of 2020 many turned the Christmas lights on outside and some put the tree back up. It was a way of coping with sudden changes brought on by isolation and long waits …

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Coronavirus Christmas Story
Coronavirus Christmas Story
Christmas News

A Coronavirus Christmas Story

  • Jeff Westover
  • Posted onApr 27, 2020 at 3:40 AM
  • 1 Comments
(Special to MyMerryChristmas.com) – America can be a place of fences. Not so much “back East” (as they call it). But “out west” (as they also call it) where the suburbs that sprawled during the 1940s through the 1980s it is not uncommon to find what they call “tract homes” …

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Christmas Decorating

Five Things to Consider Before You Build That Mega Christmas Light Display

  • Special to My Merry Christmas
  • Posted onMay 11, 2017 at 10:41 PM
  • 2 Comments
Ron Behringer thinks back to his epic Christmas displays of the late 1990s with great fondness. “It was a new age for Christmas lighting,” he says. “Computer technology was really cutting edge. It was expensive but it was so exciting. It took it all to a new level and I …

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Christmas FeaturesChristmas News

Disney Snuffs Out Popular Christmas Light Attraction

  • Jeff Westover
  • Posted onSep 14, 2015 at 2:12 PM
  • 0 Comments
Once upon a time it was a great story. 20 years ago the Arkansas family of Jennings Osborne were in trouble: they decorated their home with millions of Christmas lights, irritating their neighbors and creating a traffic nightmare. They went to court and lost. When it seemed like the display …

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Christmas CountdownChristmas FeaturesChristmas Video

Daft Punk Pentatonix Christmas Lights

  • Jeff Westover
  • Posted onAug 10, 2015 at 4:00 AM
  • 0 Comments
Somewhere near you right now some poor guy is slogging through the heat of summer to put up a spectacular Christmas display. If technology has brought anything to Christmas it is a whole new level of creative celebration through lights and coordinated music. On day #137 of the countdown to …

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Christmas FeaturesChristmas News

World Lights Up Christmas

  • Jeff Westover
  • Posted onNov 29, 2014 at 10:34 AM
  • 0 Comments
As the month of November closes the world lights up trees, homes and public areas with brilliant lights of celebration. In Australia, a Canberra lawyer has officially grabbed the Guiness World Record with nearly 1.2 million lights on his display, as seen here from ABC News: More ABC US news …

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Ten Tips for the First-Time Christmas Lights Hanger

  • Jeff Westover
  • Posted onAug 31, 2014 at 1:46 AM
  • 0 Comments
By Brad Knight My first experience in hanging Christmas lights taught me a lot of lessons. Newly married and mostly broke, we did not even have the money to get a tree. So I decided to surprise my bride by outlining our basement apartment window with a string of Christmas …

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Christmas HistoryChristmas Traditions

History of Christmas Lights

  • Jeff Westover
  • Posted onMay 30, 2002 at 1:46 PM
  • 0 Comments
By Bill Nelson The world’s first practical light bulb was invented by Thomas Edison in 1879, and it was to be only three years later that an associate of his, one Edward Johnson, electrically lit a Christmas tree for the first time. The tree was in the parlor of his …

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