#CHRISTMAS

Tim Harford

TimHarford

My mother died in December 1996. Her funeral was on Christmas Eve; I doubt it was straightforward for my father to find a church that had time and space, but

Prof Tanja Bueltmann

cliodiaspora

I really would like to understand this obsession with Christmas. Yes, it’s a family thing. Yes, it’s a tradition many value. But isn’t all of that trumped by the desire

Sabah Ahmedi

theyoungimam

A thread on why Muslims don't celebrate Christmas. 1/6 #Islam #Christmas Why Muslims don't celebrate Christmas. 2/6 Celebrating the birth of Prophet Jesus (Peace be upon him). 3/6 The

Cate Moore

cate_a_moore

There are rough Christmases and there are rough Christmases. We've all had one or two. My 19 year marriage breathed its final, awful breaths over one particularly rough Christmas. There

Chris Rickett

chrisrickett

Dec 16 - Boris Johnson ridicules Keir Starmer for the suggestion of cancelling Christmas... 'we don't want to criminalise people's long-made plans' Dec 16 - Boris Johnson knuckles down on

Zichen Wang

ZichenWanghere

Not 100% sure but I think probably gifting an apple to others can now qualify as an unique Chinese Christmas tradition.This is both interesting and heart-warming to me, and contributes

ally yarid

allyyarid

Is Christmas a Christian or Pagan Holiday: A Thread December 25th is the birthday of Mithras, the Pagan Sun-God. It also happens to be the same day Christians celebrate Jesus’s

Dr Helgi

traumagasdoc

Appeared on BBC news this evening. We managed the surge in March and April by cancelling routine surgery, however, with around 4.5 million people waiting, we need to try to

Alissa Wilkinson

alissamarie

my favorite thing about this kind of dingbattery is that Hollywood hasn’t quit pumping out specifically Christmas movies for decades but they can’t acknowledge it because Hollywood is also bad

Cathy Cichon MD MPH

DocScribbles

The Night Before Christmas, 1/4 The Night Before Christmas, 2/4 The Night Before Christmas, 3/4 The Night Before Christmas, 4/4

Rhoda Wilson🕷️

TemplarWilson

10 beautiful Christmas picture books. A thread.1. Possibly my favourite Christmas picture book. The Christmas Eve Tree by Delia Huddy with gorgeous illustrations by Emily Sutton. A heart-warming tale of

Red

Redpainter1

HOLIDAY SHOPPING THREAD:I feel very strongly about what I am going to say in this thread and if you agree, I hope you share it.1/#Holiday #Shopping #COVID #Christmas #Hannukah Many

Doug Andres

DougAndres

So no offense to Netflix, but I think Hill staffers can come up with way better, far more terrible rom-com plots than a BRAC-themed love storyhttps://www.rollcall.com/2020/12/02/cringeworthy-christmas-netflix-turns-brac-into-a-hill-staffers

Governor Kristi Noem

govkristinoem

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Today is the last day of Hanukkah (chag Chanukah sameach!), Christmas is right around the corner, and the New Year comes shortly

Mitten d'Amour

MittenDAmour

Woke up and had that innocent blank moment of thinking “hang on, something’s... up?” and the whole pandemic/Christmas lockdown thing came flooding back into view and I felt a bit

@thetimelinepreacher

tlpreacher

There is nothing inherently wrong with having a Christmas tree.The issue in Jeremiah 10:1-16 is not with Christmas trees! For on the contrary, it’s a warning to God’s people not

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