c. 2011 Religion News Service (RNS) When is a candy cane not just a candy cane? For some people, its red and white stripes might signify the sacrifice and purity of Jesus, or maybe just a 19th-century ...

Christmas symbols we all know and love Nothing says “Christmas” like the sights, smells and sounds of the season: From Christmas cookies to eggnog and mistletoe, the holidays wouldn’t be the ...

I was very interested to read the article secret origins behind our festive traditions in the Croydon Guardian, December 27. However the article did not go far enough. Christmas is a Christian ...

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The claim: Supreme Court says Jewish symbols allowed on government property but not Christian symbols A Dec. 26 Instagram post (direct link, archived link) shows a menorah in front of the White House.

Christmas, then, has become more of a children’s feast, and it appeals to the child in us. But Easter is the feast of the adult Christian, and there is no genuinely adult Christianity which is ...

Hanukkah begins on Christmas this year, marking a rare coincidence of the Jewish and Christian holidays, which occur according to different calendars. The alignment invites reflection on how two ...

Symbols of Christmas that exhibit this colour are holly and the red breasted robin which appear in greeting cards and on Yule logs. The bird’s inclusion in Christmas festivities is said to be because ...

For instance, in his 2005 book, “The War on Christmas: How the Liberal Plot to Ban the Sacred Christian Holiday Is Worse Than You Thought,” John Gibson put it like this: “The Christians are ...