For Jerusalem Greer, Advent is a time of anticipation - bittersweet days of waiting to celebrate the birth of Christ. The weeks leading to Christmas are filled with joy, but also sorrow for the North ...

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"NO red and green, NO Christmas trees, NO Santas appear in my house before at least December 20," says author Sybil MacBeth. "I guess this is extreme." Happy new year, people! The church year ...

This year, government officials used the pandemic to curtail Thanksgiving traditions and family get-togethers. One governor asked citizens to do a very uncharitable thing -- turn in their neighbors ...