Christmas Is What Made America Great

Jesus needs our Presence in the world more than He needs our Presents...The Greatest Gift ever Given was Wrapped in Swaddling clothes & laid in a Manger ...And not placed 'Under a Tree'... But rather, was 'Hung on a Tree...1 Peter 2:24...'Whis own self bare our sins in His own body on the Tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed....Merry CHRIStmas...or Merry CROSSmas! Because He Lives!

Larry Fields of VA 9:35PM December 24, 2011

So Jesus is partisan? I thought he came for all of us!

Carlos of NY 2:18PM December 24, 2011

In this article I've found a kernel of solid thinking in a jumble of incorrect historical facts and unsupported assertions. The solid part is that a Christian holiday is an important economic driver for retailers and that it really is the only federal holiday that is also a religious holiday. It DOES seem a little silly not to acknowledge that Christmas is the biggest holiday in this season, but it's also a little silly to fail to acknowledge the myriad of other religious holidays that happen around this time and the purely nonreligious holiday of new-years.

What this article did not explain to me, what I'm still confused about is why it's so upsetting to realize that Christmas doesn't stand alone but rather that it stands as a giant among other holidays. Is it really so terrible to realize?

Daniel Miles of OR 3:56PM December 23, 2011

Re: Truman's speech

"[T]he Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion"

- Treaty of Tripoli, Article 11

JS 8:38AM December 23, 2011