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function hideFromBots(strE)
dim bots, re, c
bots = Array("^EmailSiphon","^EmailWolf","^ExtractorPro","^Mozilla.*NEWT","^Crescent","^CherryPicker","^[Ww]eb[Bb]andit","^WebEMailExtrac.*","^NICErsPRO","^Telesoft","^Zeus.*Webster","^Microsoft.URL","^Mozilla/3.Mozilla/2.01","^Xenu.*Link.*Sleuth.*","^EmailCollector")
for each spambot in bots
Set re = new RegExp
re.IgnoreCase = false
re.global = false
re.Pattern = spambot
if re.Test(request.servervariables("HTTP_USER_AGENT")) then c=c+1
next
if c>0 then
hideFromBots="Email address witheld"
else
hideFromBots=strE
end if
end function
%>
Topic - Christmas
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Topic's Cross Reference |
Christmas
SORRY, WRONG NUMBER
| ID: |
851201 |
| Description: |
A husband and wife shop for their
son’s Christmas gift from a misplaced and outdated catalog. After a phone call and
several transfers within the department store, the husband finally discovers they still
carry the item. The wife finally locates the catalog only to discover it was a different
item she wanted for her son. Without the right facts and planning, the simplest things are
impossible. |
| Category: |
Comedy, Slice of Life |
| Actors: |
2 * |
| Time: |
6 min. |
USED FOR CHRISTMAS
| ID: |
851208 |
| Description: |
Two Christmas trees are in the
forest and wishing for a home. One tree believes he has found his purpose in life only to
have the adoration fade fast when Christmas is over. Christmas is only of any value if it
lives in our lives all year, not just on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. |
| Category: |
Comedy, Object Lesson |
| Actors: |
2 * + extras |
| Time: |
6 min. |
THE MISSING PIECE
| ID: |
851222 |
| Description: |
The puzzle that has had a missing
piece for years, becomes the centerpiece as two brothers and their wives get together for
their traditional Christmas jig saw puzzle party. This triggers one of the brothers to
look at the emptiness of his life. You can function in life and still have a missing
piece, is that piece Christ? |
| Category: |
Drama, Slice of Life |
| Actors: |
4 * |
| Time: |
4 min. |
SHOPPER’S FAIRE
| ID: |
861130 |
| Description: |
An agreeable but harried clerk is
faced with a growing long line of customers while a small boy pays in pennies. The peace
of the season seems far away. Peace vs. Anxiety |
| Category: |
Comedy, Object Lesson |
| Actors: |
7 * + extras |
| Time: |
7 min. |
SANTA’S CHRISTMAS
PRESENCE
| ID: |
861207 |
| Description: |
The loneliness that accompanies the
Christmas season for a single mother whose son is grown and gone, is broken by another
lonely individual who takes the initiative to reach out and touch this women in need. The
true power of Christmas is God breaking into our world with His presence. |
| Category: |
Drama, Slice of Life |
| Actors: |
2 * |
| Time: |
6 min. |
LUNCH WITH SANTA
| ID: |
871129 |
| Description: |
At a shopping mall, Santa brings
with him memories of a painful past Christmas to two girls. One of the girls asks her
friend to look to the real meaning of the season. It’s not the good or bad human
traditions that should shape our view of the miracle of Jesus’ birth. |
| Category: |
Comedy-Drama, Object Lesson |
| Actors: |
3 * |
| Time: |
8 min. |
A CLEAR AND PRESENT PEACE
| ID: |
871213 |
| Description: |
Along with preparing the Christmas
festivities, a family faces the uncertainty of knowing whether or not their Navy son who
was dispatched to a country threatened by war, was able to make his way home. The peace of
God is most clear and present when we are fearful by the world’s standards. |
| Category: |
Drama, Slice of Life |
| Actors: |
6 * + 1 VO |
| Time: |
8 min. |
THE FLOPPY EARED DOG
| ID: |
871227 |
| Description: |
Feelings of inadequacy begin to
overcome an old stuffed toy floppy eared dog (with no ears) when he converses with the
newer toys which have more ‘bells and whistles’ than he. His disparity is
quelled when he discovers that the child he belongs to still loves him for who he is
without regard to what he can or cannot do, nor what he looks like. |
| Category: |
Comedy, Object Lesson |
| Actors: |
6 * + 1 VO |
| Time: |
7 min. |
CHRISTMAS CATTLE CALL
| ID: |
881211 |
| Description: |
Two friends struggle with the fear
of being "sucked in" by the commercialization of Christmas. They are ultimately
pulled into the crowd by special announcements of items at bargain prices. We can easily
miss the love of God in the birth of His son, when we look at the trappings of the season. |
| Category: |
Comedy, Object Lesson |
| Actors: |
2 * + 1 VO, 8 extras |
| Time: |
8 min. |
A SIGNIFICANT EVENT
| ID: |
891210 |
| Description: |
In a maternity ward, on Christmas
Eve, a father-to-be is so overcome with the excitement of video taping the event that he
appears to have lost his grasp of the importance of the event. The doctor, curious of the
father’s antics, becomes aware that the father is quite in touch with the
significance of the hope this birth means to his family to continue and parallels the
event with the birth of Christ which gives hope to mankind. |
| Category: |
Comedy, Object Lesson |
| Actors: |
4 * |
| Time: |
10 min. |
TWELVE DAYS REVISITED
| ID: |
891224 |
| Description: |
To the tune of "The Twelve Days
of Christmas", a comical rendition utilizing typical holiday gifts (the ones nobody
wants to receive) are substituted for the first eleven days, completing with the only gift
that matters, Christ as the final gift from God. |
| Category: |
Comedy, Object Lesson |
| Actors: |
15 * |
| Time: |
17 min. |
GIFT WRAP
| ID: |
911222 |
| Description: |
A customer learns humility in the
hubbub of the Christmas rush as he purchases a wedding gift then attempts to have it gift
wrapped. The clerks are slow to assist and incompetent to boot. However, after coming to
terms with his anger, he reassesses his position and gets a new perspective of the
situation. We have to have a heart for God’s perspective even when we have every
reason to be angry. |
| Category: |
Comedy, Object Lesson |
| Actors: |
3 * |
| Time: |
9 min. |
BE STILL MY HEART
| ID: |
921220 |
| Description: |
The life of Mary, mother of Jesus is
portrayed. From the news delivered to her by Gabriel, through the life of the Son, to the
death and resurrection of the Son, to her golden years, this drama brings to light some of
the emotions Mary may have experienced as the mother of our Lord. |
| Category: |
Drama, Slice of Life |
| Actors: |
1 * |
| Time: |
20 min. |
THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS
| ID: |
931224 |
| Description: |
A mother had the perfect Christmas
planned for her family, down to the carolers and surprise visits, but it begins to
unravel. She has lost touch with the deeper meaning of Christmas. Ironically, she has also
lost baby Jesus out of the nativity scene. When her young child brings it to her she
reacts with an outburst of anger. It is so easy to lose the focus of the true meaning of
Christmas. |
| Category: |
Comedy, Object Lesson |
| Actors: |
10 * + 2 extras |
| Time: |
10 min. |
CHRISTMAS DUOLOGUE
| ID: |
931226 |
| Description: |
A husband and wife review the
demands placed on them at Christmas. These demands keep drawing them away from the family.
Some of them are important but can the time lost with children and parents ever be
replaced? The final summation: respond to the responsibilities which are far reaching,
long term significance. Look to God and He can help you prioritize your life. |
| Category: |
Comedy, Slice of Life |
| Actors: |
2 * |
| Time: |
9 min. |
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