Christians can be hard to buy gifts for. You've gotta know what they're into, what kinds of gifts they'd consider sinful, and most of all, what denomination they're a part of. There's no holiday faux pas like accidentally gifting a John MacArthur book to a charismatic.
Published: Tuesday, February 27th, 2024 @ 5:33 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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It's that time of year, men! It's time to gather up all the love and appreciation you feel for your wife all year long and make a last-minute trip to the Walgreens down on the corner to buy her the perfect Christmas gift.
Published: Monday, December 25th, 2023 @ 1:32 am
By: Babylon Bee
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Women scientists at Johns Hopkins have agreed that gift bags must contain a bare minimum of 63 pieces of perfectly crinkled tissue paper.
Published: Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023 @ 2:53 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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Despite a Christmas haul that included a $250 Marvel-themed "Sanctum Sanctorum" LEGO set, the long-range "NERF Ultra Pharoah Blaster" gun for $50, and an Xbox for $499, the most coveted gift among the children in the Coogan household this year was the wrapping paper tube
Published: Friday, January 6th, 2023 @ 8:34 am
By: Babylon Bee
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Do you homeschool your kids? Ew! Where will they learn social skills? Aren't you concerned about that? Oh well--even weird homeschoolers deserve a good Christmas, so here are some gift ideas to help you out!
Published: Tuesday, January 3rd, 2023 @ 11:59 am
By: Babylon Bee
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Raising a libertarian child can be tough, especially since they see your authority as totally illegitimate and say things like "AM I BEING DETAINED?" when you tell them to clean their room.
Published: Saturday, December 24th, 2022 @ 10:32 am
By: Babylon Bee
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After years of struggling to purchase his wife the right gift for Christmas, one local man started listening in October for ideas. His attentiveness gave him the idea of buying his wife a new, rechargeable vacuum
Published: Friday, December 23rd, 2022 @ 1:27 am
By: Babylon Bee
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IRS agents kicked off a new holiday tradition this week as they began nationwide canvassing of taxpayers' homes, sliding down their chimneys in search of undeclared gifts worth $600 or more.
Published: Saturday, December 10th, 2022 @ 6:25 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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Joe Biden is the most popular president in history. You can't throw a rock without hitting someone who voted for him! So, the chances are high that someone you love is a Biden voter.
Published: Saturday, November 26th, 2022 @ 9:59 am
By: Babylon Bee
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Pirate Nation raises nearly $70 million through gifts and commitments
Published: Sunday, August 7th, 2022 @ 9:50 am
By: ECU News Services
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Hispanic conservative grassroots group, LIBRE Initiative, handed out gift cards at a grocery store in Charlotte to highlight the struggle of N.C. families to make ends meet under history inflation.
Published: Saturday, July 9th, 2022 @ 6:43 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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According to inside sources, the Capitol Gift Shop has been inundated with tourists looking for Jan 6 hearing souvenirs leading one irritated employee to tack up a large sign at the entrance to the store reading “NO WE DO NOT SELL BUFFALO HAT SOUVENIRS”.
Published: Saturday, July 2nd, 2022 @ 7:41 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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Father's Day is fast approaching. If you want to support the patriarchy you're going to pony up the cash to honor your father or he'll think you don't care! Manly gifts only!
Published: Saturday, June 11th, 2022 @ 7:46 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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As I pondered what to write about for Christmas, I mentally thumbed through previous columns on Christmas music, Christmas cats, and Christmas trips.
Published: Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021 @ 12:51 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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Lew Uhler, Peter Ferrara, and Joe Yocca write for Issues and Insights about President Biden’s destructive impact on American families’ daily lives.
Published: Friday, October 29th, 2021 @ 7:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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From Aug. 4 through Aug. 31, the $100 Summer Cards are available to anyone 18 and older who gets their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine at a participating site — while supplies last.
Published: Wednesday, October 27th, 2021 @ 1:00 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Among the pagan-inspired customs of the Christmas season, there has come to be the ritualistic burning of the straw man.
Published: Sunday, December 27th, 2020 @ 10:18 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Donors make largest planned gift in allied health history
Published: Monday, December 21st, 2020 @ 1:18 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Donor’s gift will benefit Brody School of Medicine
Published: Friday, November 6th, 2020 @ 12:21 am
By: ECU News Services
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Seeking the things of the world can be too dangerous a compromise for the faithful, the author explains
Published: Wednesday, October 23rd, 2019 @ 5:18 pm
By: LifeZette
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From Marfa, an apparel, accessory, and gift store for men, women, and children, is set to open in Uptown early Spring.
Published: Wednesday, March 27th, 2019 @ 12:23 pm
By: Daniel Bunting
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A day in November is often born, on a frosty, foggy, chilly morn.
Published: Monday, November 13th, 2017 @ 12:59 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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What's on your Christmas list this year? I must say it has become more and more difficult through the years for me to give my husband any clue as to what I might want for Christmas.
Published: Sunday, December 4th, 2016 @ 11:04 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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It's back-to-school time and parents everywhere want not only to encourage their children academically, but also want to know how their child's school is performing.
Published: Thursday, October 13th, 2016 @ 11:45 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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It's happening again: a topic catches my eye and suddenly I see it everywhere until usually it disappears. The topic of cursive writing or the lack thereof caught my attention a few years back but has yet to show any signs of fading away.
Published: Sunday, April 3rd, 2016 @ 12:07 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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If you are cursed with that dreaded of all mental conditions of having an overactive mind that requires constant input, I have a suggestion for you.
Published: Wednesday, January 13th, 2016 @ 1:41 am
By: Bobby Tony
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I seem to have a problem keeping watches, and I had a sudden ah-ha today that my problem began the Christmas I was eight years old.
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2016 @ 6:37 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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I've had a few cats through the years, starting with Baggins and Swoop. We were in our Lord of the Rings phase when we named them - long before there were Lord of the Rings movies.
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 11:20 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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Sometime during this season you will no doubt hear or maybe even sing "The Twelve Days of Christmas." This spirited cumulative song, with each verse built upon the previous one, lists the increasingly lavish gifts given by the recipient's true love.
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 7:29 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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List ten books that have stayed with you; don't take more than a few minutes; don't think too hard.
Published: Wednesday, October 21st, 2015 @ 11:10 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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If you have someone on your Christmas list who is hard to shop for but likes to pursue new interests then how about giving them the gift of learning?
Published: Tuesday, December 2nd, 2014 @ 7:31 pm
By: Judy Jennette
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n anonymous gift of $1 million will enable the Family Autism Center at East Carolina University to increase professional staff and expand services for people with autism in eastern North Carolina.
Published: Thursday, July 24th, 2014 @ 5:33 pm
By: ECU News Services
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