For a writer, capturing that elusive Christmas morning magic can be deeply problematic.

It's easy to forget that life is the greatest gift of all

There's something inherently majestic about Christmas that seems to have been abandoned by us; something flippantly cast aside, something that was foolishly abandoned and was tragically forgotten in...

Christmas comes but once a year, starts in August ends in July

O Christmas Sun! What holy task is thine! To fold a world in the embrace of God!

Colored lights blink on and off, racing across the green boughs. Their reflections dance across exquisite glass globes and splinter into shards against tinsel thread and garlands of metallic filaments...

Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.

Christmas, when observed with the right spirit, still has the power to call miracles from Heaven to Earth.

... freshly cut Christmas trees smelling of stars and snow and pine resin - inhale deeply and fill your soul with wintry night...

Not always getting what you want, but sometimes getting what you need.

Things are not always how they seem.

If you like someone, you should have to make an effort.

You can't undo loss. You can't unmake a mistake.

Maybe a holiday miracle will change Mearth's awful behavior," Mandy suggested with optimism....

Thanksgiving is the holiday that encompasses all others. All of them, from Martin Luther King Day to Arbor Day to Christmas to Valentine's Day, are in one way or another about being thankful.

Every night is Christmas Eve on old East Main,Sailors and their sweethearts all agree.Neon signs of red and greenShine upon the friendly scene,Welcoming you in from off the sea.Santa's bag is filled...

Christmas Eve, 1955, Benny Profane, wearing black levis, suede jacket, sneakers and big cowboy hat, happened to pass through Norfolk, Virginia. Given to sentimental impulses, he thought he'd look in...

Jack Frost hibernates from March to November,dreaming snowflake designs to share in December.With glittering breath, snowstorms, and blue blizzards,lakes made of crystal, he's an icy wizard!People...