Holidays

The Christmas Wars remind me of a phenomenon that I see repeatedly during volunteer efforts. If I'm in a meeting and a person doesn't like a particular idea, one of the favorite tacts is to raise the specter of liability. "I don't think

Funny stuff: > In keeping with the spirit of political correctness, the Catholic League recommends the adoption of the following songs at Holidaytime: > “I'm Dreaming of a White Holiday”; “O Holiday Tree”; “All I Want for The Holiday Is My Two Front Teeth; “We Wish You a

A reader writes in response to yesterday's post [https://thedailyeudemon.com/3310/] about the Wisconsin school that secularized Silent Night and brought in Labafana the Witch. According to the reader, Labafana has Christian origins, and she referred me to this Wikipedia page [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Befana]

FYI [http://wireservice.wired.com/wired/story.asp?section=Breaking&storyId=1129685&tw=wn_wire_story] : > Pope Benedict warned on Sunday against rampant materialism which he said was polluting the spirit of Christmas. > "In today's consumer society, this time of the year unfortunately

I always wondered about this: > Most children start questioning the existence of Santa Claus when they are between 6 and 8. By the time they are 9 or 10, most have ceased believing entirely, said Paul Harris, a developmental psychologist and a professor at Harvard University. Link [http://www.

The "Christmas Wars" make me a little bit uneasy, but they're necessary. The secularists have beaten the tar out of Christians for too long, and it results in things like the practice in one Ridgeway, Wisconsin elementary school [http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/12/82005a.asp]

Free Christmas coloring pages for your children [http://www.apples4theteacher.com/coloring-pages/christmas/index.html].

Give the guy credit. I don't think I could think of any more effective way to desecrate Christmas, a holiday based on innocence and the love of simplicity that is the manger. > Blown-up images of [Paris] Hilton and strings of pink Christmas lights adorn the front

Look at the bright side: Only the good can be defiled. These mutants prove the good of Santa Claus, I guess: > In 1994, the San Francisco chapter of the Cacophony Society staged the world's very first SantaCon. Influenced by the surrealist movement, Discordianism, and other subversive art

Great news for the good news season: According to the LA Times this morning [http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-christmas9dec09,0,4039464.story?coll=la-home-headlines] , Lowe's, Target, Walgreens, Macy's, and others have made efforts to bring the word "Christmas&