Christmas Programs for the Church features bible-time and contempoary plays and programs for both Thanksgiving and Christmas. It's entirely reproducible making it easy for any sized church or production group to use.Elaina Meyers
Christmas is undoubtedly the most important festival of the year. It is the celebration of the birthday of Christ. Christmas means “mass”, or church service, for Christ. The abbreviation Xmas derives from the Greek letter X that was used as a symbol for Christ by early Christians. For mos...
wearing shepherds sandals and hats. On Christmas Eve, it’s common that no meat (and also sometimes no dairy) is eaten. Often a light seafood meal is eaten and then people go to the Midnight Mass service. The types of fish and how they are served vary between different regions...
At Christmas, the italians have a very good custom, and children write or write poems thanking their parents for their upbringing. Their works are hidden in napkins, dishes, or tablecloths before they have a Christmas meal. After they had finished the meal, they retrieved it and read it to...
Christmas bells or Church bellsare often used as a symbol of Christianity during the Holiday season. In many Anglican and catholic churches offer their first service after sunset onChristmas Eve. Christmas bells are rung to signal the start of the service. ...
Christmas, the former artistic director of the Verses Festival of Words and a popular live performer and organizer when pandemic restrictions allow, was born in Ontario but currently makes Vancouver her home. Her poems explore issues of race, gender, queer sensibility, family bonds...
"Christmas Fancies" -Poems of Power - Ella Wheeler Wilcox Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone. - Charles Schulz Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. ...
People flow into a church Like so many butterflies Heading south Soon they flow out of the pews Like the flowers that flow over the altar And like the flowers too, Their voices rise and mingle As though they were roses Emitting an aroma that mingles like dust in the musty air And they...
The association between bells and Christmas can be traced back to the Middle Ages, when Church officials began to use bells for worship and celebration. Large bells were used to call parishioners to religious services, and they also chimed at certain points during the service so that those who...
The Plygain, or carol service, is another old Welsh Christmas tradition involving singing. These church services used to be held around three a.m. on Christmas morning. This tradition survives in a modified form in a few locales. The observances now consist entirely of carol singing and have...