For Christmas this newspaper reached out to faith groups across Butte County asking two questions: 1. What is the meaning of Christmas? 2. What message — especially in light of wars and recent ...

What is the meaning of Christmas? Celebrating the birth of Jesus? Exchanging presents? Feasting with family and friends? Enjoying the festive atmosphere? Decorating and baking? Performing acts of ...

Perhaps some of the worst people to explain the real meaning of Christmas are those who claim to believe in its central message, but have trouble communicating it. Like the secularists, they try to ...

A blanket of white covers the ground here in the EUP. The nights are cold. The days are short. The sun might appear for a few hours, or it might remain hidden behind snow clouds, but one thing is ...

The word "Advent" means "coming," and the month of December is the season of Advent, where we wait expectantly and get our hearts ready for Christmas and the celebration of Christ's birth. A way to ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- On the weekend before Christmas, we turned our cameras to the community and asked, what does this reverent and saintly holiday mean to them. Christmas is celebrated on December ...

Christmas means something a little different to everyone who celebrates it. For many, it's a time to reconnect with loved ones, share a special meal, and exchange thoughtful gifts. Others find joy in ...

Christmas Day is a bit like the challenge of children at play: “Ready or not, here I come.” Though those of us who celebrate the holiday have many ministry projects to complete, presents to wrap, ...

With apologies to Charles Dickens. HUMBUG! I HUFFED and puffed my way through the newspaper lobby, crammed as it was with holiday well-wishers yammering their loathsome clichés of merry this and happy ...

Each year as we progress through the Christmas season and move closer to the afterlife, we focus more on the meaning of Christmas. Christmas has become a national celebration and holiday accompanied ...

Long before little Linus walked onstage with his blue blanket in 1965 to deliver a monologue from the Gospel of St. Luke, another television show answered that question burning in the hearts of men ...