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CHRISTIAN RECOGNITION OF THE PAGANISM OF CHRISTMAS
It really wasn’t that long ago that devout Christians acknowledged Christmas’s paganism. Even though some people have heard of Christmas being outlawed in America and England, most people have forgotten how it all began. The “War on Christmas” can be … Continue reading
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Little Known Origins of the “War on Christmas”
Who’s getting sick of the annual Christmas controversies? Raise your hand (and it’s only the first week in December). But if you were to bet that it’s a fairly new phenomenon (since the turn of the millennia), you’d be out … Continue reading
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