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• O. Henry’s “Gift of the Magi” and the American Way

  
  Firedoglake — Authority: 744
  In “The Gift of the Magi,” O. Henry tells the story of Della and Jim, a couple rich in love who can barely afford their $8 per week flat. It’s Christmas, and Della sells her long, beautiful hair to a wig maker so she can buy Jim a fob for his pocket watch. Meanwhile, Jim sells his beloved watch to buy Della ...
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• Baboushka: A Russian Folk Tale

  
  Beyond Blue — Authority: 479
  During the Christmas season I will be quoting from "A Classic Christmas," a compilation of beautiful reflections, meditations, and scripture passages. I hope that these selections will help you to enter into this holy season and remember to rely on your faith as a guiding light. This story replaces the Saint ...
  3 days ago

• Ecuador Christmas Gifts

  
  Gary A. Scott — Authority: 129
  Ecuador Christmas Gifts Christmas is celebrated in the Andes with colorful processions as the Indigenous dress in their finest and bring gifts of fruit and produce, which they lay before the image of the Christ Child in the pesebre, or manger scene. Here is the manger scene in Cotacachi’s main square across ...
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• Travelling Towards Christmas - 4. Magi

  
  Partake! Podcasts by Dave G Roberts... — Authority: 124
  Travelling Towards Christmas 4. Wise Men on a Journey Right mouse click to save this Podcast as a MP3. Greetings! This is Jim Harris with the 4th meditation on the Christmas story. I’ve called the series ‘Travelling Towards Christmas’ and we’re now going to think about the Magi, or wise men as they are ...
  4 days ago

• The First Christmas

  
  Mulled Vine — Authority: 118
  Gaspar ran into the room, panting heavily from exertion, “Melchior, Balthasar, the star that was prophesied has appeared in the west!” Melchior looked up, “West? Don’t you mean east?” Balthasar chuckled, “Leave him alone, Melchior – you can be such a literalist at times.” “Literalist?” Melchior ...
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• The Weekend: Ducky, even outside Sweden

  
  Newstreamz San Marcos — Authority: 148
  You can make like Sweden on Christmas Eve and explore the depth psychology of Santa Claus through Donald Ducks classic interpretation. Weve also got music this weekend in San Marcos, as always.
  5 days ago

• Happy Holidays from DDOcast

  
  DDOcast — Authority: 119
  Happy holidays from DDOcast!  Heres a LINK to this weeks early and short episode ahead of the holiday weekend.  "Gift of the Magi" by DDO. Henry and bagpipe music from Californiapiper.  Thanks for listening, thanks so much for your support, enjoy and Ill see you back after the holiday! - Jerry ### ...
  6 days ago

• Bachna.Ae.Haseeno.720p.BluRay.x264-MAGiCViBE

  
  ONEDDL - One Stop Rapidshare Links — Authority: 530
  iMDB | NFO Frankly I liked this movie (The chicks are good..) Rapidshare (1.5gb Links – Premium Users Only) http://rapidshare.com/files/323917438/OneDDL.com-mg-bah-x264.part1.rar http://rapidshare.com/files/323917445/OneDDL.com-mg-bah-x264.part2.rar ...
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• What was the Star of Bethlehem?

  
  Orbiting Frog — Authority: 483
  Sigh. So it’s that time of time year – “what was the Star of Bethlehem?”. This is a question a lot of astronomers will be innocently asked by all sorts of people over the festive season. Best answer: “nothing, it doesn’t even make sense”. If you look in the gospel of Matthew, which is where the story of ...
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• The Wonder of the Magi

  
  Been Thinking About — Authority: 414
  The wonder of the magi may be worth thinking about.  The mystery surrounding them seems to be by design.For openers, why is Matthew the only one of 4 Gospel accounts that mentions them?If they came “from the east” and saw a star “in the east” why would they travel west to Bethlehem? Who were these [...]
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• What was the Star of Bethlehem?

  
  Astrological Musings — Authority: 535
  This is an annual repost for the holidays.  For an in-depth discussion on this topic please tune in to Astrological Musings Radio Sunday morning, December 20 2009, at 11 am Eastern (or listen to the archived show later).   More details here . by Lynn Hayes   In the 2,000 year old tale that we know ...
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• Veer.Zaara.2004.720p.BluRay.x264-MAGiCViBE

  
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  iMDB | NFO | Video Sample Rapidshare (1.5gb Links – Premium Users Only) http://rapidshare.com/files/323078078/OneDDL.com-mg-vz-x264.part1.rar http://rapidshare.com/files/323078077/OneDDL.com-mg-vz-x264.part2.rar http://rapidshare.com/files/323078076/OneDDL.com-mg-vz-x264.part3.rar ...
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• ‘The Story of the Other Wise Man’ — Henry Van Dyke’s Christmas Classic

  
  One-Minute Book Reviews — Authority: 122
  A parable about the meaning of faith that first appeared in 1896 The Story of the Other Wise Man. By Henry Van Dyke. Enthea, 128 pp., $10.99, paperback. Available in other editions, including abridged picture-book versions for children. By Janice Harayda What is the meaning of faith? Does it involve saying ...
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• The Origins of the Christ-Child

  
  Doctrine Unites! — Authority: 116
  Beneath Matthew’s genealogy is the story of God’s salvation plan through Abraham, David, and Christ. Notice that the record includes not only Jews, but also a few Gentiles, all of them women who had tarnished reputations.
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• IRS Reminds Vehicle Shoppers: 2009 Tax Break Expiring

  
  Clarksville, TN Online — Authority: 488
  – The Internal Revenue Service today reminds individual taxpayers who are considering buying a new vehicle that they have until Dec. 31 to take advantage of a tax break that may not be around in 2010. “Taxpayers who buy a qualifying new motor vehicle this year after Feb. 16 can deduct part or all of the state or ...
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• Character of Della in The Gift of the Magi

  
  Literature Blog — Authority: 115
  Yesterday, I wrote about Jim. He is a good husband and Della is perhaps an even better wife. She is a young girl but she sacrifices all her wishes and focuses on becoming a good wife. She has beautiful and long hair and the hair look very shiny and attractive. Della is a very supportive woman. She knows that they ...
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• The Birth Myth – Part 4: Conflicting Stories (cont.)

  
  Words of Wisdom — Authority: 129
  Everyone who knows the Nativity story can tell you about the visitors – shepherds and wise men. So, let us take a few moments to look at their roles in the narrative. The magi first visit King Herod, asking “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews,” thus alerting the King to someone he reportedly ...
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• Character of Jim in The Gift of the Magi

  
  Literature Blog — Authority: 115
  The Gift of the Magi is one of famous short stories of O. Henry. James (Jim) Dillingham is the hero of this short story. He is a hard working but poor young man. He loves his wife and it is clear in the story that he all the time tries for the happiness of his couple life. He is ready to sacrifice everything for his ...
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• History of King Herod: Why was he called Great?

  
  Bill Petro — Authority: 125
  HISTORY OF HEROD THE KING When the wise men asked Herod the King “Where is he who is born king of the Jews?” their question was not really spoken in a vacuum, for even the Roman author Suetonius wrote, “There had spread all over the East an old and established belief that it was fated for men coming from ...
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• History of the Magi: The Wise Men

  
  Bill Petro — Authority: 125
  HISTORY OF THE WISE MEN You’re familiar with the song that begins “ We Three Kings of Orient Are…” but it is inaccurate in at least three ways. We don’t know how many there were, but we know they weren’t kings. They did not originate in the Orient, meaning the Far East. How could they have seen the star ...
  2 weeks ago

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