Christmas dinner doesn’t have to be complicated to be special. Many of the most loved holiday dishes are built on simple ingredients and familiar techniques that work every time. With a little ...

Understanding the Context

Christmas is almost here, and we’re all planning our festive menus. Whether you’re looking for an easy but delicious ham recipe to act as your centrepiece, or the perfect side dish, salad or dessert ... The Best of Christmas Like many of history’s most enduring stories, this one took the most unlikely of turns. A virgin woman bears a child, promised by an angel and conceived by God.

Key Insights

Born in a crowded town near Jerusalem, the infant has for His nursery a stable—His makeshift crib, a feeding trough. But shepherds worship the boy, and a powerful king fears Him. And when He has become a man ... This post was first published . -ed.

Final Thoughts

Meet another man who missed the first Christmas: Herod. Matthew 2 tells his story. He was... Some were sentimental, saying Christmas is a family time, a time for children, and so on. Others were humanistic, seeing Christmas as a time to celebrate love for one’s fellow man, the spirit of giving, and that sort of thing. Others were crassly hedonistic, viewing Christmas as just another excuse to party.

I suppose for some people the Christmas spirit is expressed in a card that conveys a sentiment of well-being. Ninety-five percent of all Americans will be involved in sending five billion plus Christmas cards expressing these sentiments. One little boy suggested that the Christmas spirit is really contentment, because that’s what you need to be when you don’t get what you want. For some ...