Alliance Defending Freedom has put together a handy fact sheet busting seven common myths about how Christmas can and cannot be celebrated by and in our public schools.
If you’ve ever wondered whether a school can ban teachers and students from saying “Merry Christmas,” or whether a Nativity scene can be placed on school property, ADF has the answers.
Merry Christmas!
The halls of the Arkansas States Capitol Building are decked for Christmas! Below is a video showing you some of those decorations. I hope you enjoy it, and I hope you continue to have a merry Christmas season!
Rasmussen Reports has published some interesting poll results on Christmas in the past couple of weeks.
According to Rasmussen,
This tracks with a poll from 2012 that found 60% of Americans celebrate Christmas primarily as a religious holiday.
While these numbers are interesting by themselves, on the whole they show Americans overwhelmingly celebrate Christmas and that Christmas is viewed as a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. It is also legitimately recognized as a federal holiday. With that in mind, why are there so many efforts underway right now to try to make Christmas about something other than Christ or prevent Christmas from being celebrated publicly? Why should a public official or public Christmas display be expected to recognize any element of the Christmas celebration except the very event Christmas celebrates?