December 25, 2025
Americans in Germany Embrace a British Christmas Tradition
Randy and Katy Smelser describe the pleasure of Advent fellowship in Germany with a church of Anglican tradition.
Articles for tag: Christmas Memories
December 24, 2025
In Its Time
Amy Storms reflects on her daughters' performances in the Nutcracker ballet and how God brings everything about in its right time.
December 23, 2025
Grandma’s House
Trevor Littleton recalls Christmas visits to his grandma's house, how a child adopted his grandma's name, & how we have been adopted as God's children.
December 22, 2025
Christmas in Uruguay
John Bliffen tells the story of a celebration of Christmas in Uruguay, reminding us that the traditions may differ, but the message is the same.
December 21, 2025
The Time a Family Bought Me a Christmas Tree
Bryan Sands recalls the joy he experienced when a Christmas tree was given to him and how it reminds him of God's great compassion.
December 20, 2025
Who’s That Guy?
Chad Broaddus tells us about reading the Christmas story with his family and how Quirinius reminds him of the authenticity of Jesus' birth.
December 19, 2025
The Christmas Gift
Italian missionary Dot Elliot shares a reminder about the greatest gift of all and tells the story of her first Christmas in Italy.
December 18, 2025
The Best Christmas Ever
Dr. Joe Grana recalls the story of a Christmas that changed everything in his life and was the best Christmas ever.
December 25, 2024
Christian Standard’s ‘Christmas Memories’ for 2024
Stories of Christmas Memories by 8 Christian leaders from across the country and around the world.
December 21, 2024
The Last and the First
Matt Branum, a church planter and minister, tells the story of a Christmas that turned out to be both a last and a first.
December 20, 2024
Lessons From a Train Station in Rome at Christmas
Pino Neglia, a missionary to Italy and Albania, describes 4 lessons he learned in a train station in Rome at Christmas.
December 18, 2024
Christian Standard News Items
A few exciting things that are happening with Christian Standard that you should know about.
December 18, 2024
The Christmas that Stank to High Heaven
Victor Knowles, the Founder and President of Peace On Earth Ministries (POEM) and Editor of One Body Magazine, shares a childhood Christmas memory.
December 25, 2023
The One Thing They Couldn’t Steal
Today, in the final of six Christmas memories that Christian leaders so generously shared with us this season, Christian writer and speaker Seana Scott describes how her family tried to make the best of a nightmare situation. Merry Christmas to all!
December 24, 2023
‘The Spirit of Christmas Eve’ (1906)
In this excerpt from a 1906 essay, Anna D. Bradley responded to a correspondent who contended that Christmas Day was "handed down from heathendom." . . .
December 23, 2022
An Aluminum Tree, a Phonograph, and ‘Snowballs’
Christmas childhood memories can blur together, but one specific Christmas—I think it was 1966—certainly left a lasting impression.
December 18, 2022
An Unprompted Carol Sing at Disney
That night at that Disney amphitheater, Arron Chambers recalls, "I witnessed the uncontainable joy Dad had for Jesus and all things Christmas." (This is the first of eight Christmas reflections Christian leaders will be sharing in the days leading up to the celebration of our Lord's birth.)
December 25, 2021
The Star on Our Christmas Tree
"I've shared every Christmas of my life with the star that sits atop our Christmas tree," writes Shawn McMullen. "I inherited it years ago from my parents." (This is the final installment in a weeklong series of Christmas memories.)
December 24, 2021
An Old-Fashioned Christmas . . . at Any Cost
In this, the sixth of seven Christmas memories leaders are sharing leading up to Christmas Day, retired Christian church minister Tom Ellsworth remembers a snowy journey he and his young family embarked on during his first year as a father.
December 21, 2021
A Tender Christmas Memory
"On Christmas evening, I found a quiet place to call Dad," Jackina Stark writes. "He sounded so good. I wished him a Merry Christmas and asked how his day had been. 'I had a great day!' he said. . . ." (This is another in a series of Christmas memories we are sharing all this week.)
