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RAYS OF HOPE, LAST PART.

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My classmates and I at MaryHill High School, Washington DC, USA. ........So I took it up after that and got visa for you and I. I have been in US a week before I came to pick you.” “You came to kidnap me!” I retorted “Call it what you want” she said nonchalantly. “So how did you make me sleep and how were you able to smuggle me out of US with all those security at the airport?” “I gave you a sleeping pill that made you sleep for twenty four hours and lifted you in my arms- you weigh so much now- anyways, I took a cab to the airport and showed all my documents and told everyone who asked that you are on medication and not to be weaken and I showed them hospital papers to convince them- of course the papers were fake but they believed them!   It would have been tougher but I made settlement here and there and I was cleared through the customs. There is corruption even in the so called America” mum said scornfully. “So the rest of the story is simple” she said as she d

HISTORY OF CHRISTMAS

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THE TRUE HISTORY OF CHRISTMAS. Christmas , Christian  festival celebrating the birth of  Jesus . The English term  Christmas  (“mass on Christ’s day”) is of fairly recent origin. The earlier term  Yule  may have derived from the  Germanic   jōl  or the Anglo-Saxon  geōl , which referred to the feast of the  winter solstice . The corresponding terms in other languages— Navidad  in Spanish,  Natale  in Italian,  Noël  in French—all probably denote nativity. The German word  Weihnachten  denotes “hallowed night.” Since the early 20th century, Christmas has also been a  secular  family  holiday , observed by Christians and non-Christians alike, devoid of Christian elements, and marked by an increasingly elaborate exchange of gifts. In this secular Christmas celebration, a mythical figure named  Santa Claus  plays the pivotal role. READ MORE ON THIS TOPIC church year: Christmas The word  Christmas  is derived from the Old English Cristes maesse, “Christ’s… Origin And Developme