Carol's Candles

Did you Noel? HOW OUR CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS CAME ABOUT.(News)
The Mirror (London, England); 12/22/2009; 1029 words; ...reflect the light from candles and fireplaces. CARDS...in Holland, where he's known as Sinterklaas...1510. Queen Victoria's Germanborn husband, Albert...CAROL SINGING The word 'carol' means dance or song...and joy and the first carols were pagan songs to celebrate...holly represents ...

In Memoriam
Nottingham Evening Post; 12/21/2009; 573 words; ...John. Dad, it''s been 12 years today since...So we''ll light a candle this Christmas and raise...missed always. -- Daughter Carol and son-in-law Dave...Though life goes on it''s not the same without you...world could hold, it''s seven years since that...

THE GIFT IS TRULY IN THE GIVING.(Opinion)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 12/21/2009; 627 words; ...from waking in the pre-dawn to sing carols to myself while my folks roused themselves...encourage wonder and glory. The lights and candles hearten us. And the gifts: an entertainment...DeMille lives in Rensselaerville. CAPTION(S): MCCLATCHY TRIBUNE

THE REAL MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS (and how to find it); Buried beneath the stress, the expense and family rows, the spirit of the season is still there if you look.(Features)
The Daily Mail (London, England); 12/21/2009; 1488 words; ...well agree with my friend Carol, who said: 'Christmas...a feeling -- but it's the sweet birth of something...weren't sure what. T.S. Eliot describes their...perhaps. But t h e w i s e l o o k through the stories...Some people find Advent candles and calendars helpful in...

When Chr[bullet]stmas Spirit Calls
Idaho State Journal; 12/20/2009; 897 words; ...eight on South Carolina's Daufuskie Island, a remote...classic A Christmas Carol and asked me to go over...wouldn't go.That's the Christmas spirit calling...So answer it I did in a candle-lit church built on...the movie A Christmas Carol. In my imagination...