Not very much is known of Saint Joseph or Joseph of Nazareth. All of the information we have is found in the Gospel of Luke and The Gospel of Matthew. The Gospel of Matthew tells us in the lineage of Jesus that Joseph’s father’s name was Jacob. It is believed Joseph was born somewhere around… Read More
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Over 50 Christmas Facts, Trivia and Jokes, Plus The American Christmas Tree
Over 50 Christmas Trivia, Facts and Jokes And… The American Christmas Tree Christmas Trees In America (PCM) The New York Rockefeller Tree is probably America’s Most Famous. Each year, over a million locals and visitors, plus millions more on television since 1951, come to see the official lighting, now with over 40,000 lights and miles… Read More
Who is the Woman You Hear Singing “Baby It’s Cold Outside” with Dean Martin?
(PCM) Who is the woman you hear singing “Baby It’s Cold Outside” with Dean Martin? It took a little detective work to find the final answer(s). Baby It’s Cold Outside was written by Frank Loesser in 1944, and he originally sang it with his wife, Lynn Garland at their housewarming party, towards the end of… Read More
The Curious History Behind Krampus The Holiday Devil
(PCM) We all know the story behind the legend that is St. Nicholas a.k.a. Santa Claus who pays visits to well-behaved children all over the world rewarding them with gifts at Christmas. However did you know that according to Alpine folk-lore good ol’ St. Nick has a dark companion named Krampus, who travels around with… Read More
Halloween Has It’s Revenge On Christmas With The Necrofeast
(PCM) How many of you have every heard of The Necrofeast? Don’t worry, we hadn’t either until we discovered quite a few pages on the internet dedicated to this relatively unknown macabre holiday that is celebrated from sunset to dawn on December 27th. According to the Facebook page dedicated Necrofeast, the holiday is influenced “by potpourri… Read More
(PCM) Being that PCM headquarters is located in Delaware, we absolutely could not resist sharing the legendary tale of the Claymont Christmas Weed and it’s very special symbolism to our little state. The holidays are a time to reflect on some of the most positive aspects in life and the story behind the Claymont Christmas Weed… Read More
(PCM) A church in Sri Lanka made a hilarious mistake over the holiday season when they accidentally printed lyrics to the Tupac Shakur song “Hail Mary” rather than the actual prayer “Hail Mary”. The church did not notice the mistake until it was too late and all of the booklets that were printed for their… Read More
(PCM) A Texas Evangelical pastor by the name of David Grisham made it his personal mission to ruin the Christmas spirit for a bunch of children who were waiting anxiously in line to visit Santa Claus at a mall in Amarillo, Texas. Acting as a true Grinch, Grisham filmed himself taking a trip to the… Read More
(PCM) In American folklore if a child is bad, he or she might get a bag of coal on Christmas morning. Let’s be honest every child isn’t on their best behavior around the holiday season. In a time when parents must get Sorry Santa letters, because they were not able to get their hands on… Read More
(PCM) People on the internet can not seem to wrap their minds around the fact that high-end retailer Nordstrom is currently selling a rock wrapped in a leather pouch for the hefty price of $85. It truly serves no useful purpose and that is just point. Perhaps they are trying to cash in on that… Read More
(PCM) We can think of about a million and one reasons why this is not such a good idea, however Domino’s Pizza still plans to move forward with their “brilliant” idea to train reindeer to deliver pizza’s this holiday season in Japan. The franchise branch that came up with the idea is even figuring on… Read More
(PCM) This is not surprising news coming from the folks behind the crude party card game “Cards Against Humanity”, as they have always been known to push the limits. The company has currently raised more than $90,000 to literally dig a hole in the ground that leads to nowhere. They have named it the “Holiday… Read More
(PCM) A priest in the Philippine’s is being criticized after images and a video surfaced showing him riding a hoverboard and singing a song during his mass on Christmas Eve. He has been reprimanded by the Philippine Roman Catholic Church officials who say what the priest did during mass was wrong due to the fact that… Read More
(PCM) A full moon on Christmas hasn’t occurred since 1977, however that will change this year when the moon will reach full size on Christmas Day at 6:11 am EST. According to the predicted forecast at this time there should be very little cloud cover and no fog, so the Christmas full moon should be… Read More
(PCM) What are the odds that a man with the legal name of Santa Claus decides to run for office in the small town of North Pole, Alaska? Well, such is the case, as an Alaskan newspaper is reporting that a man named Santa Claus has just announced that he will be in the running… Read More
(PCM) Many people are still in the process of taking down their holiday decorations and of course discarding their live Christmas trees, and now a farm in Maine had claimed that there is a way to still put your discarded Christmas trees to good use instead of putting them out to the trash. According to… Read More
(PCM) The wonderful people over at Buzzfeed have complied a list of seven holidays from around the globe, that are so strange you may not believe they exist. The video features a glimpse of La Tomatina in Spain which is essentially the world’s largest food fight, Hadaka Matsuri in Japan also referred to as the… Read More
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