'Tis the season to be jolly - or grouse about what to call the season. By now, many people have made peace with the fact that we live in a society in which people holding any number of beliefs about the events of tomorrow, Dec. 25. Some people who celebrate the events at the center of the religious aspect of Dec. 25 but do it on different days. Others have a celebration that this year began Dec. 21 and run for eight nights. Others observe a holiday that begins Dec. 26 and ends Jan. 1. Some people observe Dec. 25, but the only spirit that moves them is ho-ho-ho and mistletoe. To some Dec. 25 is - bah, humbug - just the day before Dec. 26. ...more

December 24, 2008

On Thanksgiving Day 2007, Bradely Priebe crawled out a window of his parents' apartment three stories above Manhattan's streets. The 14-month-old landed on a roof, not breaking a single bone. His mother, Anna Priebe, said, "It's a miracle." ...more

December 25, 2007

The minor dustup over the Greater Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce's first "Holiday Tree Lighting Event" this month is a reminder that respect should always play a role in how people celebrate holidays and seasons, or how they refrain from recognizing them. ...more

December 23, 2007

Tree, As In Christmas The consensus of the Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce not to promote an event as "faith-based" slipped in the censorship of the word "Christmas" from its first "Holiday Tree Lighting" coming up Saturday in a Pasco County park. ...more

November 26, 2007