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  1. At the time he wrote ‘A Christmas Carol,' the celebration of Christmas in England was changing ... It was the year the first Christmas card was published. Decorating was becoming much bigger, and he was there to capture it — to capture Christmas in the Victorian Era.
    SOURCE: Worcester Telegram & Gazette 5 days ago
  2. It makes my Christmas for me ... I know how disappointing it may be for kids to not have a Christmas, but to see their smiling happy faces, that's what Christmas is about. People have been very generous, and we want to thank all of our sponsors, because without them it wouldn't be possible.
    – Norman Lewis SOURCE: Leaf Chronicle 5 days ago
  3. It makes my Christmas for me ... I know how disappointing it may be for kids to not have a Christmas, but to see their smiling happy faces, that's what Christmas is about. People have been very generous, and we want to thank all of our sponsors, because without them it wouldn't be possible.
    – Norman Lewis SOURCE: Leaf Chronicle 5 days ago
  4. There's a lot of people who don't want to sit on unemployment, they want to come in and work for a couple weeks, make some extra cash before the holidays to help buy Christmas gifts or just have a little extra money in their pockets until they can find something a little more longterm
    SOURCE: WCAX 5 days ago
  5. I'm pleased that we were able to find a compromise that will allow children to hear back from Santa Claus this Christmas season ... I heard from a number of ‘Dear Santa' volunteers in North Pole who expressed their disappointment with the USPS decision to opt out of the program. This decision today by t...
    SOURCE: KTUU 1 week ago
  6. I would like to not be home for Christmas again, as weird as that sounds ... I just don’t like being home for Christmas. It was OK the first year because I hadn’t been home for Christmas in a long time. But it wears on you. My kids want a Christmas tree in a hotel room somewhere because that was how the...
    – Mark Snyder SOURCE: Bluefield Daily Telegraph 1 week ago
  7. I would like to not be home for Christmas again, as weird as that sounds ... I just don’t like being home for Christmas. It was OK the first year because I hadn’t been home for Christmas in a long time. But it wears on you. My kids want a Christmas tree in a hotel room somewhere because that was how the...
    – Mark Snyder SOURCE: Bluefield Daily Telegraph 1 week ago
  8. I would like to not be home for Christmas again, as weird as that sounds ... I just don’t like being home for Christmas. It was OK the first year because I hadn’t been home for Christmas in a long time. But it wears on you. My kids want a Christmas tree in a hotel room somewhere because that was how the...
    – Mark Snyder SOURCE: Bluefield Daily Telegraph 1 week ago
  9. I would like to not be home for Christmas again, as weird as that sounds ... I just don’t like being home for Christmas. It was OK the first year because I hadn’t been home for Christmas in a long time. But it wears on you. My kids want a Christmas tree in a hotel room somewhere because that was how the...
    – Mark Snyder SOURCE: Bluefield Daily Telegraph 1 week ago
  10. The people I know who are sincere about keeping Christmas sacred are more interested in de-commercializing the holiday than boycotting Gap in favour of Walmart ... These days, most people would rather suffer through a muzak rendition of The 12 Days of Christmas performed on pan flute than listen to anot...
    SOURCE: National Post 1 week ago
  11. The Gap is censoring the word Christmas, pure and simple. Yet the company wants all the people who celebrate Christmas to do their shopping at its stores? Until Gap proves it recognizes Christmas by using it in their newspaper, radio, television advertising or in-store signage, the boycott will be promo...
    SOURCE: Miami New Times 1 week ago
  12. Over the Christmas period, staff and volunteers at the Auckland City Mission will collect and distribute 25,000 gifts ... We’re grateful for every donation received and extend our thanks to every donor for helping us to make Christmas happen for every Auckland child.
    SOURCE: Scoop - New Zealand News 1 week ago
  13. Over the Christmas period, staff and volunteers at the Auckland City Mission will collect and distribute 25,000 gifts ... We’re grateful for every donation received and extend our thanks to every donor for helping us to make Christmas happen for every Auckland child.
    SOURCE: Scoop - New Zealand News 1 week ago
  14. The Byam Elementary School has decided to ban Santa, candy canes, stockings, and all Christmas, Hanukkah and other 'religious items' from being sold at the annual holiday gift shop.
    SOURCE: Media Matters for America 1 week ago
  15. We kind of use this holiday time before Thanksgiving and Christmas to collect enough cans to give out in our food boxes throughout the year ... These are not necessarily items for the holidays. We could definitely use soups and beans and kind of things like that because this is the time we stock the she...
    SOURCE: Juneau Empire 1 week ago
  16. Christmas in Ireland has always been about music and family gatherings; spontaneous music and song in loved ones homes throughout the land were common place of times gone by. This Christmas Concert series is a wonderful opportunity for everyone to gather together to welcome in this Christmas season and ...
    SOURCE: Portadown Today 1 week ago
  17. I think this is good preparation for the Christmas holidays. You learn how to eat well and still enjoy a meal without giving up a lot ... We learned to modify recipes so we do not have to give them up for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
    SOURCE: Marshall News Messenger 1 week ago
  18. Our brands have periodically used Christmas in their holiday season advertising. With this year's Gap and Old Navy ads, we hope that the AFA will update its Web site, which has claimed that Gap Inc. 'refused to use the word Christmas in its advertising.'
    SOURCE: Styledash 1 week ago
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About Christmas

Wikipedia

Christmas is an annual holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus. It refers both to the day celebrating the birth, as well as to the season which that day inaugurates, which concludes with the Feast of the Epiphany. The date of the celebration is traditional, and is not considered to be his actual date of birth. Full Article

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  1. A Belarussian soldier lights a candle during a Christmas church service in the village of Tarasovo, some 20 kms from Minsk, on January 7, 2009. Orthodox believers mark Christmas on January 7, according to the old Julian calendar. Getty Images logo Getty Images 10 months ago

    A Belarussian soldier lights a candle during a Christmas church service in the village of Tarasovo, some 20 kms from Minsk, on January 7, 2009. Orthodox believers mark Christmas on January 7, according to the old Julian calendar.

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  2. People walk near a Christmas tree in central Moscow on December 26, 2008. Russian ruble dropped to a three-year low against the dollar on Friday, after the central bank allowed the currency to weaken slightly in the 11th such devaluation over the past two months. Getty Images logo Getty Images 11 months ago

    People walk near a Christmas tree in central Moscow on December 26, 2008. Russian ruble dropped to a three-year low against the dollar on Friday, after the central bank allowed the currency to weaken slightly in the 11th such devaluation over the past two months.

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  3. HONOLULU, HI - DECEMBER 25: President-elect Barack Obama greets a marine at a Christmas dinner at Anderson Hall located at Marine Corps Base Hawaii on December 25, 2008 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Obama and his family have been in his native Hawaii since December 20 for the Christmas holiday. Getty Images logo Getty Images 11 months ago

    HONOLULU, HI - DECEMBER 25: President-elect Barack Obama greets a marine at a Christmas dinner at Anderson Hall located at Marine Corps Base Hawaii on December 25, 2008 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Obama and his family have been in his native Hawaii since December 20 for the Christmas holiday.

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  4. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 25: People visit the National Christmas Tree standing on the ellipse near the White House on Christmas Day on December 25, 2008 in Washington, DC. Washingtonians enjoyed sunny, mild weather for the holiday. Getty Images logo Getty Images 11 months ago

    WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 25: People visit the National Christmas Tree standing on the ellipse near the White House on Christmas Day on December 25, 2008 in Washington, DC. Washingtonians enjoyed sunny, mild weather for the holiday.

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  5. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 25: People visit the National Christmas Tree standing on the ellipse near the White House on Christmas Day on December 25, 2008 in Washington, DC. Washingtonians enjoyed sunny, mild weather for the holiday. Getty Images logo Getty Images 11 months ago

    WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 25: People visit the National Christmas Tree standing on the ellipse near the White House on Christmas Day on December 25, 2008 in Washington, DC. Washingtonians enjoyed sunny, mild weather for the holiday.

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  6. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 25: The National Christmas Tree stands on the ellipse near the White House on Christmas Day on December 25, 2008 in Washington, DC. Washingtonians enjoyed sunny, mild weather for the holiday. Getty Images logo Getty Images 11 months ago

    WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 25: The National Christmas Tree stands on the ellipse near the White House on Christmas Day on December 25, 2008 in Washington, DC. Washingtonians enjoyed sunny, mild weather for the holiday.

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  7. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 25: People visit the National Christmas Tree standing on the ellipse near the White House on Christmas Day on December 25, 2008 in Washington, DC. Washingtonians enjoyed sunny, mild weather for the holiday. Getty Images logo Getty Images 11 months ago

    WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 25: People visit the National Christmas Tree standing on the ellipse near the White House on Christmas Day on December 25, 2008 in Washington, DC. Washingtonians enjoyed sunny, mild weather for the holiday.

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  8. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 25: Visitors to the National Christmas Tree on the ellipse near the White House on Christmas Day on December 25, 2008 in Washington, DC. Washingtonians enjoyed sunny, mild weather for the holiday. Getty Images logo Getty Images 11 months ago

    WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 25: Visitors to the National Christmas Tree on the ellipse near the White House on Christmas Day on December 25, 2008 in Washington, DC. Washingtonians enjoyed sunny, mild weather for the holiday.

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  9. A Bosnian Catholic woman prays during Christmas morning mass at a cathedral in Banja Luka, on December 25, 2008. Roman-Catholics around the world celebrate Christmas today according to the Gregorian calendar. Getty Images logo Getty Images 11 months ago

    A Bosnian Catholic woman prays during Christmas morning mass at a cathedral in Banja Luka, on December 25, 2008. Roman-Catholics around the world celebrate Christmas today according to the Gregorian calendar.

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  10. VATICAN CITY, ITALY - DECEMBER 25: Pope Benedict XVI delivers his Christmas Urbi Et Orbi blessing from the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica, December 25, 2008 in Vatican City - Italy. Getty Images logo Getty Images 11 months ago

    VATICAN CITY, ITALY - DECEMBER 25: Pope Benedict XVI delivers his Christmas Urbi Et Orbi blessing from the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica, December 25, 2008 in Vatican City - Italy.

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  11. VATICAN CITY, ITALY - DECEMBER 25: Pope Benedict XVI delivers his Christmas Urbi Et Orbi blessing from the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica, December 25, 2008 in Vatican City - Italy. Getty Images logo Getty Images 11 months ago

    VATICAN CITY, ITALY - DECEMBER 25: Pope Benedict XVI delivers his Christmas Urbi Et Orbi blessing from the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica, December 25, 2008 in Vatican City - Italy.

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  12. VATICAN CITY, ITALY - DECEMBER 25: Pope Benedict XVI delivers his Christmas Urbi Et Orbi blessing from the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica, December 25, 2008 in Vatican City - Italy. Getty Images logo Getty Images 11 months ago

    VATICAN CITY, ITALY - DECEMBER 25: Pope Benedict XVI delivers his Christmas Urbi Et Orbi blessing from the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica, December 25, 2008 in Vatican City - Italy.

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  13. VATICAN CITY, ITALY - DECEMBER 25: Pope Benedict XVI delivers his Christmas Urbi Et Orbi blessing from the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica, December 25, 2008 in Vatican City - Italy. Getty Images logo Getty Images 11 months ago

    VATICAN CITY, ITALY - DECEMBER 25: Pope Benedict XVI delivers his Christmas Urbi Et Orbi blessing from the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica, December 25, 2008 in Vatican City - Italy.

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  14. Albanians light candles inside an Orthodox church on Christmas day in Tirana on December 25, 2008. Getty Images logo Getty Images 11 months ago

    Albanians light candles inside an Orthodox church on Christmas day in Tirana on December 25, 2008.

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  15. The National Christmas Tree is seen in front of the US Capitol on December 24, 2008 in Washington, DC. Getty Images logo Getty Images 11 months ago

    The National Christmas Tree is seen in front of the US Capitol on December 24, 2008 in Washington, DC.

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  16. Pope Benedict XVI celebrates Christmas night holy mass at St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, on December 24, 2008. Getty Images logo Getty Images 11 months ago

    Pope Benedict XVI celebrates Christmas night holy mass at St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, on December 24, 2008.

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  17. Catholics take part in a Christmas service at Moscow's Cathedral of the Virgin Mary of Immaculate Conception, on December 24, 2008. Getty Images logo Getty Images 11 months ago

    Catholics take part in a Christmas service at Moscow's Cathedral of the Virgin Mary of Immaculate Conception, on December 24, 2008.

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  18. Fireworks explode during Christmas service at Moscow's Cathedral of the Virgin Mary of Immaculate Conception on December 24, 2008. Getty Images logo Getty Images 11 months ago

    Fireworks explode during Christmas service at Moscow's Cathedral of the Virgin Mary of Immaculate Conception on December 24, 2008.

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  19. Fireworks explode during Christmas service at Moscow's Cathedral of the Virgin Mary of Immaculate Conception on December 24, 2008. Getty Images logo Getty Images 11 months ago

    Fireworks explode during Christmas service at Moscow's Cathedral of the Virgin Mary of Immaculate Conception on December 24, 2008.

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  20. Believers attend a Christmas service at Moscow's Cathedral of Virgin Mary Immaculate Conception, on December 24, 2008. Getty Images logo Getty Images 11 months ago

    Believers attend a Christmas service at Moscow's Cathedral of Virgin Mary Immaculate Conception, on December 24, 2008.

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  21. King of Spain Juan Carlos delivers his annual Christmas speech in Madrid, on December 24, 2008. Getty Images logo Getty Images 11 months ago

    King of Spain Juan Carlos delivers his annual Christmas speech in Madrid, on December 24, 2008.

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  22. A Zimbabwean woman does her last-minute Christmas shopping in a clothing shop in the Zimbabwean capital of Harare, on December 24, 2008. Zimbabwean consumers have had to hold back this year on traditional Christmas shopping due to a combination of soaring prices and cash shortages. Getty Images logo Getty Images 11 months ago

    A Zimbabwean woman does her last-minute Christmas shopping in a clothing shop in the Zimbabwean capital of Harare, on December 24, 2008. Zimbabwean consumers have had to hold back this year on traditional Christmas shopping due to a combination of soaring prices and cash shortages.

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  23. Children and their parents watch a Christmas performance at the children oncological hospital in the village of Borovlyany, outside Minsk, on December 23, 2008. Getty Images logo Getty Images 11 months ago

    Children and their parents watch a Christmas performance at the children oncological hospital in the village of Borovlyany, outside Minsk, on December 23, 2008.

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  24. A meercat (Suricata suricatta) investigates an insect-filled Christmas package left in its desert themed habitat at Taronga Zoo in Sydney on December 23, 2008. Getty Images logo Getty Images 11 months ago

    A meercat (Suricata suricatta) investigates an insect-filled Christmas package left in its desert themed habitat at Taronga Zoo in Sydney on December 23, 2008.

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  25. Children enjoy the festival 'A Solidarity Christmas' the December 20, 2008. Hondurans are preparing to celebrate Christmas and Neu Year. Getty Images logo Getty Images 11 months ago

    Children enjoy the festival 'A Solidarity Christmas' the December 20, 2008. Hondurans are preparing to celebrate Christmas and Neu Year.

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  1. At the time he wrote ‘A Christmas Carol,' the celebration of Christmas in England was changing ... It was the year the first Christmas card was published. Decorating was becoming much bigger, and he was there to capture it — to capture Christmas in the Victorian Era.
    SOURCE: Worcester Telegram & Gazette 5 days ago
  2. It makes my Christmas for me ... I know how disappointing it may be for kids to not have a Christmas, but to see their smiling happy faces, that's what Christmas is about. People have been very generous, and we want to thank all of our sponsors, because without them it wouldn't be possible.
    – Norman Lewis SOURCE: Leaf Chronicle 5 days ago
  3. It makes my Christmas for me ... I know how disappointing it may be for kids to not have a Christmas, but to see their smiling happy faces, that's what Christmas is about. People have been very generous, and we want to thank all of our sponsors, because without them it wouldn't be possible.
    – Norman Lewis SOURCE: Leaf Chronicle 5 days ago
  4. There's a lot of people who don't want to sit on unemployment, they want to come in and work for a couple weeks, make some extra cash before the holidays to help buy Christmas gifts or just have a little extra money in their pockets until they can find something a little more longterm
    SOURCE: WCAX 5 days ago
  5. I'm pleased that we were able to find a compromise that will allow children to hear back from Santa Claus this Christmas season ... I heard from a number of ‘Dear Santa' volunteers in North Pole who expressed their disappointment with the USPS decision to opt out of the program. This decision today by t...
    SOURCE: KTUU 1 week ago
  6. I would like to not be home for Christmas again, as weird as that sounds ... I just don’t like being home for Christmas. It was OK the first year because I hadn’t been home for Christmas in a long time. But it wears on you. My kids want a Christmas tree in a hotel room somewhere because that was how the...
    – Mark Snyder SOURCE: Bluefield Daily Telegraph 1 week ago
  7. I would like to not be home for Christmas again, as weird as that sounds ... I just don’t like being home for Christmas. It was OK the first year because I hadn’t been home for Christmas in a long time. But it wears on you. My kids want a Christmas tree in a hotel room somewhere because that was how the...
    – Mark Snyder SOURCE: Bluefield Daily Telegraph 1 week ago
  8. I would like to not be home for Christmas again, as weird as that sounds ... I just don’t like being home for Christmas. It was OK the first year because I hadn’t been home for Christmas in a long time. But it wears on you. My kids want a Christmas tree in a hotel room somewhere because that was how the...
    – Mark Snyder SOURCE: Bluefield Daily Telegraph 1 week ago
  9. I would like to not be home for Christmas again, as weird as that sounds ... I just don’t like being home for Christmas. It was OK the first year because I hadn’t been home for Christmas in a long time. But it wears on you. My kids want a Christmas tree in a hotel room somewhere because that was how the...
    – Mark Snyder SOURCE: Bluefield Daily Telegraph 1 week ago
  10. The people I know who are sincere about keeping Christmas sacred are more interested in de-commercializing the holiday than boycotting Gap in favour of Walmart ... These days, most people would rather suffer through a muzak rendition of The 12 Days of Christmas performed on pan flute than listen to anot...
    SOURCE: National Post 1 week ago
  11. The Gap is censoring the word Christmas, pure and simple. Yet the company wants all the people who celebrate Christmas to do their shopping at its stores? Until Gap proves it recognizes Christmas by using it in their newspaper, radio, television advertising or in-store signage, the boycott will be promo...
    SOURCE: Miami New Times 1 week ago
  12. Over the Christmas period, staff and volunteers at the Auckland City Mission will collect and distribute 25,000 gifts ... We’re grateful for every donation received and extend our thanks to every donor for helping us to make Christmas happen for every Auckland child.
    SOURCE: Scoop - New Zealand News 1 week ago
  13. Over the Christmas period, staff and volunteers at the Auckland City Mission will collect and distribute 25,000 gifts ... We’re grateful for every donation received and extend our thanks to every donor for helping us to make Christmas happen for every Auckland child.
    SOURCE: Scoop - New Zealand News 1 week ago
  14. The Byam Elementary School has decided to ban Santa, candy canes, stockings, and all Christmas, Hanukkah and other 'religious items' from being sold at the annual holiday gift shop.
    SOURCE: Media Matters for America 1 week ago
  15. We kind of use this holiday time before Thanksgiving and Christmas to collect enough cans to give out in our food boxes throughout the year ... These are not necessarily items for the holidays. We could definitely use soups and beans and kind of things like that because this is the time we stock the she...
    SOURCE: Juneau Empire 1 week ago
  16. Christmas in Ireland has always been about music and family gatherings; spontaneous music and song in loved ones homes throughout the land were common place of times gone by. This Christmas Concert series is a wonderful opportunity for everyone to gather together to welcome in this Christmas season and ...
    SOURCE: Portadown Today 1 week ago
  17. I think this is good preparation for the Christmas holidays. You learn how to eat well and still enjoy a meal without giving up a lot ... We learned to modify recipes so we do not have to give them up for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
    SOURCE: Marshall News Messenger 1 week ago
  18. Our brands have periodically used Christmas in their holiday season advertising. With this year's Gap and Old Navy ads, we hope that the AFA will update its Web site, which has claimed that Gap Inc. 'refused to use the word Christmas in its advertising.'
    SOURCE: Styledash 1 week ago
  19. For any really substantive policy issue, it's a bit early ... The everyday, living things are going to happen — like the Thanksgiving holiday, the Christmas holiday, UT football, the Dallas Cowboys.
    SOURCE: Houston Chronicle 1 week ago
  20. The holidays are the most important time to return ... No family should have to go hungry on Thanksgiving and that no child should go without a toy at Christmas. I do not think that food and gifts should be a luxury. It is a necessity and through our efforts, we want to this year’s holiday season happie...
    SOURCE: A Pakistan News 2 weeks ago
  21. The creche angel's words endorse a patently Christian message: Glory to God for the birth of Jesus Christ ... Moreover, in contrast to Lynch, nothing in the creche's setting detracts from that message. Although the government may acknowledge Christmas as a cultural phenomenon, it may not observe it as a...
    – Harry Blackmun SOURCE: United Press International 2 weeks ago
  22. I dread the holidays. I dread them. There is going to be an empty chair at the table ... Megan absolutely loved Christmas. I don't know how I'm going to do it. But I have another 16-year-old daughter who I love so much and she deserves happiness this Christmas, so I will find a way pull through.
    – Lisa Maxwell SOURCE: WBIR 2 weeks ago
  23. I dread the holidays. I dread them. There is going to be an empty chair at the table ... Megan absolutely loved Christmas. I don't know how I'm going to do it. But I have another 16-year-old daughter who I love so much and she deserves happiness this Christmas, so I will find a way pull through.
    – Lisa Maxwell SOURCE: WBIR 2 weeks ago