Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others. It is discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values.

  The Man Behind the Legend Introduction: Vlad III, commonly known as Vlad the Impaler, was a 15th-century ruler of Wallachia, a region in present-day Romania. Born in 1431, he was a member of the House of Dracule`ti, a branch of the House of Basarab. Vlad's reign was marked by his brutal and controversial methods of ruling, which have inspired numerous legends and myths, ...

  In the heart of a dense, enchanted forest, the twilight air was thick with an ethereal mist that wrapped itself around the gnarled tree trunks. The sky, once painted with the fiery hues of sunset, was now a solemn canvas of velvety darkness. Nocturnal creatures began their symphony of hushed whispers and haunting melodies, turning the forest into a realm of shadows and sounds. The ...