The manger scene has a special place ... It is blessed each year on Christmas eve or Christmas day. All make the Sign of the Cross. The leader begins: Our help is in the name of the Lord.

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The song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is an English Christmas carol. From 1558 until 1829, Roman Catholics in England were not permitted to practice their faith openly.

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One of the things we put up as part of our Christmas decorations is a Nativity scene that we sewed together a couple of years ago. It has all the normal characters including the wise men (which we put ...

The annual nativity scene display in downtown Kelowna included a sign that read “Keep Christ in Christmas”, but the city has taken it down. The scene was set up by the Catholic society Knights ...

The first rule of extreme day-tripping is the shorter, the better. An overnight stay is tolerated, two nights barely, but the real winner is managing to cram a visit to a European destination into ...