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Stone Soup: That Other Unspeakable Christmas Story

By Therese Dawe on December 15, 2011

As Christmas approaches with tinsel and mistletoe adorning every nook and cranny, why would I choose to write about something horrible? The reason is simple, Christmas tells many stories, and not all of them are happy. So the story of Jesus and his birth tells us all about the three wise men and the manger [...]

Posted in News | Tagged Christmas, Grief at the holidays, loss, loss of a child, stone soup, therese dawe | 3 Responses

MSU Professor most known for Where the Boys Are also penned inspiring Christmas story

MSU Professor most known for Where the Boys Are also penned inspiring Christmas story

By Bill Castanier on December 23, 2010

MSU Professor Glendon Swarthout wrote Westerns, a classic beach story and a lovely Christmas tale

Posted in Literary Lansing, News | Tagged Christmas, Glendon Swartout, MSU, Spring Break, Where the Boys Are | Leave a response

Christmas Lights 2010 – Part Deux (with music)

Christmas Lights 2010 – Part Deux (with music)

By Bonnie Bucqueroux on December 20, 2010

A musical slideshow of yet more Christmas decorations.

Posted in Arts-plus | Tagged 2010, Christmas, decorations, lights | Leave a response

Stone Soup: The Gift of Remembering

Stone Soup: The Gift of Remembering

By Therese Dawe on December 6, 2010

The holidays can pose special challenges in dealing with loss.

Posted in Community & Opinion, Stone Soup | Tagged Christmas, grief, grieving, holiday, loss, therese dawe | 6 Responses

One of Huffpo's scary "Sketchy Santas"

What do atheists (or ignostics) do for Christmas?

By Bonnie Bucqueroux on December 23, 2009

Bill O’Reilly to the contrary, non-believers often find it hard to carve out their own religion-free space during the holidays.

Posted in Community & Opinion, News | Tagged agnostic, atheist, Christmas, christopher hitchens, deepak chopra, Festivus, ignostic, pat roberston, religion, richard wright, santa | Leave a response

Go green and save some green

Lansing Lists: Five Holiday Traditions Gone Green

By Erin E. Slayter on December 22, 2009

Erin Slayter of The Localvore’s Green Scene offers five ways you can make your holiday greener than ever (and merrier, too).

Posted in Activism, Community & Opinion, News, The Localvore's Green Scene | Tagged Christmas, Erin Slayter, green, holiday, lights, The Localvore's Green Scene, tree | Leave a response

You can use different colored baby socks for the hat

Christmas Crafts: Sock snowmen are fun to make

By Bonnie Bucqueroux on December 20, 2009

Kids love to make these easy-to-make but creative sock snowmen for the holidays.

Posted in Arts-plus, News | Tagged Christmas, crafts, decorations, kids, project, sock snowman | Leave a response

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