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Christmas Goes Pop

GUNTHER SIMMERMACHER presented the Rhythm & Truths music show on Radio Veritas a while back. Here he discusses some of […]

The Western view of Christmas is becoming increasingly uniquitous, partly thanks to American TV and movies. However, most countries have

This year the last surviving soldier of World War I died in Australia. GUNTHER SIMMERMACHER looks at the first Christmas

The feast of the Nativity wasn’t always Christmas trees and jingle bells, and Jesus probably was not born on December

Test your Christmas knowledge! Answers below 1. Who predicted the birth of the messiah? a) Ezekiel b) Isaiah c) Joshua

This is the time of the year when many Christians get annoyed at the use of “Xmas” instead of Christmas,

At Christmas we sing ‘Joy To The World’, an accidental Christmas carol written over two centuries in two continents by

Christmas carols: we sing them in church, we hear them piped in the shops, we may have CDs of Josh

By Claire Mathieson / December 21, 2011

CLAIRE MATHIESON reflects on two Bethlehems: the birthplace of Our Lord in the West Bank and the rural town in