After long being an unofficial symbol, the white head, yellow beak bald eagle became the official U.S. bird on Christmas Eve. President Biden signed 50 bills into law Tuesday. Among them was Senate bill 4610, legislation amending Title 36 of the U.S. Code to designate the predator as the national bird. The bill was originally...
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned Russia’s President Vladimir Putin for greenlighting an “inhumane” Christmas Day attack, including missiles and drones, that damaged Ukraine’s energy infrastructure and left thousands with power outages. “Today, Putin deliberately chose Christmas for an attack,” Zelensky said in a Wednesday post on social platform X. “What could be more inhumane? Over...
As millions of Americans gather together with loved ones to celebrate the Christmas holiday and ring in the new year, hundreds of thousands more will mark the holidays away from family.
Imagine attending a party to celebrate someone, only to find the room filled with decorations and pictures of everyone but the honoree. Strange, right? That’s how I feel when I see Christmas events or displays with no mention of Jesus or a Nativity. The birth of Jesus is the very reason for Christmas, so excluding […]
The Polar Express came out 20 years ago last month. It’s hard to believe that two decades have passed since it hit theaters. I remember watching at the time, not particularly interested in it. More than that, there was a bit of an eerie quality to the whole thing. In the decades since, I’ve become […]