Keep Christ in Christmas

Knights of Columbus ^ | Dec., 03 | Knights of Columbus

[churchillbuff]

Sorry to be non-PC, but I was moved by all the "happy holidays!" I'm getting from people, and from President Bush's "holiday card" (which makes no reference to Christ or Christmas) to turn to the Knights of Columbus' "Keep Christ in Christmas" campaign, to help remind us of "the reason for the season.":

Keep Christ in Christmas

Each year the Knights of Columbus supports the "Keep Christ in Christmas" campaign to remind people that Christmas is above all else a holy day to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. To help deliver the "Keep Christ in Christmas" message, the Order offers a variety of posters and other materials as well as public service announcements (PSAs) for radio and television.

Local K of C councils also participate in "Light Up for Christ" ceremonies as detailed below.

Public Service Announcements This year, a new public service announcement (PSA) is available, entitled Take Time to Remember. This PSA reminds viewers to make time amid thehustle of the season to remember and celebrate the holiday's religious nature. Also included on the tape are two older PSAs, Teach and Best Presents.

The Supreme Council will forward the PSA to the program directors of radio and television stations. PSAs are used most frequently when local councils make a personal appeal and deliver copies to station managers.

The PSA is available in both VHS and Beta format, and a radio PSA is available on compact disc (CD). Contact the station to inquire whether it received the PSA in the general mailing from Supreme. If the station has not received it and is interested, order one or more copies from:

Department of Fraternal Services (203) 752-4044

Light Up For Christ On the first Tuesday of December, the Knights of Columbus will "Light Up For Christ". K of C units throughout the Order are invited to turn on a switch and light a nativity scene and/or Christmas tree at 8 pm local time.

Knights of Columbus units throughout the Order conduct blessing services as part of the program. Many add activities such as caroling or a drive to collect gifts, clothing and food for the needy.

Implementing the Keep Christ in Christmas Program Here's how to participate in the Keep Christ in Christmas campaign: Display the two Keep Christ in Christmas posters available from the Supreme Council Supply Department: For Unto Us A Child Is Born (a nativity scene, #2760); and Light Up For Christ (#2757). Smaller versions are available in the Christmas Clip Art flyer (#2759). Sponsor a Keep Christ in Christmas billboard depicting the Holy Family and the campaign slogan. For pricing and ordering, contact Outdoor Posters, Inc. at (800)-251-6024. Various sizes are available. Contact CHRIST IS CHRISTmas at (800)-722-5032 to order Keep Christ in Christmas mailing seals, Advent wreaths, calendars and leaflets, and a tri-fold indoor Nativity scene. Sponsor a Keep Christ in Christmas poster or essay contest. Display winning posters in the church vestibule, school hallways or council meeting room. Read the winning essays at public functions. Send Christmas cards with a religious theme, and try to use religious postage stamps. Offer to help your parish, or a poorer parish, prepare for Christmas through cleaning, repairs, decorations or flowers. Undertake a letter-writing campaign in November to area churches or local businesses urging them to construct a religious Christmas display, such as a Nativity scene. Submit a Keep Christ in Christmas advertisement to the local bulletin or local newspaper, and include it in your council newsletter. Plan at least one council-sponsored event during December, such as a food or clothing drive, praying the rosary, or singing Christmas carols. Resist the temptation to abbreviate "Christmas" as "XMas". This abbreviation tends to trivialize the true message of the season. Further Information For further information or to order Keep Christ in Christmas posters contact: Supply Department Knights of Columbus 1 Columbus Plaza New Haven, CT 06510-3326

or call (203) 752-4270.

[conserv13]

Your facts are correct, but I do think it is okay to celebrate Jesus birth if you want to. Most Christians have nativity scenes as well as Christmas trees.

[JamesA]

"MERRY CHRISTMAS" Wow, let me say it again "MERRY CHRISTMAS" Happy Holidays are nice but CHRISTMAS is where it is at...The whining liberals and their Politically correct beliefs have really pissed off a lot of people this season. Traditions are part of American culture...And I will defend that tradition...If you don't believe in Christmas or its tradition shut up or leave.

[AppyPappy]

Everyone who goes around with "Merry Christmas" on their lips should be boiled in their own pudding and buried with a stake of holly through their heart. Right?

[AppyPappy]

Bah Humbug!! What's Christmas time to you but a time for paying bills without money; a time for finding yourself a year older, but not an hour richer; a time for balancing your books and having every item in 'em through a round dozen of months presented dead against you?

[ohioman]

Go back to communist China Asshole!

[talleyman]

God bless us every one!

[evets]

Christmas is Jesus' birthday Thanks God!

[general_re]

Hey, it's Tiny Vertically-Challenged Tim! These days, differently-abled Tim and the rest of the Cratchits don't rely on AppyScrooge to learn the true meaning of Christmas - they apply for foodstamps and cash assistance, and push hard for a single-payer national health-care system, so that Vertically-Challenged Tim can get "free" treatment. And the best part is, AppyScrooge pays for the wad, whether he likes it or not ;)

[cspackler]

Oh please, Diego... First you start off with the usual you have the right to yada yada and I have the right to yada yada, which is all well and good. Then you proceed, as usually follows these statements, to high and mightily tell us all to "just don't try and put Christ into it". Thank you very much, but I'll take the first part of your advice and do as I'll please and keep Christ exaclty where I want to.

[Salvation]

Thanks, ChurchillBuff

And

Merry Christmas!

[Gone_Postal]

Merry Christmas

[Coleus]

We Speak English in America so the word should be Christmas and nothing else.

[mercy]

Keep Christ in Christmas.

Why? Christ was born in the spring. This festival has never had anything to do with Christ. It's not in the New Testament. It's a winter holiday that has been totaly commercialized. It's quite silly actually.

Now Thanksgiving. THIS is a holliday worth keeping. Fourth of July. Another great one. Easter. Fantastic. You can have Christmas.

[churchillbuff]

Dumb post, mercy. The feast celebrates the FACT of Christ's birth, whatever day that birth might actually have taken place on. Just like the Brits celebrate the Queen's birth, on an appointed day that doesn't happen to be her real birthday. I suspect you're smart enough to understand this, but maybe not. Anyway, Christ should be kept in Christmas because the day has been set aside to celebrate him and his birth. Duh.

[mercy]

Sorry. I've been around for fifty three years, grew up in a very ordinary middle class household in Kansas and I have never seen much of Christ in Christmas. I really can't stand 'the hollidays' and find them an extreme anoyance. It's a whole lot of BS. Period.

[Coleus]

4 posted on 12/08/2003 6:53:09 PM EST by YaYa123 (@"Happy Holidays" Doesn't Offend Me.com) >>>

good, keep the liberals happy with PC comments, and we can forget about our National/federal holidays and our Western Civilization.