Full Moon Christmas

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This is the very first time in the 21st century to watch the full moon on Christmas Day. The last time the moon was full on Christmas was back in 1977, and astronomers say the next time will occur in 2034.

Step outside to view the full moon until it sets on Christmas morning. And even if you sleep through that, you still very full-looking moon will rise in in the evening.

According to NASA, not since 1977 has a full moon dawned in the skies on Christmas. But this year, a bright full moon will be an added gift for the holidays.

Merry Christmas

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According to Journal of Happiness Studies, An Interdisciplinary Forum on Subjective Well-Being; Despite the importance of Christmas within many cultures, research has not examined the types of experiences and activities that are associated with holiday well-being.

They asked 117 individuals, ranging in age from 18 to 80,to answer questions about their satisfaction, stress, and emotional state during the Christmas season, as well as questions about their experiences, use of money, and consumption behaviors.

Welcome Refugees

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New York City Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the Archbishop of NY, will welcome two refugee families to the celebration of Christmas Midnight Mass at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral.

The first family consists of two brothers, now aged 19 and 17, from El Salvador, who came to the United States last year to escape gang violence and unremitting persecution of their immediate family, which involved robberies and death threats. The two young men joined two older brothers who had earlier come to this country to live.

World Resources

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Media, including TV, radio, newspapers, government contacts around the world

World Net Daily http://www.worldnetdaily.com/

World News from http://pandia.com/news/

Middle East Search Engines: http://www.searchenginewatch.com/links/

Regional_Search_Engines/Middle_East/index.html

World Search Engines by Region: http://www.searchenginewatch.com/links/Regional_Search_Engines/

Search Engines-broken down into 8 types: http://www.searchenginewatch.com/links/
News Search Engines: http://searchenginewatch.com/links/News_Search_Engines/Major_News_Search...

Seasons Greetings

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As the end of another calendar year soon approaches, CITY IMAGES says "Thank You" to all of our loyal visitors for your continued patronage.

For the past years, we made customer satisfaction the hallmark of our service. Your recommendations and personal experiences have guided us in our effort to further expand and improve our service.

In recent months, we have greatly expanded the number of features available and all of us wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas, a happy news year and a 2016 filled with good health, peace and prosperity!

White Christmas

Many crooners have sung about it over the years, some are still dreaming about it.

What are the chances you’ll get to experience a white Christmas, if you happen to live along US East Coast?

NYC White Christmas? Forget about it, not around here. In fact, its shaping up to be the warmest season on record in many communities up and down the Eastern Seaboard from Florida to Maine before Christmas.

Bing Crosby-I'm Dreaming Of A White Christmas https://youtu.be/OIVI4cE9PPo?list=PL4ApWuiyYuubtZTiR8RG9-n0aAT6TqWv5 via @YouTube

White Christmas https://youtu.be/Ooc5eJc5SHA via @YouTube

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Where's The Arab League?

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Since 1945, The Arab League has existed to strengthening relations between the member-states, the coordination of their policies in order to achieve co-operation between them and to safeguard their independence and sovereignty; and a general concern with the affairs and interests of the Arab countries.

Members also keep a close co-operation of the member-states, with due regard to the Organisation and circumstances of each state, on the following matters:

A. Economic and financial affairs, including commercial relations, customs, currency and questions of agriculture an industry.

Unseasonable Greetings

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We usually cover our gardens in the patio with leaves in Autumn, to give them a nice blanket for Winter.

Right now,in NYC there we have roses in December there are the bright green leaves of poppy plants, poking their heads out from under that brown blanket. Go back to sleep, go back to sleep, we want to say. But this month’s warm weather has made them think it’s Spring.

We cross our fingers and wonder how they’ll look in May, after the cold that’s coming freezes those tender shoots.

Welcome Winter Solstice

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Today, we officially welcome The Winter Solstice which marks our longest night if the year.

The winter solstice also means the shortest day of the year, which is Monday night. The solstice occurs at the same instant everywhere on Earth, according to www.earthsky.org

It officially happens tonight at 11:48 p.m. ET, 10:48 p.m. CT, 9:48 p.m. MT and 8:48 p.m. PT. Solstice marks the moment at which the Northern Hemisphere is tilted as far away from the sun as it will be all year.

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