Image Source Credit: Humane Society for Hamilton County (Indiana)/Facebook The poignant image is of Ritter, a dog in Indiana. The dog was separated from his family because of unfortunate circumstances. The effect on any dog that is abandoned, for whatever reason, can be devastating. Although Christmas is a common time for people to get …
Christmastime brings different problems for different people, but it can be a particularly difficult time for someone who is in the early stages of recovering from alcohol misuse. The Christmas period brings about extra challenges for someone who has accepted that their life has become intolerable with alcohol in it, and they are doing their …
Christmas can be stressful for a lot of people, especially for parents on a tight budget who want to make it a special time for their children. Some parents can easily get into debt because of it. For the growing homeless population, it is extremely difficult, because it is not just adults who are …
“I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round, as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them …
In the dark and damp of the alley cold, Lay the Christmas tree that hadn’t been sold; By a shopman dourly thrown outside; With the ruck and rubble of Christmas-tide; Trodden deep in the muck and mire, Unworthy even to feed a fire… So I stopped and salvaged that tarnished tree, And thus is the …
“The only real blind person at Christmas-time is he who has not Christmas in his heart. We sightless children had the best of eyes that day in our hearts and in our finger-tips. We were glad from the child’s necessity of being happy. The blind who have outgrown the child’s perpetual joy can be …
All I want for Christmas is You. Just kidding. Give me diamonds.
If I sent Christmas cards, you’d totally be on my list.
“Aren’t we forgetting the true meaning of Christmas? You know, the birth of Santa.” Matt Groening
Jesus Christ, not Christmas again.
author: Shelter target: Prime Minister David Cameron One child waking up homeless on Christmas Day is a tragedy. 80,000 of them is a disgrace. It seems almost unbelievable but it’s true. Thousands of families need Shelter’s help right now — which means we need your help today. Add your name to this petition to David Cameron asking him to …
MISSING YOU AT CHRISTMAS There’ll be one missing Christmas, one place at table—bare, one smiling face we’ll yearn for just knowing you’re not there One present left beneath the tree after all have been passed out, with pretty ribbon posed atop— a heartfelt gift, no doubt Voices soft, diminished, we’ll sing …
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