Day: December 24, 2023

Too excited to sleep: Christmas anticipation in the Bible

2:00 pm December 24, 2023

All over the world on Sunday, December 24, millions of families — perhaps especially children — are eagerly anticipating Christmas morning. The promise of presents, sweet treats, games and celebrations will leave many too excited to sleep. For Christians, Christmas Eve is the final day of Advent, the season decked with anticipation for the arrival […]

Shohei Ohtani gifts Porsche to wife of Dodgers teammate Joe Kelly after he gives up jersey number

1:45 pm December 24, 2023

Shohei Ohtani gifted a brand new Porsche to the wife of Los Angeles Dodgers teammate Joe Kelly after she campaigned to get the free agent to sign with the Dodgers, offering her husband’s No. 17 jersey if he came to Los Angeles. Ashley Kelly posted video of herself standing flabbergasted at her front door as […]

Why Reagan’s first Christmas address matters today

1:00 pm December 24, 2023

Over 40 years ago, President Ronald Reagan gave his first Christmas address. When Reagan stepped into office, the national spirit was low. The U.S. was experiencing some of the worst economic turmoil since the Great Depression – with high taxes, record levels of unemployment and spiraling interest rates. The world was also in the midst of […]

Kim Jong UN bans Christmas, but activists send gifts of Bibles, food and messages of hope

1:00 pm December 24, 2023

Christmas is banned in North Korea, but that is not stopping a group of activists from sending messages of hope, faith and freedom to the people suffering under the dictatorship of Kim Jong Un. Flash drives celebrating the holiday, and including Bible readings, were launched into the Yellow Sea in bottles so that the currents […]

Chef Andrew Gruel says active military eat free at his restaurants out of ‘inherent pathological respect’

1:00 pm December 24, 2023

Chef Andrew Gruel allows active military members to eat for free at all of his restaurants, but cases of stolen valor have forced him to ask for proof. “The reason why that works for me, and why it came about, is just inherent pathological respect that I have for anybody that serves in both the […]