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\nThe American Family Association<\/a> is sponsoring a program to make sure that “Merry Christmas” doesn’t disappear from the American lexicon this December. “Project Merry Christmas<\/a>” 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.” To this end, churches can purchas and distribute to their members magnets and buttons<\/a> that say “Merry Christmas: God’s Good News.” The AFA reports that approximately 15,000 churches are participating in the campaign so far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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