by DrJohn | Dec 25, 2015 | Christianity, Daily Distraction, Holidays, Islam, Judaism, Uncategorized, War on Christmas
A Charlie Brown Christmas first aired in 1965. I loved it back then and I love it today. It spoke from the heart of Charles Schultz, innocent and genuine. It offered a lesson in simplicity, in purity- a lesson of the heart. It was one of the early broadcast...
by Wordsmith | Dec 25, 2014 | American Exceptionalism, Christianity, Culture, Islam, Judaism, Religion, War on Christmas
Christmas. It’s not just for Christians, anymore. I recognize that Christmas is a Christian, religious holiday- I love that it is! That the “Christ” in “Christmas” belongs there, unmolested. But as a non-Christian who has grown up...
by Wordsmith | Dec 25, 2013 | ACLU, Holidays, Sunday Funnies, War on Christmas
WordsmithA former fetus, the “wordsmith from nantucket” was born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1968. Adopted at birth, wordsmith grew up a military brat. He achieved his B.A. in English from the University of California, Los Angeles (graduating in the top 97% of his class),...
by Larry Weisenthal | Dec 4, 2012 | Holidays, Religion, War on Christmas
‘Tis the time of year for the annual “war on Christmas” complaints. The idea is that there is a secular plot to undermine Christmas through the use of terms like “Happy Holidays,” “Holiday Tree,” “holiday cards,”...
by Wordsmith | Nov 20, 2012 | 1st Amendment, American Exceptionalism, Christianity, Culture, War on Christmas
HuffPo: LOS ANGELES — There's no room for the baby Jesus, the manger or the wise men this Christmas in a Santa Monica park following a judge's ruling Monday against churches that tried to keep a 60-year Nativity tradition alive after atheists stole the show...
by Wordsmith | Nov 17, 2011 | 1st Amendment, ACLU, Culture, political correctness, Religion, Social Studies, War on Christmas
Wanna know how to make Cancer patients feel better? Fire Santa. It’s not even Thanksgiving yet and Santa Claus was fired then rehired (after a firestorm of “passionate response” from the public) at Hollings Cancer Center in Charleston, South...
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