Tag: Christmas

Christmas Strain Strangles Welfare Groups

Only a fraction of welfare organisations are able to meet soaring demand for help in the lead-in to Christmas. ‘Helping people in need during a cost-of-living crisis, a report from the University of NSW Social Policy Research Centre has found only three per cent of 1470 homelessness, mental health and family violence organisations are always…


Laguna Niguelians Enter Christmas Home Decoration Contest

Laguna Niguel is celebrating this Christmas season with a home decorating contest and many participants have adorned their houses, condos, and townhomes in holiday décor. Hosted by the city’s Parks and Recreation Department, judges will determine winners is Dec. 13 and 14 based on originality, color, lighting, display, and curb appeal. A list and map…


Not on This Night

A chance encounter on Christmas Eve of 1944 forces a German and an American soldier to see each other as human beings rather than enemies. Circumstances require humanity to prevail, even in the bloody deaths of war. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” – Feature Films:…


‘It’s a Wonderful Life’: How America’s Greatest Christmas Movie Was Made

“It’s a Wonderful Life” is arguably the greatest holiday film in American cinematic history. Frank Capra, the legendary film director, stated in his autobiography that it was his greatest film. In fact, he thought it was the greatest film ever made. The premise of the film is that a man so down on himself that…


A Candlelit Tradition

If you celebrate Christmas, when do you get your tree? We wait until the week before Christmas to get ours. It’s important that our tree is fresh and not dry for the holiday, because we celebrate Christmas Danish-style: by lighting live candles on the branches. Live candles are traditional on Nordic Christmas trees. It may…


Christmas Tree Shortage Stumps Australian Christmas Celebrations

The extreme rainfall that has fallen across New South Wales in 2022 has created a supply shortage of real Christmas trees, triggering a rapid rise in the price of this Christmas tradition in Australia. This comes as Australia has been hit by its third consecutive La Nina, with Sydney experiencing its wettest October on record,…


Christmas Tree Shortage Stumps Australian Holiday Celebrations

The extreme rainfall that has fallen across New South Wales in 2022 has created a supply shortage of real Christmas trees, triggering a rapid rise in the price of this Christmas tradition in Australia. This comes as Australia has been hit by its third consecutive La Nina, with Sydney experiencing its wettest October on record,…


Christmas Is…

This film is only available in the United States and Canada because of territorial licensing. Christmas is many things to many people. It celebrates the birth of the Christ child. It is also Saint Nicholas and Santa Claus, angels, lights, Christmas trees, cards, carols, presents, and prayers. Christmas is … peace, love, and joy. *…


Police in Germany’s Dresden Give All-Clear After Hostage-Taking

BERLIN—Police said they had ended a suspected hostage-taking in the eastern German city of Dresden on Saturday, after evacuating a shopping mall in the historic city center and shutting the famous Striezelmarkt Christmas market. “All-clear! The hostage situation in #Dresden is over!” police said on Twitter, adding that two people who appeared to be unharmed…


American Christmas, American New Year

The following is adapted from an online presentation recorded at Hillsdale College on Oct. 18, 2022. On the mezzanine floor of the Parker House Hotel in Boston hangs a mirror, still today. In the late fall of 1867, this mirror hung in the apartment at the hotel occupied by the great English novelist Charles Dickens,…