’Twas the night of first Christmas, and through the stable, not a creature was stirring, though they were able. I arranged the hay by the manger with care, and prayed that Emmanuel soon … more

It seems to me that every year, I am tempted to start this Christmas message with the same opening sentence: “these are difficult times we live in.” Maybe I’m a “glass-half-full-kind-of-person,” or maybe it’s just true. At any given time, a lot of God’s children are struggling here and all over the world. The fact of the matter is that life itself is a struggle, all of us feel like Job sometimes, victimized by circumstances or by choices we or someone else has made, Whether we live in a comfortable home or on the street, pretty much all of us know what it means to struggle, what it means to fail, what it means — as the apostle Paul so famously said — “to do the things that we do not want to do.” It is part of the human condition. more

Atlantic Avenue was converted into a winter wonderland on Dec. 3, as hundreds of residents participated in Lynbrook’s holiday extravaganza. more

The Lynbrook Fire Department is providing children an opportunity to ride in a fire truck around Parking Field 8 in Lynbrook on Dec. 16 from noon to 3 p.m. more

In Arabic-speaking and predominantly Muslim parts of the world, Christmas is known as Eid al Milad, or the Festival of the Birthday, referring to the birth of Christ. Although not an essential part of Muslim tradition . . . more

Q. This may be a silly question, but I have to ask. My son put Christmas decorations up on our roof last year. We enjoyed them — until we realized last month that he put a lot of holes in our shingles . . . more

If you think about it, Christmas comes at a strange time of the year. We celebrate the birth of Jesus not in the spring, a time in which the trees are sprouting their leaves and the warmth of the sun is once again bringing new life into the world, but at the beginning of winter, when the days are at their shortest and the depth of winter is looming. more

"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom His favor rests." Lk.2:14 That was the message of the angels to the shepherds on the night Christ was born. But what kind of "peace" were they heralding? more

Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! His faithful love endures forever. Has the Lord redeemed you? Then speak out! Tell others He has redeemed you from your enemies: Psalm 107:1-2 NLT more

For four months out of the year, the Dunns, who live on the top floor of the four-story Nathan Hale Senior Village in Lynbrook, have their apartment decorated for the holidays. But the couple doesn’t just throw up some tinsel and a single Christmas tree — they go all out, turning their cozy, one-bedroom place into a colorful, virtual winter wonderland (and a very warm one at that.) more