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War on Christmas? Bah, humbug!

21 hours ago ago from WNYMedia.net

I don't wear my religion on my sleeve, but I am a religious person. I'm a Christian. I believe in the almighty God and his son Jesus Christ. I attempt to practice Christian values, including the celebration of the birth of Christ, which we call Christmas. I put this out there to stave off any hate mail which might refer to me as a “Godless commie” or whatever. Hate mail is welcome, but don't write it under false pretenses, okay? The ...

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7 hours ago ago from Holiday Rap - Holidays on the Net Holiday Blog

Did You Know? Facts, Figures & Folklore about Christmas Dec 23 : 02 days till Christmas Did you know that the tradition of kissing under the mistletoe dates back to the Middle Ages? Originally, the custom held that for each kiss under the mistletoe, one berry should be removed from the mistletoe branch. Once all the berries were removed, no more kissing was allowed! Couples avoid this prohibition today by dispensing with the ...

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5 hours ago ago from Proud Atheists

FFreeThinker tells us a little background about the origins of the symbolism and practices regarding the Christian holiday, Christmas. Many traditions and aspects of the modern Christmas celebration were taken from the Pagans, Mithraic and even Magi. Christmas is an annual holiday, celebrated on December 25, that commemorates the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. The date of commemoration is not known to be Jesus' actual birthday, ...

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6 hours ago ago from Hello Universe, This Is Nessie

Tired of hearing Christians complaining about how people are calling Christmas Xmas'. Christmas has become a blanket term for the end of year holidays for lots of people, and I personally have no problem referring to it as Christmas, Xmas, or the Holidays. If you want someone to blame for this Xmas travesty', blame the Catholic Church for centuries of enforced Christianity on millions of people so that any alternative view was considered ...

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23 hours ago ago from AS IT STANDS

The following article ran in the New York Times in 2004. I’m bringing it up again because the debate about taking religion out of Christmas still goes on today. What do you say? Should Jesus Christ climb down from the Christmas Tree this year? Or, should Christmas continue to mix the secular with the religious parts of the holiday? Excerpt: “A pastor in Raleigh, N.C., took out a full-page newspaper ad in November exhorting ...

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Irene Monroe: The Right's Bogus War on Christmas

22 hours ago ago from Huffington Post

What's in a greeting? With Ramadan, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Winter Solstice and Christmas all going on this time of year, one would think that an all-inclusive seasonal greeting emblematic of our nation's religious diversity would be embraced by us all with two simple words -- Happy Holidays! However, the season's greeting is the ongoing chapter in the culture war spearheaded in 2005 by what the Christian Right calls the "War on Christmas." ...

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