A Christmas Story Hello out there to my fellow Hernando Today readers. I have one of those warm and fuzzy Christmas stories to share. Just when you thought I had nothing good to say. (Hey, that was about property taxes!) ...more

December 25, 2008

It was the night before Christmas and all through the house, the television sets were filled with memories of holidays past. ...more

December 24, 2008

In the inmates-are-running-the-asylum department, too many cases are popping up to ignore them. Here are a few modest examples: ...more

December 14, 2008

The 22nd annual Still No Room at the Inn Carol Sing will begin at 7 p.m. Friday at the ASAP Drop-in Center, 423 11th Ave. S. Carolers will stroll through downtown, stopping to serenade residents of homeless shelters and a retirement home. The caroling will conclude at 9 p.m. next to a manger scene in Straub Park. ...more

December 11, 2008

The ox and lamb won't keep time, but Mary will arrive by donkey, and sheep and a llama will be on hand to bear witness as Atonement Lutheran Church lifts the curtain on its live nativity scene. ...more

December 10, 2008

CLEVELAND (AP) -- Fans of the holiday classic "A Christmas Story" are celebrating the film's 25th anniversary with a convention and trips to the house where the movie was made. ...more

November 30, 2008

LAKELAND - The holiday season is far from the most wonderful time of the year for those mourning the loss of loved ones. To soothe their grief, some churches now offer more somber "Blue Christmas" services. ...more

December 26, 2007

Just as Joseph and Mary of the Christmas story traveled a long distance to get to Bethlehem, so did Andy and Lindsay Gregg, one of the couples who played Joseph and Mary this year in the Kings Avenue Baptist Church's re-enactment called "Walk Through Bethlehem." ...more

December 26, 2007

There is still a spot in most of us that understands what this morning really ought to be. Whether you can't see the floor through the mountain of discarded wrapping paper right now while the kids run amok, or you're flying solo, or any point in between, inside we understand the best Christmas present never comes in a box. ...more

December 24, 2007

The Christmas story is seen most often as a story of the young — the birth of the baby, Jesus, in a Bethlehem stable; the role of his virginal teenage mother, Mary; the puzzled but accepting attitude of his earthly father, a youthful carpenter named Joseph; the involvement of the worshiping shepherds, whose job was for young men (as in the Biblical accounts of Joseph and his brothers or the young David and others). ...more

December 24, 2007