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I decline to make Christmas a grenade in the politicized culture wars our nation is coming to specialize in. I refuse to let the thought or mention of Christmas fill me with anger and resentment. I resolve to let the thought of Christmas be an occasion of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, gentleness, faithfulness and self-control. (Galatians 5:22-23) Does that mean I believe there’s no hostility to Christmas in our culture? Of course there is. There has always been hostility to Christmas because there has always been hostility to Christ in our culture—and in every culture. The rationale for the...

Is the real issue hidden beneath a catchy headline “the war on Christmas?” A war on Christmas is a war against what we call a decorated tree. It is a war against what we call the school break that arrives each year around Christmas time. It is a war against public display of Christian themed decorations. It is a war of political correctness of whether one should wish you a Merry Christmas, offer you a sanitized season’s greeting, or refer to an alternative list of faith based and made up celebrations, all so as not to offend. To that extent,...