D’oh Christ!
Around 1990, when conservatives and other like-minded squares started shrieking about the crude, sassy new animated series The Simpsons,they of course jumped the proverbial gun. (“I don’t think anybody should be proud to be an underachiever” is how my own grade 6 teacher explained her ban of Simpsons shirts, which then mostly featured Bart spouting…
For the love of God
When is a box of toys not just a box of toys? When it’s full of God’s love. This season, Operation Christmas Child will distribute seven million shoeboxes full of dolls, balls, markers, soap and lollipops to children in 95 countries around the world. Along with the treats, Gospel booklets are included in every gift-wrapped…
In the Nick of time
“Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho!” Peter Saulnier is demonstrating how to laugh like Santa. He holds his very round belly as he points to it.“It has to come from down there,” he says, and gives a jolly laugh. He does some warm up laughs in front of the mirror. Saulnier has a pair of black suspenders…
