http://www.joy-of-christmas.com "I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year." Mon, 08 Nov 2010 17:04:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.joy-of-christmas.com/bah-humbug/woman-asked-to-take-down-christmas-lights-to-avoid-offending-neighbors.html http://www.joy-of-christmas.com/bah-humbug/woman-asked-to-take-down-christmas-lights-to-avoid-offending-neighbors.html#comments Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:48:34 +0000 Santa Claus' Helper http://www.joy-of-christmas.com/?p=1553 In what appears to have been an overly eager, preventive politically correct action, a uniformed housing association official demanded a woman removed her outside Christmas decorations, including Christmas lights, so as to not offend her neighbors. Town officials call the action a 20 year step back in race relations.]]> http://www.joy-of-christmas.com/bah-humbug/woman-asked-to-take-down-christmas-lights-to-avoid-offending-neighbors.html/feed 0 http://www.joy-of-christmas.com/bah-humbug/caroling-girl-scouts-banned-for-being-health-and-safety-risk.html http://www.joy-of-christmas.com/bah-humbug/caroling-girl-scouts-banned-for-being-health-and-safety-risk.html#comments Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:34:22 +0000 Santa Claus' Helper http://www.joy-of-christmas.com/?p=1544 A 10 year tradition has come to an abrupt end when a girl scouts division was told commercial stalls around a Christmas tree take up so much space that including the caroling girls would be a "health and safety risk" And for them there was no place... We've heard that before, right?]]> http://www.joy-of-christmas.com/bah-humbug/caroling-girl-scouts-banned-for-being-health-and-safety-risk.html/feed 0 http://www.joy-of-christmas.com/bah-humbug/police-santa-violates-city-code-threatens-fine.html http://www.joy-of-christmas.com/bah-humbug/police-santa-violates-city-code-threatens-fine.html#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:25:14 +0000 Santa Claus' Helper http://www.joy-of-christmas.com/?p=1533 In what can only be described as an unreal Kafka-esque situation, city code law enforcement officials in Daytona Beach threaten a shop with fines if their Santa Claus leaves the store. The reason: once outside Santa is considered an "animated sign" -- and that violates city code.]]> http://www.joy-of-christmas.com/bah-humbug/police-santa-violates-city-code-threatens-fine.html/feed 0 http://www.joy-of-christmas.com/bah-humbug/donated-christmas-lights-too-dangerous.html http://www.joy-of-christmas.com/bah-humbug/donated-christmas-lights-too-dangerous.html#comments Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:38:54 +0000 Santa Claus' Helper http://www.joy-of-christmas.com/?p=1451 Without Christmas lights since 2002 things were starting to look bright again when the neighboring town was able to donate their Christmas lights to the little English town. But "too dangerous" said the inspectors. Now businessmen are taking it on themselves to get the town Christmas lights. Total cost at least US$7000.]]> http://www.joy-of-christmas.com/bah-humbug/donated-christmas-lights-too-dangerous.html/feed 0 http://www.joy-of-christmas.com/bah-humbug/study-show-christmas-shopping-health-risk.html http://www.joy-of-christmas.com/bah-humbug/study-show-christmas-shopping-health-risk.html#comments Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:37:29 +0000 Santa Claus' Helper http://www.joy-of-christmas.com/?p=1420 It's the age of fear and everything is bad for your health. That includes Christmas shopping. British research has shown that stress levels can rise so fast, so high that they cause serious health problems.]]> http://www.joy-of-christmas.com/bah-humbug/study-show-christmas-shopping-health-risk.html/feed 0 http://www.joy-of-christmas.com/bah-humbug/no-money-for-pinner-christmas.html http://www.joy-of-christmas.com/bah-humbug/no-money-for-pinner-christmas.html#comments Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:33:37 +0000 Santa Claus' Helper http://www.joy-of-christmas.com/?p=1329 http://www.joy-of-christmas.com/bah-humbug/no-money-for-pinner-christmas.html/feed 0 http://www.joy-of-christmas.com/bah-humbug/christmas-parade-canceled-other-events-still-planned.html http://www.joy-of-christmas.com/bah-humbug/christmas-parade-canceled-other-events-still-planned.html#comments Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:24:31 +0000 Santa Claus' Helper http://www.joy-of-christmas.com/?p=1315 http://www.joy-of-christmas.com/bah-humbug/christmas-parade-canceled-other-events-still-planned.html/feed 0 http://www.joy-of-christmas.com/bah-humbug/candy-tossing-seen-as-parade-danger.html http://www.joy-of-christmas.com/bah-humbug/candy-tossing-seen-as-parade-danger.html#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:14:37 +0000 Santa Claus' Helper http://www.joy-of-christmas.com/1289-candy-tossing-seen-as-parade-danger http://www.joy-of-christmas.com/bah-humbug/candy-tossing-seen-as-parade-danger.html/feed 0 http://www.joy-of-christmas.com/bah-humbug/santa-putting-childrens-information-at-risk-warn-experts.html http://www.joy-of-christmas.com/bah-humbug/santa-putting-childrens-information-at-risk-warn-experts.html#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:22:35 +0000 Santa Claus' Helper http://www.joy-of-christmas.com/1283-santa-putting-childrens-information-at-risk-warn-experts http://www.joy-of-christmas.com/bah-humbug/santa-putting-childrens-information-at-risk-warn-experts.html/feed 0 http://www.joy-of-christmas.com/bah-humbug/wal-mart-is-bringing-santas-back-to-its-stores.html http://www.joy-of-christmas.com/bah-humbug/wal-mart-is-bringing-santas-back-to-its-stores.html#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2007 02:13:15 +0000 Santa Claus' Helper http://www.joy-of-christmas.com/1270-wal-mart-is-bringing-santas-back-to-its-stores http://www.joy-of-christmas.com/bah-humbug/wal-mart-is-bringing-santas-back-to-its-stores.html/feed 0