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Is There Anyone You Know Who Might Have Been Forgotten This Christmas? By: Msgr. Charles PopeChristmas is a beautiful time of the year for most of us, most of the time. But it is also true that Christmas can be a very painful time of year for some, especially those who have experienced recent loss or who, for various reasons, have fewer family options at Christmas. Yes, Christmas can be the best of times or the loneliest of times, the most wonderful time of the year or the most painful.The video below reminds us that Christmas can also be a...

The Grand Rapids Press Tom Rademacher A grandson's gift of perfume 30 years ago brings family holiday happiness Tuesday, December 24, 2002 By Tom Rademacher The Grand Rapids Press It was nearly 30 Christmases ago 14-year-old Mike Landman gave his aging grandmother a bottle of perfume. But only long after her death did he learn how much it meant, after the discovery of a memoir his grandmother penned that recounts his simple gesture as nothing less than benediction. Alice Harkins slipped the journal-type entry beneath liner paper in her dresser drawer in 1973. But her daughter, Marian Szudera of Marne,...