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Mark D. Roberts
A Few More Christmas Images
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Mark D. Roberts
Adults like Christmas, but children love Christmas. During my family’s Christmas celebration, I had fun watching my youngest nephew, Brody. He’s two years old, and a lover of Christmas, naturally. Brody examines his new bus closely. Brody tries to destroy, uh, err, plays with my mom’s Christmas village. The nativity set in front of our…
Some Christmas Images
By
Mark D. Roberts
Just for fun, here are some photos of Christmas celebrations. Fireworks mark the conclusion of the Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade. Santa shows up at my father-in-law’s house on Christmas Eve. We all loved it. Too bad my son, Nathan, wasn’t there, for some reason. Recently, he always seems to miss out on Santa’s visits.…
Happy Birthday to Jesus? The Date of Christmas
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Mark D. Roberts
Tomorrow is Christmas Day, the day Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus. But is December 25th really Jesus’ birthday? Many people, including faithful Christians, skeptics, and scholars, answer this question in the negative. In fact, there are quite a few Christians who do not celebrate Christmas, in part because they believe that December 25 isn’t…
Happy Birthday to . . . Still Not Jesus . . . But My Blog
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Mark D. Roberts
My blog just celebrated its fifth birthday. My very first blog post appeared on December 22, 2003, at 3:42 p.m. It was called: “Review: The Da Vinci Code is Truly Fictional” and contained 483 words. There’s a bit of irony here, as my long-time blog readers know, because, later on, I put up well over…
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