PUBLIC MARKS with tag christmas

The truth is, anytime someone starts talking to you about how Christians are persecuted in the United States, you are -- right then and right there -- talking to a retard.

In addition to celebrating the birth of our Savior, Christmas is also a time when "nice" children eagerly await a gift in their stocking. On the other hand, those who are "naughty" are told that only a lump of coal awaits them. In politics, this practice would yield record profits for the coal industry as the Democrats have set new standards in obstruction, attacks, and rhetoric.

Attorneys with the Thomas More Law Center, a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, will attend town council meetings in the Village of Wellington, Florida, and the Borough of Beaver, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, December 13, 2005, to request that their clients be permitted to erect nativity scenes on public property.

A Christian attorney says recent acts of censorship indicate Christmas is under attack in public schools across the United States. One Ohio high school principal, for example, recently renamed the school's Christmas tree and concert a "holiday tree" and a "holiday concert." Similarly, a Missouri school superintendent informed fine arts teachers in his district that an upcoming winter assembly may not include "direct references to Christmas or the birth of Jesus," and a Wisconsin school district has banned all Christian Christmas songs.

School changes beloved Christmas carol to 'Cold in the Night' with all new lyrics For a performance in its "winter program," a Wisconsin elementary school has changed the beloved Christmas carol "Silent Night," calling the song "Cold in the Night" and secularizing the lyrics.

A Christmas tree in the Purdue Memorial Union's Great Hall is being called the "Union tree," a name some think is more inclusive of all holiday celebrations but others think is silly. It's the second time the tree's name has caused a stir. Last year, the Purdue Student Union Board, which oversees the installation of the tree, asked that it be referred to simply as a "holiday" tree.

Christmas is alive and well at the White House despite the fact that the name of the holiday does not appear on the 2005 greeting cards of President Bush and first lady Laura Bush. There's an 18-foot Christmas tree in the Blue Room and an 18th-century Italian creche in the East Room. Official White House Christmas ornaments are for sale, and presidential aides and advisers wish one another "Merry Christmas."

First it was schools that banned the singing of Christmas carols. Then another banned carols played only by instruments with no lyrics being presented. Now a school district has banned the colors red and green from a "Winter Break Party," requiring parents to bring only white plates and napkins.

Teachers at a Georgia elementary school reportedly were told to nix any religious pins and refrain from referring to a party as a "Christmas" party, while the local district has censored certain religious Christmas songs from its "winter" program.

A leader at Auburn University is calling on her student government to reclaim a recently dubbed "Holiday tree" as a Christmas tree.

Religious-liberty attorneys have contacted a Wisconsin school district that consistently forbids Christian Christmas carols from being sung in music programs but finds nothing wrong with Hanukkah songs.

Christmas clipart images ready to download and decorate your holiday stationery and websites.

Yep, despite the political correctness of happy holidays and other bizarre things, The Blog Herald’s Christmas Awards return for another year.