2005-12-02 Taking the Christ out of Christmas
<hide> <let name=data index=Date>2005-12-02}}{{#vardefine:Topics|\War on Christmas\Jesus Christ}}{{#vardefine:keylist|{{#var:keylist}}\Topics}}{{#vardefine:Topics.disp|\War on Christmas\Jesus Christ}}{{#vardefine:URL|http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10297701/}}{{#vardefine:keylist%7C{{#var:keylist}}\URL}}{{#vardefine:URL.disp%7Chttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10297701/}}{{#vardefine:Title%7CTaking the Christ out of Christmas?}}{{#vardefine:keylist|{{#var:keylist}}\Title}}{{#vardefine:Title.disp|Taking the Christ out of Christmas?}}{{#vardefine:Text|“Is there a war against Christmas? The ACLU and a lot of other people have been trying to take Christ out of Christmas for years. At this time of year, many people will believe that that's a real concern. Friday night, in Newport News, Va., 8,000 people are expected to show up for the town's Christmas celebration, except they are calling it that. They're calling it Hollydazzle. And instead of lighting the 40-foot Christmas tree, Newport News officials are going to be lighting, get this, the tree of illumination.”}}{{#vardefine:keylist|{{#var:keylist}}\Text}}{{#vardefine:Text.disp|“Is there a war against Christmas? The ACLU and a lot of other people have been trying to take Christ out of Christmas for years. At this time of year, many people will believe that that's a real concern. Friday night, in Newport News, Va., 8,000 people are expected to show up for the town's Christmas celebration, except they are calling it that. They're calling it Hollydazzle. And instead of lighting the 40-foot Christmas tree, Newport News officials are going to be lighting, get this, the tree of illumination.”}} {{#xploop:{{#var:Topics}}||}} {{#xploop:{{#var:keylist}}|\n* $s$: \o#var:$s$.disp\c}}