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I don't mean to burst anyone's bubble, but there is no scriptural or historical basis for December 25th actually being the day that Jesus was born.
Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick
Day
Born
Bubble
Historical
December
Being
Anyone
Burst
Mean
Actually
Jesus
Basis
In 1966, I bought my parents a carriage clock for their silver wedding anniversary. It was last wound 30 years later, in December 1996, the month my father died.
Clive Sinclair
Father
Parents
Later
Month
Carriage
Wound
Silver
Wedding
Bought
Anniversary
Years
Clock
Died
December
Last
We're doing a workshop over the first two weeks of December, I believe, with Graciella Daniele directing it.
Cy Coleman
First
Believe
Directing
Weeks
Over
Doing
December
Workshop
Two
Two Weeks
Through the small tall bathroom window the December yard is gray and scratchy, the tree calligraphic.
Dave Eggers
Tree
Bathroom
Window
Small
Through
Tall
Yard
December
Gray
In December 2014, Uber held its annual holiday party on an unfurnished floor at its swank, mood-lit headquarters in San Francisco. Employees and investors attended in flamboyant attire from the Roaring '20s and drank at an open bar into the early morning hours.
Emily Chang
Morning
Employees
Party
Drank
Francisco
Open
Attended
Investors
Roaring
Attire
Headquarters
Hours
Annual
Flamboyant
December
San
San Francisco
Bar
Holiday
Held
Floor
Early
Early Morning
The Caucus I joined in 1953 had as many Boer War veterans as men who had seen active service in World War II, three from each. The Ministry appointed on 5 December 1972 was composed entirely of ex-servicemen: Lance Barnard and me.
Gough Whitlam
Service
War
Me
World
Veterans
Men
Three
Seen
Active
Ministry
Composed
Entirely
Joined
Had
Caucus
December
Who
Many
Each
Appointed
World War
World War II
People think I'm a freemason, and I'm not. People think I believe the end of the world is coming on 21 December 2012, and I don't.
Graham Hancock
People
World
Believe
Think
Coming
End
End Of The World
December
I was born December 21, 1917, in Cologne, on the Rhine, the son of the sculptor and cabinet-maker, Viktor Boell, and his wife, Maria, nee Hermanns.
Heinrich Boll
Son
Wife
Born
Cologne
His
December
Sculptor
Maria
As early as December 1945, I accompanied my wife and a few relatives in their return from evacuation in the countryside to Cologne, where over the years we settled down in a destroyed house.
Heinrich Boll
Wife
Relatives
Few
Down
Settled
Destroyed
Cologne
Over
Countryside
House
Return
Accompanied
Years
December
Where
Evacuation
Early
At the Imperial Conference on December 1, it was decided to make war against England and the United States.
Hideki Tojo
War
States
Imperial
Make
Conference
December
Decided
Against
England
United
United States
If it's December 1941 in Casablanca, what time is it in New York?
Howard E. Koch
Time
Casablanca
New
York
December
New York
I have lived with passion and in a hurry, trying to accomplish too many things. I never had time to think about my beliefs until my 28-year-old daughter Paula fell ill. She was in a coma for a year, and I took care of her at home until she died in my arms in December of 1992.
Isabel Allende
Time
Home
Passion
Care
Daughter
Year
Think
Too
Took
Hurry
About
Never
Had
Fell
Until
She
Arms
Accomplish
Trying
Died
December
Paula
Ill
Many
Beliefs
Lived
Her
Things
As for September 11, let us not too easily grant the Americans possession of that date on the calendar. Like May 1 or July 14 or December 25, September 11 may seem full of significance to some people, while to other people it is just another day.
J. M. Coetzee
Day
People
Some People
September
Too
Other
Possession
Easily
Significance
Some
Seem
Date
Like
Calendar
Another
Another Day
July
American
May
December
Just
While
Us
Full
Grant
Let Us
On December 5, 1941, Chicago led a task force built around the carrier Lexington to Midway Island, at the western end of the Hawaiian Islands, about 1,000 miles from Pearl Harbor.
Jack Adams
Carrier
About
Hawaiian
Force
Around
Island
Islands
Built
Led
Chicago
Western
End
Task
Task Force
December
Midway
Harbor
Miles
Pearl
Pearl Harbor
Lexington
Here's a bit of Discovery Channel for you - apples don't last forever. They can stay fresh for a long time, especially when refrigerated, but definitely not from December into the month of March.
Jen Lancaster
Time
You
Long
Long Time
Channel
Month
Bit
Definitely
Stay
Fresh
Discovery
Forever
December
March
Apples
Here
Last
It's hard for anyone in the 24-hour news cycles that we all live in now to follow something that the first round is played in March and the final finishes in December. I understand the challenges there.
Jim Courier
News
Challenges
First
Live
Final
Follow
Something
Finishes
Understand
December
Anyone
Cycles
Hard
Now
Round
March
Played
I got sober for good on December 7, 2008.
Jodie Sweetin
Good
Got
December
Sober
Throughout my teenage years, I read 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens every December. It was a story that never failed to excite me, for as well as being a Dickens enthusiast, I have always loved ghost stories.
John Boyne
Christmas
Me
Every
Teenage
Teenage Years
Carol
Ghost
Ghost Stories
Charles
Charles Dickens
Enthusiast
Throughout
Never
Excite
Failed
Well
Read
Always
Years
Dickens
December
Being
Stories
Loved
Story
For more than a decade, I led an organization that put on an elaborate Christmas program each December. It was a big production, with over 250 people participating in more than 20 performances. By the end of the season, everyone who participated was exhausted.
John C. Maxwell
Christmas
People
Organization
Big
Exhausted
Everyone
More
Put
Performance
Participating
Over
Led
End
Than
Decade
December
Elaborate
Production
Who
Each
Season
Program
I was nine or 10 years old and my father was sacked on Christmas Day. He was a manager, the results had not been good, he lost a game on December 22 or 23. On Christmas Day, the telephone rang and he was sacked in the middle of our lunch.
Jose Mourinho
Christmas
Good
Day
Game
Old
Christmas Day
Father
Lost
Lunch
Nine
Our
Telephone
Rang
Results
Sacked
Had
He
Been
Years
Manager
December
Middle
I'm often in Venice in November and December, when it's foggy and wintry, and the decorations in the shops and the lights in the churches make the place feel both Christmassy and melancholic.
Juergen Teller
November
Churches
Foggy
Both
Feel
Lights
Venice
Make
Shops
Often
December
Place
When I was at Madrid, I knew even by the December of that season that I would be sacked, and if they hadn't dismissed me, I would have resigned.
Jupp Heynckes
Me
Would
Would-Be
Madrid
Sacked
Knew
December
Dismissed
Even
Season
Resigned
I would anticipate that the Electoral College will be held on the 13th of December, and our 20 electorate votes will go to the certified winner.
Kenneth Blackwell
Will
College
Winner
Our
Would
Votes
Go
Anticipate
December
Held
Electoral
Electoral College
Electorate
Certified
In the month of December, it was my ultimate mission to find and honor the special people in my cities and provide them with experiences they would never forget.
Khris Middleton
People
Honor
Month
Cities
Would
Find
Never
Never Forget
Mission
Ultimate
Provide
Forget
December
Experiences
Them
Special
In the relatively short time frame of December 2015 to March 2017, nearly half of all young Republicans left their party at some point, with roughly a quarter bidding the GOP adieu for good.
Kristen Soltis Anderson
Time
Good
Half
Party
Young
Frame
Relatively
Some
Point
GOP
Bidding
Quarter
Time Frame
Left
December
Short
Short Time
Republicans
Roughly
March
Nearly
Let's think about where things stood in December 2015. By that time, Republicans had already had such epic and long-standing struggles with young people that I'd written a whole book about it. Additionally, Republicans had already had a bruising start to their primary season.
Kristen Soltis Anderson
Time
Book
People
Young
Think
Additionally
About
Struggles
Had
Written
Primary
Long-Standing
Stood
December
Where
Republicans
Young People
Epic
Whole
Season
Things
Start
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