How Christian is Christmas?
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as posted by the channelAh, the holiday season. It is now no longer complete without at least a few news commentators or family members expressing their dismay about just how secular it has all become. They speak of putting the Christ back in christmas. And it makes sense. Christmas is after all a Christian holiday… or is it?
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