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“Sum sum sum sum sumbhavichallo, sumbhavichallo; Bethlehem goshalaya athu sumbhavichallo,”the carolers belted out with gusto.
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Christmas carols across faiths

Happy Christmas in advance, dear readers. For someone trapped in the English language as I was in my formative years, the Bible contained wonderful calls to fai ...
The pop-culture hallmarks of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” are ghosts, a boy on crutches and a mean old man. And while those are all central elements of the story, most people forget that the ...
The pop-culture hallmarks of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” are ghosts, a boy on crutches and a mean old man. And while those are all central elements of the story, most people forget that the ...