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December Dilemma Watch 2007

The conservative group American Family Association also is continuing to call out companies that it believes are undermining the public celebration of Christmas. A recent action alert has urged members to write to the department store chain Kohl’s for “taking a misleading, in-your-face attitude when it comes to Christmas.” Specifically, the group alleges that Kohl’s…

Santas across Australia have thrown their jolliness by the wayside in protest of a new instruction that they say “ha, ha, ha” instead of the traditional “ho, ho, ho.” According to The Daily Telegraph, Santa is “a rebel with a ‘claus.'” Westaff, a Santa training agency that supplies Santas to hundreds of stores across Australia,…

In an episode that Bangor, Maine residents are calling “chilling,” the town’s celebration of Kwanzaa has been canceled after threats of violence were made against the area’s African-Americans. A 75-year-old man, who is currently at large, has threatened repeatedly to shoot members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and a…

In Saginaw, Michigan this week, the annual Dickens Christmas Festival was re-named the Dickens Holiday Festival. The name change came because festival organizers face a dwindling advertising budget, and removing “Christmas” from the name allows them to advertise in public schools. Downtown Development board member Kriss Roethleisberger told WNEM News that the new nomenclature does…

A school board near Pensacola, Florida found itself embroiled in a debate over what to call the vacation that students get between December 22 and January 2. In a 2008-2009 school year calendar that was up for approval by the board, the period was listed as “Winter Break,” upsetting several members of the board. The…

With environmental consciousness rising nationwide, it’s not surprising that one bone of contention this holiday season is how December has become a hotbed of consumerism and consumption. Green-minded bloggers and organizations are stepping up in hopes of convincing people that a meaningful holiday can’t be bought, and shouldn’t harm the planet. Hardly anyone is suggesting…

The American Family Association is sponsoring a program to make sure that “Merry Christmas” doesn’t disappear from the American lexicon this December. “Project Merry Christmas” invites churches to “proclaim to our communities that Christmas is not just a winter holiday focused on materialism, but a ‘holy day’ when we celebrate the birth of our Savior.”…

Lowes, the hardware mega-store, made an early December Dilemma appearance when its Holiday 2007 catalog advertised “Family Trees,” not “Christmas Trees.” The American Family Association, a conservative Christian organization, sent out an action alert to its members, prompting Lowes to email the chain en masse, and ask why the term “Christmas” is not used to…

So we all know that the holidays are not all boycotts and arguments – in fact, the great majority of us find ways to live with our neighbors of all faiths in meaningful and even spiritual ways. As a companion to this blog, we’ve started a group in the Beliefnet community to give you a…

Well, it’s official. Though the holiday season seems to have begun the day after Halloween, the December Dilemma’s time is just starting, hitting its peak as it always does, in that hectic period between Thanksgiving and Christmas. What is the December Dilemma, you might ask? It’s the conundrum that retail stores, public parks, public schools,…
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