Posts tagged holiday season
Study Says Less Than Half of Americans Attend Church On Christmas

As Americans make their Christmas plans, slightly less than half say they usually attend a church service during the holiday season. A new study finds U.S. adults are split on whether they’ll be at church sometime this Christmas — 47% say they typically attend church at Christmastime, while 48% say they do not, and 5% aren’t sure.

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Cynicism Is The Lazy Way Out: Choose Hard-Earned Joy Instead

(OPINION) And so, friends, we find ourselves again amid the season when we’re called to give thanks, to celebrate joy unspeakable and full of glory, to count our blessings. Of course we might give thanks and be filled with joy the whole year. But we forget. We get distracted. We grow tired, cross and hard-bitten. Irritations grind us down.

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How Red Buckets Became A Symbol Of Giving At Christmas

In what has become an annual holiday tradition, Salvation Army volunteers have flooded the streets across the United States and in countries around the world seeking donations for the organization’s annual Red Kettle campaign. 

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