Today's American Minute

Freezing Valley Forge, 1777, and Starving Ships "If those few thousand men endured that long winter of suffering ... what right have we to be of little faith?" -American Minute with Bill Federer

& Starving Ships "If those few thousand men endured that long winter of suffering ... what right have we to be of little faith?" 1777 Freezing Valley Forge

Freezing Valley Forge, 1777, and Starving Ships "If those few thousand men endured that long winter of suffering ... what right have we to be of little faith?" -American Minute with Bill Federer

Washington added: "... that unless some great and capital change suddenly takes place ... this Army must inevitably ... starve, dissolve, or disperse, in order to obtain subsistence in the best manner they can."

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Freezing Battle of the Bulge 1944 "We will, with God's help, go forward to victory" - American Minute with Bill Federer

Battle of the Bulge--Freezing Winter 1944 WWII "We will go forward to victory" with God's help

Freezing Battle of the Bulge 1944 "We will, with God's help, go forward to victory" - American Minute with Bill Federer

German commander Heinrich Freiherr von Luttwitz demanded Americans surrender. On December 22, 1944, U.S. Brigadier General Anthony McAuliffe answered: "To the German Commander. NUTS!"

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How Saint Nicholas became Santa Claus - American Minute with Bill Federer

How Saint Nicholas became Santa Claus - American Minute with Bill Federer

Dutch called Saint Nicholas - "Sant Nikolaus" or "Sinter Klass," which became pronounced "Santa Claus." "Santa Claus" is the Dutch pronunciation of Saint Nicholas.

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Who was the Real Saint Nicholas? - American Minute with Bill Federer

Saint Nicholas & Origins of Secret Gift-Giving!

Who was the Real Saint Nicholas? - American Minute with Bill Federer

Greek Orthodox tradition tells of Saint Nicholas being born around AD 280, the only child of a wealthy, elderly couple who lived in Patara, Asia Minor (present-day Turkey) ... He generously gave to the poor, but he did so anonymously, as he wanted the glory to go to God. About this time, in the 3rd century, the pietist-monastic movement spread, where sincere converts to Christianity would give away all their money and possessions, then withdraw from the world to live in a cave as a hermit or join a monastery ...

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Christmas celebrated for 2,000 years, praised in Presidential Christmas Messages - American Minute with Bill Federer

Christmas celebrated for 2,000 years, praised in Presidential Christmas Messages - American Minute with Bill Federer

"Christmas ... is the most sacred and hopeful day in our civilization. " -President John F. Kennedy stated December 17, 1962

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