[00:00.00]Her parents were slightly nervous [00:02.73]experiencing some negative feelings [00:05.79]about Megan leaving the safety of [00:07.76]home to live in another country. [00:10.83]They knew the experience [00:13.12]would broaden her horizons;...
[00:00.00]Megan had attended secondary school [00:03.60]at a private girls'school [00:05.67]five hundred kilometers from home. [00:08.52]In junior school she had [00:10.81]been a straight A student. [00:12.79]Now in high school [00:14.43]she continue...
[00:12.90]A Preface to Murder [00:15.63]Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. [00:21.43]Sometimes life deals us a bad hand. [00:25.26]Sometimes it is hard to go on. [00:28.98]Sometimes evil triumphs over good. [00:32.80]Nancy sighed heavily as [0...
[00:00.00]He offered his assistance, [00:02.39]whenever I needed it. [00:04.14]He offered his company for comfort, [00:06.11]when death visited my door. [00:08.85]What did he derive from [00:11.14]this agenda, but a few [00:13.33]paltry words in a fo...
[00:00.00]His first writing assignment [00:02.29]revealed the fact that [00:04.15]he liked me and that [00:05.24]he hoped we could be friends, [00:06.77]very good friends. [00:08.64] At that time neither of us [00:11.15]suspected just how true [00:13...
[00:12.57]A Time to Say Hello [00:14.53]The year began softly. [00:20.12]The weather in Southern China was [00:22.74]warm and so were the students. [00:25.14]The unexpected events of the year [00:28.11]to come began to unfold, [00:29.63]much too soon...
[00:00.00]For many merchants, Christmas [00:03.27]has become the economic [00:04.69]boom season of the year. [00:07.32]It is estimated that [00:09.50]a major percentage of the annual [00:11.36]yield of revenue from sales [00:13.44]is generated during...
[00:00.00]The first Christmas cards [00:02.07]were sent in the 1840s [00:03.82]in both England and America. [00:07.43]Gift giving probably stems [00:10.05]from the Bible where [00:11.58]it is written that [00:12.90]three kings, bearing gifts [00:15.1...
[00:00.00]Christmas carols, or Christmas religious songs, [00:05.58]began in the Middle Ages [00:07.42]when people danced and [00:08.84]sang religious songs on village greens [00:10.49](central gathering areas [00:13.77]in small towns and villages) [...
[00:00.00]St. Nicholas was an [00:02.62]early Christian Bishop of Patara [00:04.91]of the Lycian seaport [00:06.88](in present day Turkey) [00:09.40]in the 4th century A.D. [00:11.26]The Roman Emperor Diocletian, [00:14.43]who persecuted Christians,...
