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Dan Hughes • Illustration • • 7 views
TOP TEN THINGS TO SAY ABOUT A CHRISTMAS GIFT YOU DON'T LIKE 10. Hey! There's a gift! 9. Well, well, well ... 8. Boy, if I had not recently shot up 4 sizes that would've fit. 7. This is perfect for wearing around the basement. 6. Gosh. I hope this never catches fire! It is fire season though. There are…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 10 views
When the family history website MyHeritage decided to compare the most requested Christmas gifts from 1913 and this year, they discovered that a big shift in desires has taken place. The website looked at historical newspaper collections for the old items, and used items reported by leading retailers…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 25 views
In a popular Christmas story, the Grinch tries to stop people from celebrating Christmas by stealing the holiday because he didn’t understand what the season was really all about. The Christmas season can be expensive and stressful, but that does not explain why the first edition of the People app in…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 15 views
Not long ago Andrew Lunsford was an unemployed countertop maker in the process of declaring bankruptcy. When the economy went bad, Lunsford lost his business, cars and house. He said he was desperate and miserable and could not find solace anywhere. In the middle of his despair Lunsford found a classical…
Adam Carrigan • Illustration • • 15 views
MAGNOLIAS..........By Edna Ellison I spent the week before my daughter's June wedding running last-minute trips to the caterer, florist, tuxedo shop, and the church about forty miles away. As happy as I was that Patsy was marrying a good Christian young man, I felt laden with responsibilities as I watched…
Craig Shannon • Illustration • • 25 views
Psalm 68:19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. (KJV). If your whole world seemed to fall apart suddenly, would you be able to count the many gifts and blessings you possessed? God's love and comfort. Matthew 11:28 Privelege of prayer. Free to all God's…
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A fellow decided to buy his girl some perfume for Valentine's day, so he went to the cosmetic counter in his girl's favorite store. The prices were horrific! No matter what the sales lady showed him, even the tiniest bottles were beyond his budget. Finally, he asked her: "Can you show me something really…
Nathan Kuperus • Illustration • • 36 views
A little camel asks mummy camel, “Mummy, why have I got such big flat feet?” She replies, “Well darling, in the desert you need big flat feet because the sand is soft and they help us to keep stable.” The little camel goes away but then comes back. “Mummy, why have I got such big eyelashes?” “Well darling,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
Focus on the Gift, not Gifts Giving and receiving gifts is a special part of Christmas, I love to watch my children's eyes light up when they open their presents--I have to admit, I like opening gifts myself. Nevertheless, gifts are only a small part of Christmas. The greatest gift of Christmas is family…
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Jacob, age 85, and Rebecca, age 79, are all excited about their decision to get married. They go for a stroll to discuss the wedding. On the way they pass a drugstore. Jacob suggests that they go in. He addresses the man behind the counter: "Are you the owner?" The pharmacist answers, "Yes." Jacob: "Do…
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Morris ran into Jacob while shopping at the mall the other day in front of one of the jewelry stores. Noticing a conspicuously small gift wrapped box in his hand, Morris asked if was a gift for Jacob's wife Becky. Jacob told Morris, "With Christmas coming up, I asked Becky what she wanted and she said,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 15 views
Costly Christmas Is Christmas too costly? The average American will spend more than $800.00 on Christmas this year, according to the CNN Financial Network. Is this too much? Are there ways to cut costs and still celebrate Christmas? There is no way to answer those questions without first coming to grips…
Stephen N. Rummage • Illustration • • 57 views
When I was a student pastor in Florida, I shepherded a small church in Indian River County. You may not know it, but the best citrus fruit in all of Florida grows there. One day as I was returning to college after serving my church on the weekend, a deacon gave me several bushels of delicious oranges.…
John Leffler • Illustration • • 12 views
Santa Claus is not “famous” in the Philippines. We don’t have much to do with him there, but the three wise men are very famous there. They bring Christmas presents, because they brought gifts to the Baby Jesus. From Olivia Melchor (name of the 2nd Wise Men) Leber, in a conversation at 08 Christmas.
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[True story from Funnies reader Terri Haarstad] When my now 14-year-old daughter was 3 and her younger brother was getting into everything, she asked, "Mommy, can we put him back, now?" Deciding to take this opportunity as a teaching moment in how siblings should treat each other, I explained to her…
Bryan O Clements • Illustration • • 6 views
We have different gifts, according to the grace given us. Romans 12:6 (NIV) apple tree which God had created. young tree, no leaves or fruit. Saw brilliant stars and was very unhappy. wished for sparkling stars on his branches so that he too would be beautiful. God noticed tree was unhappy, & said to…
Stephen N. Rummage • Illustration • • 9 views
Cartoonist Charles Schulz offered this comparison: “Life is a ten-speed bike. Most of us have gears we never use.”
Stephen N. Rummage • Illustration • • 4 views
Loving what you do is the key that opens the door for achievement. When you don’t like what you’re doing, it really shows—no matter how hard you try to pretend it doesn’t. You can become like the little boy named Eddie whose grandmother was an opera lover. She had season tickets, and when Eddie turned…
Ken Shiplet • Illustration • • 22 views
Chapter two “The Lord Passed by”: Boat Potatoes Sometime after Florence, my paternal grandmother died, my grandfather called my mother with an unusual offer. --Kathy, he said, in his heavy Swedish accent, I was going through some of Florence’s things in the attic when I came across a box of old dishes.…