Christmas Goes Pop
GUNTHER SIMMERMACHER presented the Rhythm & Truths music show on Radio Veritas a while back. Here he discusses some of...
Christmas Facts
How Do They Celebrate Christmas around the World?
The Western view of Christmas is becoming increasingly uniquitous, partly thanks to American TV and movies. However, most countries have...
The Christmas Truce in World War I
This year the last surviving soldier of World War I died in Australia. GUNTHER SIMMERMACHER looks at the first Christmas...
A Brief History of Christmas
The feast of the Nativity wasn’t always Christmas trees and jingle bells, and Jesus probably was not born on December...
Christmas Trivia Quiz!
Test your Christmas knowledge! Answers below 1. Who predicted the birth of the messiah? a) Ezekiel b) Isaiah c) Joshua...
Happy Xmas? What’s in an X
This is the time of the year when many Christians get annoyed at the use of “Xmas” instead of Christmas,...
The story behind ‘Joy to the World’ carol
At Christmas we sing ‘Joy To The World’, an accidental Christmas carol written over two centuries in two continents by...
Biographies of Christmas Carols
Christmas carols: we sing them in church, we hear them piped in the shops, we may have CDs of Josh...
A tale of two Bethlehems
CLAIRE MATHIESON reflects on two Bethlehems: the birthplace of Our Lord in the West Bank and the rural town in...
