Fond memories of the way Christmas used to be 
I recently heard the Christmas season referred to as a season for profit, and a commercial circus. In the Seattle airport, a complaint led to the removal of several dozen decorated Christmas trees; but the city of Mobile has begun calling their annual parade a Christmas Parade again instead of a Holiday Parade. In busy stores, Ive overheard such remarks as, Hush!

Two More Cruises Return To Port With Sickened Passengers 
The world’s largest cruise ship was held in port Monday for intensive cleaning after a second outbreak of gastrointestinal illness in two voyages sickened 106 people.