war on Christmas
Guns as holiday photo props: The real war on Christmas
By Shane Claiborne — December 23, 2021
(RNS) — Never would I have foreseen photos of Christmas-clad children holding assault rifles as an appropriate way of honoring the Prince of Peace.
Why ‘Merry Christmas’ is better than ‘Happy Holidays’ for Americans of all faiths
By Khyati Y. Joshi — December 17, 2021
(RNS) — 'Happy Holidays' does nothing to change the privilege that Christians enjoy in the United States.
Homeowner wins legal fight over nativity with 200,000 Christmas lights and a camel
By Bob Smietana — December 24, 2018
SPOKANE, Wash. (RNS) — A federal court recently ruled in favor of Jeremy and Kristy Morris, whose live nativity at their home attracts hundreds of spectators.
ICE’s War on Christmas
By Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove — November 30, 2018
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) — In 2018 the 'War on Christmas' is an assault led by President Trump and justified by his evangelical enablers.
Why isn’t there a ‘War on Easter’ like Christmas?
By Jonathan Merritt — March 28, 2018
Despite their many similarities, Easter has avoided the controversy that stalks Christmas. Here's why.
Trump: The grinch who stole ‘Merry Christmas’
By Brandon Ambrosino — December 1, 2017
(RNS) — How I long for the days when the War on Christmas was a fiction.
Greggs’ portrayal of Jesus as a sausage roll echoes the Gospel of John, says biblical studies expert
By M J C Warren — November 18, 2017
(The Conversation) — Not unlike the current furor over Jesus the Sausage Roll, the Gospel of John depicts uproar and offense at Jesus being compared to food.
Trump, unlikely religious favorite, hails Christian values
By Jerome Socolovsky — October 13, 2017
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump assured a high-profile gathering of Christian conservatives that his administration will defend religious organizations, promising a return to traditional American values.
Israeli university defends student union Christmas tree over rabbinical objection
By Yonat Shimron — December 21, 2016
JERUSALEM (RNS) Jewish religious authorities hold that Christmas trees have no place in public settings in predominantly Jewish areas in Israel. But Israelis are pushing back.
‘Merry Christmas’ or ‘Happy Holidays’? What these preferences reveal
By Emily McFarlan Miller — December 19, 2016
(RNS) — Americans remain split on on how to greet others at stores at this time of year. Their answers reveal religious and partisan divides.
Cue the ‘War on Christmas’: Starbucks has a new cup
By Kimberly Winston — November 2, 2016
(RNS) Fire up the annual outrage! Starbucks launches a green cup!
Christmas wins (in the December culture wars)
By Kimberly Winston — December 1, 2015
(RNS) "Battleground December" is wrapping up for 2015. Let’s tally up the wins and losses.
Zombie Nativity: An irreverent addition to holiday pop culture
By Kimberly Winston — December 1, 2015
(RNS) "Zombie Nativity" features a holy family, an angel and a donkey who are undead, partially decomposing and looking for their favorite meal -- the gray matter inside your head.
‘War on Christmas’ turns into hashtag wars: now #ItsJustACup
By Mary Bowerman — November 11, 2015
People on social media are responding to criticism that Starbucks is waging a war on Christmas with this year's plain red holiday cup. The latest hot hashtag: #ItsJustACup.
Starbucks’ red cups, and the Internet outrage machine (COMMENTARY)
By Laura Turner — November 9, 2015
(RNS) The latest missives in the culture wars have come from different sides of Christianity over, of all things, the new design of the Starbucks red cup.
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