by billyzh | Dec 8, 2012 | History, Holidays
I love this holiday. If you don’t know the story of how this holiday came to be, it truly is fascinating. I had the immense pleasure of actually being in Jerusalem one year during Hanukkah. It was quite special. I will write more about it all this weekend, but...
by billyzh | Dec 7, 2012 | History, Holidays, Politics
We interrupt this Advent Season to bring you a very precious reminder… When I was in high school, I used to jog around my neighborhood in order to keep in shape. My route usually took me past this one particular house with an RV (recreational vehicle) in the...
by billyzh | Dec 2, 2012 | History, Holidays
I recall one particular Christmas pageant that I was in as a young girl. (seems that tradition is becoming a sweet thing of the past.) We used to put on bathrobes and place towels on our heads. Sound familiar? Magically, those items suddenly transformed us into...
by billyzh | Nov 26, 2012 | History, Holidays
Hard to believe it, but the season of Advent is already here! So, just what is Advent anyway? You might have seen or even used one of those clever Advent calendars at some point in your past. You know the ones. Where a door is opened each day in December and a...
by billyzh | Nov 22, 2012 | History, Holidays
During the American Revolutionary War, the Continental Congress in 1777 wrote this Proclamation: the First National Proclamation of Thanksgiving. PROCLAMATION FOR AS MUCH as it is the indispensable Duty of all Men to adore the superintending Providence of Almighty...
