Posts with the tag “christmas”

In this Christmas season, many of us are trying to figure out what traditions we can keep and how to do Christmas without all the festivities with our families and friends. Some people have responded by going all out this year with decorations just to make up for the traditions that don’t work during a pandemic. Still others have decided to forego any tradition and won’t even put up a tree or any ...  Read More

Why do we send Christmas cards each year? Most of us send cards because that’s tradition, and some of us send cards because someone sent us one. The Christmas card was actually invented by a very wealthy Englisman who was too busy to reach out to all of his family and friends. So he developed a postcard with just a few words to wish them a merry Christmas. Somehow the idea caught on and the Hall b...  Read More

n this Christmas season, I realized how different this Christmas will be. There’s no question that the pandemic will impact our plans. We probably won’t travel for family gatherings; there may not be those shopping frenzies; there may not be candlelight services on Christmas Eve; and there may not be caroling and all those Christmas parties. What we will have is an amazing opportunity to get back ...  Read More