Christmas spirit and community aid amid pandemic
Editorial urges a hopeful Christmas as vaccines loom and winter nights grow long. It credits readers and local groups Ballard Center and North Lawrence Improvement Association for donations, praises subscriber growth, and calls for kindness while masking and social distancing to survive winter.
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The defiant hope of the holiday season
The piece reflects on the Nativity and its paradoxical power. It argues that God enters human vulnerability, not politics, and that the personal, humble story of Jesus elevates every ordinary life. Faith offers present comfort and enduring hope, with God with us in all joys and sorrows.
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Mary
Herod
Tiberius
Joseph
Palestine
Rome
Jesus
Judah Maccabee
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God
Emmanuel
Vermeer
James Wright
Roberta
Crum Anderson
Christ Child
Christmas history milestones span across eras and continents
A December 25 snapshot recalls pivotal events from 336 Rome to 1990 Geneva. Notables include the first Christmas commemoration, William the Conqueror's crowning in 1066, Washington's Delaware crossing, Silent Night debut, Hirohito's ascent, W C Fields death, Chaplin death, and Ceausescu's execution.
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Tim Berners- Lee
Robert Cailliau
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England
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Trenton
N.J
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Oberndorf
Austria
Hirohito
Japan
Emperor Yoshihito
W.C. Fields
Pasadena
California
Charles Chaplin
Nicolae Ceausescu
Elena
Public forum questions stimulus aid and foreign spending
Ken Meyer of Lawrence questions the stimulus plan detailing billions in foreign aid for countries such as Jordan Venezuela Cambodia Nepal Burma Ukraine Sudan and Pakistan and asks how such largesse stimulates the US economy and helps Americans facing unemployment and bill payments.
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Cambodia
Nepal
Burma
Ukraine
Sudan
Pakistan
Ken Meyer
Lawrence
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