Pope Gives 2008 Christmas Midnight Mass in Honour of Children

Midnight mass is a Catholic tradition and every year the Pope speaks out for a cause or group as part of the ceremony.  Just days after denouncing the gay communities of the world as a threat akin to global...

The Last Christmas.

By, Uwe Paschen.  Christmas Eve in Niger.  I do have some good memories of what Christmas was when I was a Child and even as our Children where still Young, yet the last time we managed to have our whole family...

UKRAINITZKI RIZDVO

"Merry Ukrainian Christmas. Z Rizdvom Khrystovym! Well at least here in Western Canada, the largest North American Diaspora of Ukrainians, who kept and grew their identity while in exile. In the rest of the world it is Epiphany and the Orthodox Christmas."

Is there a Best Time to Eat Oysters?

Even though we have almost forgotten that seasons do exist as we get food from the world over, some things like oysters still have a peak season, months when the flavor is there!

Token Booth Closings Start in April

The first nine of the 164 token booths scheduled for closing will be shut down in April. The Daily News says the first retired booths will include ones in Union Square and Penn Station, and then the remaining booths will close weekly until October. Then, 600 of the clerks...

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