war on christmas

Forget ugly sweater parties , this is our new national Christmas tradition: 1) a public venue creates a forum and invites everyone to erect displays; 2) Secular Humanists, Satanists, and other…

On December 12, Bishop Robert Barron, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles founder of Word on Fire , a “nonprofit global media conglomerate,” and social media superstar , tweeted a video…

The love between Donald Trump and white evangelical Protestants remains strong according to a new poll from the Public Religion Research Institute. Nearly three-quarters of all white evangelical…

It seems like not a day goes by when a reporter or political commentator declares why Trump has or has not won over the evangelical vote. Trump has been struggling with the voting bloc, many members…

Another Christmas, another string of outrages about the supposed “War on Christmas.” In November there was the social media furor about Starbucks’ red cups, as Ed Simon relates here in RD. Then this…

In the 1640s, during the years of the English civil wars, a popular broadsheet with the title The World Turned Upside Down became the equivalent of a blockbuster. In the chaos of the era print was…

The war on Christmas, it’s been well documented, is not a real thing. Though there are disputes about whether or not it’s rude to say “Merry Christmas” to the less than 10 percent of Americans who don…

In November, while governor Jay Nixon declared the controversy in Ferguson to be a state of emergency, another racially charged protest was under way in the Netherlands. On November 15 the town of…

Megyn Kelly’s infamous comments on the color of Santa and Christ didn’t just spring fully formed from Fox News host’s mind.

Despite the efforts of those eager to see a “War on Christmas” at every turn the origins of this season’s traditions are no more Christian than those of Easter eggs or the Easter bunny. This was a time of goodwill and generosity long before anyone heard of a baby born in a stable.