Santas Go to School

For most of us, school is out for the summer but on Sunday in Bloomington, Minn. class was in session for a unique group of students. It’s a course that takes dedication, skill, and a lot of facial hair. It’s a very rare breed or shall we say beard attending the International University of Santa...

Anti-Consumerism Message Not Finding Many Takers

The makers of ”What Would Jesus Buy?” have a problem – how do you sell a film documenting performance artist Rev. Billy and his Stop Shopping Gospel Choir on a guerrilla U.S. tour against consumerism? The film follows the white-suited, big-haired Rev. Billy and his 35-member choir as they hit the road...

‘A Christmas Story’ House Packs ‘Em In

CLEVELAND — A drive through a renewed Cleveland neighborhood on a warm summer day shouldn’t evoke too many holiday memories. But a bunch of tourists toting cameras and buying T-shirts might beg to differ. They are among the minions who have flocked to the tall yellow house in the working-class area...

The Modern Christmas

A blog to reflect the “modern Christmas”. The phrase makes you wince just a wee bit doesn’t it. At first glance, there doesn’t appear to be much “Christmas” about the modern version. Commercialised to the point where some people have washed their hands of the entire...

The year was 1976…

Wow… it’s 90 outside and all I can think of is “I’d give anything for some snow”. How I miss the coldness of winter, and the warmth of Christmas. Lately I’ve spent a lot of time remembering what Christmas was like a child.  As other memories of my childhood fade those...