Posts Tagged ‘christmas’
State Dept. Hinders Visa Security Program
Judicial Watch, Corruption Chronicles Under the leadership of Hillary Clinton, the State Department is reportedly impeding a crucial program designed to prevent terrorists from obtaining visas to enter the United States. Legislation enacted after the 2001 terrorist attacks established the Visa Security [...]
Icebound: The Story of Shackleton’s Antarctic Voyage
by Dennis Behreandt Frank Worsley, his muscles tensed and his face etched in grim determination, tossed uncomfortably in his sleep. In his mind surreal images tormented him. Giant blocks of ice tinged with a primordial blue jostled and bucked their way down Burlington Street, which was, in the dream, weirdly flooded. The monstrous floes of [...]
Christmas In School Means Inclusiveness — Phyllis Schlafly
by Phyllis Schlafly In Waterbury, Connecticut, Walsh Elementary School had a “winter celebration” in December, but no religious or even secular symbols such as Santa Claus or Christmas trees were permitted. The principal banned Christmas parties in classrooms as well as Christmas decorations because he didn’t want to offend some students. [...]
The Twelve Days of Christmas: The History Behind the Tradition
American Minute with Bill Federer In 567 AD, the Council of Tours ended a dispute. Western Europe celebrated Christmas, December 25, and Eastern Europe celebrated Epiphany, JANUARY 6, recalling the Wise Men's visit and Jesus' baptism. The Council made all 12 days from December 25 to January 6 "holy days" or "holidays," thus the "Twelve Days of [...]
Tis the Season to be Bigoted — Phil Brennan
Perspectives With Phil Brennan Informed Views from Outside the Beltway Once upon a time, a long, long time ago, most Americans recognized that Christmas is what we Christians call a feast day, and we celebrated it accordingly. In short, Christmas is the day we choose to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, and not merely the arrival of jolly old [...]
The Second Most Important Christmas — Schlafly
Liberty Letters, Phyllis Schlafly Americans today are searching for a leader, a good man who stands on principle and can lead us to adopt the right policies for our nation. Leadership requires many important qualities, and one we sometimes overlook is that a leader must be willing to take risks for the cause he believes in. I suggest that anyone [...]
What Dickens Scrooge Should Teach Us — Farrell
The Moral Liberal with Steve Farrell A cynical conservative magazine I used to subscribe to did the most irritating thing come every Christmas. They would go out of their way to destroy – no, annihilate – my family's and perhaps your family's favorite Christmas story, Charles Dickens' classic work, "A Christmas Carol." When Dickens' [...]
More Than a Wise Teacher: The Divine Son — 4 U.S. Presidents Contemplate the Christ
American Minute with Bill Federer President Hoover wrote in 1932: "Your CHRISTMAS Service held each year at the foot of a living tree which was alive at the time of the birth of Christ ... should be continued as a further symbol of the unbroken chain of life leading back to this great moment in the spiritual life of mankind." President [...]
Pagan Propaganda: The Other Attack on Christmas — Selwyn Duke
By Selwyn Duke Ah, Christmastime. Manger scenes and mistletoe, trees and tinsel, Santa and celebration, gift-giving and gratitude . . . and the ACLU roasting traditions on an open fire. Sadly, the last thing has become as much a seasonal expectation as the others, and the American Communist Lawyers Union’s practice of suing our culture into [...]
Christianity and Christmas — Columbus and Harry Truman
American Minute with Bill Federer On Christmas eve, DECEMBER 24, 1492, Columbus' ship, the Santa Maria, ran aground on the island of Haiti. Columbus left 40 men and named the settlement la Navidad, promising to return the next year. He wrote that day to Spain's King and Queen: In all the world there can be no better or gentler people. Your [...]
America's Christmas Wars — Caruba
By Alan Caruba It’s become the new Christmas tradition; a handful of people who demand that everyone else stop celebrating Christmas by displaying manger scenes in public places or stop singing Christmas carols in school, or stop saying “Merry Christmas.” (more...)
Presidential Christmas Sermons — Reagan and Roosevelt
American Minute with Bill Federer Ronald Reagan stated in his Christmas Address, DECEMBER 20, 1983: Sometimes, in the hustle and bustle of holiday preparations we forget the true meaning of Christmas ... the birth of the Prince of Peace, Jesus Christ ... During this glorious festival let us renew our determination to follow His example. (more...)
Message From St. Nick: Give The Glory to God
American Minute with Bill Federer Greek Orthodox history tells of Nicholas being born to a wealthy, elderly couple in what is now Turkey in the year 280 AD. When his parents died, he generously gave to the poor. Upon hearing a merchant had gone bankrupt and that creditors were planning on taking the merchant's daughters, Nicholas threw some [...]
Longing for Home — Eyring
Prophet Statesmen, Volume I, No. 46, Eyring Excerpt from President Henry B. Eyring's, December 2009, First Presidency Message, "Home for Christmas." There was a song I heard first when I was a little boy—a song about Christmas and home. Those were days of war when many people were away from their homes and family—a dark time for those who [...]
Humanist Organization Tries to Undermine Christmas with its “Godless” Campaign
Liberty Alerts, Liberty Counsel Washington, DC – When most people are celebrating the Christmas spirit of joy and love, the American Humanist Association is playing the role of Scrooge by placing ads on buses in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco. The ads state “No God? … No Problem,” and feature an image of several people [...]
