Christmas Light Articles
Day for many creeds, cultures, species
SOLIDARITY. Charity. Selflessness. With these themes, the city's religious leaders yesterday urged people to follow God's example as they celebrated Christmas.
The Christmas call to fulfilment
Many people will be familiar with the statement "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus". It was made by Francis Pharcellus Church in an unsigned editorial in New York's Sun newspaper in 1897 in response to a letter from eight year-old Virginia O'Hanlon asking whether her friends were correct in..read more
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Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death
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THE ATHEIST'S GUIDE TO CHRISTMAS
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Always happy to be made a laughing stock
"NO ROOM at the inn" is a central tenet of the Christmas story. And this Christmas, seven young comedians are being welcomed into one very funny new stable.