Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Spokane are busy gearing up for festivities Dec. 15 as they plan final rehearsals for The Music of Christmas, an hour-long production involving a 50-person local choir, six songs, five instrumental accompaniments and a pianist.
(RNS) For many Muslim families and students, getting Eid al-Adha as an official school holiday isn't just about equity and sparing students the hassle of make-up work, but connecting with their religious identity.
Consumers haven't yet celebrated Halloween or Thanksgiving, yet Christmas trees, ornaments and lights are already being highlighted at local retail stores.
I do indeed celebrate Christmas, though obviously as a secular holiday. So as the mood takes me, Christmas tree and decorations go up, and I play Christmas albums and movies all the rest.
On a shopping trip with his wife and kids, a man attempts to defuse a heated situation involving a Christian woman overreacting to an unfortunate shopping clerk's innocent holiday remark. This fictitious story is told in the style of "The Night Before Christmas."