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There’s nothing overtly religious about the giant Christmas tree at Faneuil Hall Marketplace in downtown Boston. It’s got lots of lights and generic holiday ornaments. But don’t call it a ...
• Most adults are about as religious about Christmas as their families were in their childhood: 70% celebrated it then as a strongly or somewhat religious day, but 26% had a cultural celebration.
According to the Greeting Card Assn., a trade group, about 30% of customers choose Christmas cards with religious messages. That has been rising since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks four years ago ...
As a religious holiday, Christmas 1945 had, at least in the secret mind of those who shared the Christian vision, a new solemnity. Well might they read with a new anguish of hope, ...
Nearly half of American voters believe there is less emphasis on the religious aspects of Christmas than in the past, according to a poll released on Wednesday. Forty-six percent of those surveyed … ...
An act of arson against a Christmas tree in the predominantly Christian town of Suqaylabiyah has ignited protests across Syria and fuelled anxieties about the future of religious minorities.
Daniel Henninger's weekly column, “Wonder Land,” appears in The Wall Street Journal each Thursday. Mr. Henninger was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in editorial writing in 1987 and 1996, and ...
It’s called “the December Dilemma.” As the Christmas holidays approach, schools are aware that the First Amendment issue of separation of church and state isn’t just something students ...
When Christmas arrives for the Little Sisters of the Poor, they will be looking for one special gift under the tree: an end to the lawfare against them. You remember the Little Sisters.