Christmas Opinion

Christmas opinions run the gamut. Everyone has an opinion on nearly everything associated with Christmas. We welcome the opinions of others on any Christmas topic.

Confessions of a Christmas Creeper

My kids go back to school this week. Most parents rejoice at this kind of event and I’m one of them. The lone exceptions amongst parents are those who send their kids away to school for the first time. Being a teacher’s aide I see it happen…

What Christmas in July Really Means

When I was a kid I had a recurring dream — a wish, really — that I could pull some stored snowballs from the freezer and pelt my brother with them on the hottest day in the July. That is the curse of being the smallest brother. You have…

Honest Atheists Celebrate Christmas

Famed atheist front man Richard Dawkins this week claimed that telling children about Santa Claus and allowing them Christmas fantasies is harmful and bordering on abuse. I don’t know about you but I’m getting sick and tired of atheists…

Media Bashing Christmas Businesses

Christmas is, for many folks, a business. Whether it is worked as a serving Santa or set up as a shop of Christmas wonder the business of Christmas is for sure a tough one. Some folks believe it is all fairy dust and sugar plums. But when your…

Celebrating the Christmas That Wasn’t

It was with some sadness that I read this article from the Smithsonian about the Christmas card from 1963 never sent by President and Mrs. Kennedy. It reminded me so much of a Christmas I endured more than a decade ago. In the dark of night…

UPS Fingered as Scrooge for Christmas Shipping Fiasco

UPS, the guys in brown, are on everyone’s naughty list, it seems. UPS made news they didn’t want when millions of packages went undelivered for Christmas. I was caught up in the fiasco. My daughter was receiving an iPad Mini for Christmas…

Christmas is Peace

They are making merchandise of Christmas and all who celebrate it. All of them. Bill O’Reilly. Sarah Palin. The American Humanist Association. Freedom From Religion Foundation. All of them. Those of us who keep Christmas year round know when…

Leave that Elf on the Shelf

My husband used to say “Hell hath no fury like a woman managing that Elf on the Shelf.” How right he turned out to be. Hubs can be a curmudgeon. He hates putting up the tree, he grumbles at hanging up lights and don’t even get me started…

Calm Before the Carnage of Black Friday

Some traditions of a cherished holiday will never change. Despite months of planning and making list after list I found myself out in stores later on the eve of Thanksgiving than I cared to be. I was in the advanced stages of readiness. The…
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Christmas Stress: A Man’s Perspective

I take nothing away from the women in my life when it comes to the holidays. From coordinating all the family activities to preparing food, parties and gifts there is little that doesn’t get done by them and left untouched by me. But men too…
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Christmas and Tragedy: Why God Doesn’t Stop It

I was driving when I heard the news. I was contemplating the interview I was about to have with a man who put on the red suit to portray Santa Claus for the first time this year. I only turned on the radio to check the weather for the rest of…
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Why is Santa Smoking Controversial?

By Jeff Westover In recent days a Christmas story has unfolded that has just amazed me. It has been everywhere in the media, including on our sites at ChristmasNewswire.com and ChristmasFinest.com. It is all about a new book of an old…