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Honolulu, HAWAII — Despite numerous claims that the Missionaries brought Christmas to Hawai`i, that simply isn’t so.
The first Christmas celebration in Hawai`i took place 34 years before the arrival of the Missionaries – who promptly did what they could to discourage any further celebration!...
Ithaca, NEW YORK — Family relationships are on many people’s minds during the holiday season as sounds and images of happy family celebrations dominate the media. Anyone whose experiences don’t live up to the holiday hype may find this difficult or disappointing, but those feelings may be felt even...
O le aufaigaluega a le Matagaluega o Fefaatauaiga (DOC) ma a latou teuga o le Kerisimasi, o lo’o fa’aauau pea ona tautuaina le mamalu o le atunu’u I le aga’i atu I le faamanatuina o le Aso Kerisimasi. [ata foa’i]
This Samoa News photo taken Wednesday afternoon shows that American Samoa Power Authority (ASPA) has added more holiday decorations to their tall Norfolk pine tree at the intersection heading into the ASPA compound in Tafuna. [photo: FS]
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The holiday decorations on the west lawn of the A.P. Lutali Executive Office Building in Utulei where staff from ASG departments and offices decorated their respective Christmas trees as part of the government’s celebration of Christmas in the territory. [photo: FS]
It was Christmas holiday spirit week at the Commerce Department with director, Petti Matila and her staff posing in this DOC photo posted on its Facebook page earlier this week. [photo: DOC Facebook]
Claremont, CA — Discussions about women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also known as the LDS church or Mormon church, often revolve around one question: Will they ever be ordained?
Latter-day Saint women may serve as leaders of women’s or children’s organizations, but power in...
A PALAGI ‘UMU’ … The holiday display put together by the Office of Disaster Assistance and Petroleum Management (ODAPM), as seen in this Samoa News photo taken Monday afternoon. The display is one of the many set up by employees of ASG departments and offices on the lawn of the A.P. Lutali...
Kindergartners at Samoa Baptist Academy performing last Thursday during the school’s annual Christmas program. The school treated levels 3 to 8 to a movie outing at the theater on Friday before the students returned to have their class parties to close the year before their holiday break. [...
Eugene, OREGON — See a container of Cup Noodles at a convenience store and you might think of dorm rooms and cheap calories.
But there was a time when eating from the product’s iconic packaging exuded cosmopolitanism, when the on-the-go meal symbolized possibility – a Japanese industrial food with...