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Order takes message to tens of millions through public service announcements and tree lightings. Keep Christ in Christmas Ads  • Television Ad 1 (rm, 30 sec., 985 kb) • Television Ad 2 (rm, 30 sec., 893 kb) • Radio Ad 1 (mp3, 28 sec., 455 kb) • Radio Ad 2 (mp3, 28 sec., 342 kb) • Radio Ad 3 (mp3, 18 sec., 288 kb) Millions of people in North America will get the message to “Keep Christ in Christmas” thanks to public service announcements from the Knights of Columbus that will be aired in the United States and Canada during the Christmas season.Radio spots encouraging people to “Keep Christ in Christmas” in...

Conservatives try to put religion back into holiday By ALLEN G. BREED, Associated Press Emboldened by their Election Day successes, some Christian conservatives around the country are trying to put more Christ into Christmas this season. In Terrebonne Parish, La., an organization is petitioning to add "Merry Christmas" to the red-lighted "Season's Greetings" sign on the main government building and is selling yard signs that read, "We believe in God. Merry Christmas." And a Raleigh, N.C., church recently paid $7,600 for a full-page newspaper ad urging Christians to spend their money only with merchants who include the greeting "Merry Christmas"...

            Committee to Save Merry ChristmasPO Box 251 Orangevale, California 95662-0251Contact us by email The War:A covert and deceptive war has been waged on Christmas to remove any mention of it from the public square during the Christmas season. During the past several years, and with great effectiveness, we have observed a consistent and relentless move to culturally pressure merchants, businessmen and individuals to remove the words “Merry Christmas” from their advertising, decorations and promotional materials. The festive atmosphere of the past that surrounded the Christmas season in department stores which energized shoppers, supported their...

Two Words You Can’t Say On TV. By Joseph Sobran Every year I forget to wish our readers a Merry Christmas - or rather, I remember too late, failing to allow for lead time. It isn't as if I'm not reminded: The shopping and advertising madness begins the, day after Thanksgiving, on the dot. It reminds me of P.G. Wodehouse's Bertie Wooster: "Jeeves was in the other room hanging holly, for Christmas would soon be at our throats." I know the feeling. It isn't just that the commercial side is so cloying; it's that the central meaning of Christmas is...

State Deputy Thomas Ledbetter and the State Board of Officers of the Massachusetts State Council Knights of Columbus and the Salem Knights of Columbus have announced that the ‘Festival Of The Dead’ Death and Rebirth Ritual Transformation scheduled to be hosted by Salem Witch Elder, High Priestess Sandra Mariah Power at the Salem Council Knights of Columbus has been moved from the Knights of Columbus hall. After researching the many complaints received about the ‘Festival Of The Dead’ scheduled for November 1st, the Massachusetts State Board of Officers determined that the event should not proceed in a Knights of Columbus...