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	<description>The War on the War on Christmas</description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>UK Town Struggles to Celebrate Christmas</title>
		<link>http://defendchristmas.com/2008/06/29/uk-town-struggles-to-celebrate-christmas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Westover</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A campaign has been launched to rekindle the spirit of Christmas in Bristol.
David Long, who campaigned for a statue of Cary Grant in the city, is leading the drive to make Bristol one of the best cities in the country to visit during the festive season. 
He and others feel that, over the years, the [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "UK Town Struggles to Celebrate Christmas", url: "http://defendchristmas.com/2008/06/29/uk-town-struggles-to-celebrate-christmas/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Australian Town to Cancel Christmas Due to Lack of Interest</title>
		<link>http://defendchristmas.com/2008/06/29/australian-town-to-cancel-christmas-due-to-lack-of-interest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Westover</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[THE VICTORIAN town of Terang, east of Geelong on Princes Highway, is expecting to cancel Christmas because of lack of interest.
Yuletide celebrations may not happen this year and the town&#8217;s Santa may be out of a job. 
The elves have been told not to come, the bunting and tree is packed away and the carols [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Australian Town to Cancel Christmas Due to Lack of Interest", url: "http://defendchristmas.com/2008/06/29/australian-town-to-cancel-christmas-due-to-lack-of-interest/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Christ Makes a Comeback in City Parade</title>
		<link>http://defendchristmas.com/2008/06/21/christ-makes-a-comeback-in-city-parade/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 14:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Westover</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Holiday is out.
Christmas is in.
The Manteca Ministerial Association - led by Pastor Mike Dillman of the First Assembly of God - is making it possible for the Manteca Chamber of Commerce to stage a Christmas parade and not a holiday parade in downtown when December rolls around.
The association has pledged $1,000 to help cover the [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Christ Makes a Comeback in City Parade", url: "http://defendchristmas.com/2008/06/21/christ-makes-a-comeback-in-city-parade/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Baptist Convention Calls for Defense of Christmas</title>
		<link>http://defendchristmas.com/2008/06/11/baptist-convention-calls-for-defense-of-christmas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Westover</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Southern Baptists called on Christians to “use their influence to restore Christmas to its proper place in the culture” during the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Indianapolis June 11.
Schools, communities, businesses and other public institutions are being pressured to replace “Christmas” with “winter celebration” or “holiday festival,” the Resolutions Committee noted.
So, messengers voted to [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Baptist Convention Calls for Defense of Christmas", url: "http://defendchristmas.com/2008/06/11/baptist-convention-calls-for-defense-of-christmas/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Dutch Company Cancels Christmas Festivities to Be Sensitive to Muslims</title>
		<link>http://defendchristmas.com/2008/06/07/dutch-company-cancels-christmas-festivities-to-be-sensitive-to-muslims/</link>
		<comments>http://defendchristmas.com/2008/06/07/dutch-company-cancels-christmas-festivities-to-be-sensitive-to-muslims/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 19:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Westover</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[AMSTERDAM - Amsterdam municipal transport company (GVB) bus-drivers and tram personnel cannot celebrate Christmas any more. GVB is axing the event to please Muslims, newspaper de Telegraaf suggested yesterday.
Personnel association VTN has been told by GVB management that &#8220;the multicultural representation of the colleagues at the Christmas party is too one-sided.&#8221; Supposedly, GVB meant to [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Dutch Company Cancels Christmas Festivities to Be Sensitive to Muslims", url: "http://defendchristmas.com/2008/06/07/dutch-company-cancels-christmas-festivities-to-be-sensitive-to-muslims/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Fir Flying in Augusta Christmas Tree Debate</title>
		<link>http://defendchristmas.com/2008/06/01/fir-flying-in-augusta-christmas-tree-debate/</link>
		<comments>http://defendchristmas.com/2008/06/01/fir-flying-in-augusta-christmas-tree-debate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:38:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Westover</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s tradition over tax dollars for Augusta Commissioners.
The proposal to use an artificial Christmas tree at the Augusta Common was cut down by city leaders, even though the fake tree would save money for the next few years.
Some tax payers say tradition can change, if, in the end, it saves Augusta money.
John Herring, Augusta, GA: [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Fir Flying in Augusta Christmas Tree Debate", url: "http://defendchristmas.com/2008/06/01/fir-flying-in-augusta-christmas-tree-debate/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Dancing Nude to Oppose Christmas</title>
		<link>http://defendchristmas.com/2008/05/10/dancing-nude-to-oppose-christmas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 18:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Westover</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[When Ria Ora danced nude in Harvard Square, she said she was just expressing her opposition to the commercialization of Christmas. A judge agreed, tossing out a lewdness charge against her.
But on April 10, the state&#8217;s highest court reinstated the charge. The Supreme Judicial Court found that the state&#8217;s open and gross lewdness law does [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Dancing Nude to Oppose Christmas", url: "http://defendchristmas.com/2008/05/10/dancing-nude-to-oppose-christmas/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>City Looks to Redeem from Christmas Tree Fiasco</title>
		<link>http://defendchristmas.com/2008/05/10/city-looks-to-redeem-from-christmas-tree-fiasco/</link>
		<comments>http://defendchristmas.com/2008/05/10/city-looks-to-redeem-from-christmas-tree-fiasco/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 17:51:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Westover</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The city of Manchester, New Hampshire has a Christmas tree problem. 
Tradition dictates that every holiday season the city puts up a Christmas tree. Somehow during the hubbub of Christmas 2007 the city ran a little late in making arrangements to get a tree and at the last minute desperate city workers uprooted a tree [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "City Looks to Redeem from Christmas Tree Fiasco", url: "http://defendchristmas.com/2008/05/10/city-looks-to-redeem-from-christmas-tree-fiasco/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>City Says Aspen Christmas Lights Killing the Earth</title>
		<link>http://defendchristmas.com/2008/05/10/city-says-aspen-christmas-lights-killing-the-earth/</link>
		<comments>http://defendchristmas.com/2008/05/10/city-says-aspen-christmas-lights-killing-the-earth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 16:56:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Westover</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Holiday lights in Aspen and Pitkin County should have been off by March 30.
But not everyone is following the rules — and there are plenty of loopholes — according to city and county officials.
Carrington Brown, Pitkin County code enforcement officer, receives regular calls about Christmas lights still burning bright in places like Red Mountain. And [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "City Says Aspen Christmas Lights Killing the Earth", url: "http://defendchristmas.com/2008/05/10/city-says-aspen-christmas-lights-killing-the-earth/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Sacred or Secular?</title>
		<link>http://defendchristmas.com/2008/05/07/sacred-or-secular/</link>
		<comments>http://defendchristmas.com/2008/05/07/sacred-or-secular/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 17:06:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Westover</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Christmas in Public]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Leslie Carroll had seen enough.
When his 8-year old son starting singing &#8220;holiday carols&#8221; learned at school Leslie knew he had to get involved. In calling the school he was told that Christmas was &#8220;equalized&#8221; with other cultural events during December. Along with Hanukkah and Kwanzaa, Christmas was &#8220;observed&#8221; in a teaching unit titled &#8220;celebrating diversity&#8221;.
For [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Sacred or Secular?", url: "http://defendchristmas.com/2008/05/07/sacred-or-secular/" });</script>]]></description>
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