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Give Me the Words: A Bardic Rhapsody of Winter Feasts
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI Breathe through me as if through silver, purifying all, that my soul may be clean as white snow and warm as white flame.
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Evergreen: The Origins of the Modern Christmas Tree
BY GRAEME RESTORICK The tradition of using evergreen trees as festive decorations during the winter holidays is so ancient that it predates Christmas itself.
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Winter Solstice: The Year’s Compline
BY LAWRENCE “MACK” HALL The winter solstice is the year withdrawing from all the busy-ness and being-ness and life in all its transfigurations.
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Letters from Bidbid
BY PAMELA Q. FERNANDES You truly have no idea how much your letters mean to me. They have been my strength and sustenance.
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Snow Globes
BY AMANDA PIZZOLATTO Turn their world upside-down, shake it up, and place the globe back down so the snow may begin anew.
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Faith and Fantasy: Tolkien the Catholic, The Lord of the Rings, and Peter Jackson’s Film Trilogy
BY STEVEN D. GREYDANUS The Lord of the Rings film trilogy is an extraordinary cinematic tribute to a great work of Catholic imagination.
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Born in Your Heart: Mary's "Yes" and Why It's Relevant Today
BY MERCIA VAN DER VYVER A young girl from Nazareth said ‘yes’ to God and in so doing changed the course of human history.
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First Yule: A Lord of the Rings Story
BY ANNE MARIE GAZZOLO “Oh, my Sam, I’m so sorry. How hard this must be for you, your first Yule away from everyone. I’m so glad you are here with me.”
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Those Pretty Little Christmas Songs: A Caroler's Overview
BY LUISA KAY REYES Our Christmas caroling quartet strolls around the upscale shopping center in our Charles Dickens era attire.
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30 Years Outatime: A Review of “Back to the Future”
BY WESLEY HUTCHINS Back to the Future is one of those films that automatically draws people of all ages into watching it again and again.
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Winter Tree
BY M.C. PEHRSON I saw her standing bent upon the snow, shivering with each icy blast of wind. Her tattered rags hung loose upon her form.
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The Perfect Christmas: A Star Trek Story
BY ACONITUM-NAPELLUS “There must be something on board that we can use to mock up a Christmas tree with.”
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Jesus: Not Just a "Good Guy"
BY BENJAMIN FEARN For believers and nonbelievers alike, there are many labels associated with Jesus Christ.
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Advent Rosary
“Linked to us too, rose by mystical rose, this holy Advent is Our Lady’s grace…”
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And Thy Word Broke Their Swords: The Empowering Depth and Dimension of Christmas
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI You get this feeling you are being called out of your comfort zone, and you could go out and sing it alone into the night.
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Chapsticks: A Harry Potter Story
BY LAUME “What pain do you fear more, the pain we will suffer if we do not give in to caring, or the pain we will suffer if we do?”
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Winter Moonlight
WINTER MOONLIGHT By Jonathan Francesco, December 5 2016 Word Count: 324 Rating: G Summary: a poem about a boy and the moon in winter The world wears its winter robe outside my window. I tap my pointer finger against the windowpane. I marvel at the season’s great gift to the world. How can a boy
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The Window of St. Mary’s
BY PHOENIX “The glass marker installed the window, and then made his home in the village since he could not bear to leave it after the death of his son.”
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On Mermaids and Witches: Fairy Tales and the Gospel
BY KAREN ANDERSON I knew there was a reason why Christmastime is when The Nutcracker is danced and magic is so effortlessly embraced.