News and headlines in the ongoing war on Christmas, from DefendChristmas.com:
Christmas Amongst Words Requested to Be Banned on Standardized Tests – Fri, 30 Mar 2012
Christmas is a controversial word. Or so says the New York City Department of Education. Divorce. Dinosaurs, Birthdays. Religion. Halloween. Christmas. Television. These are a few of the 50-plus words and references the New York City Department of Education is hoping to ban from the city’s standardized tests. The banned word list was made public [...]
Woodland, California Residents Complain About Christmas Lights in March – Mon, 12 Mar 2012
Residents of Woodland, California have taken to complaining to a local television station about neighbors who still have their Christmas lights up in March. “Our neighbor insists on leaving his christmas lights up until now, it’s March 7,” says Jacque Young who lives in Woodland and is tired of seeing her neighbors light strands strung [...]
Threats of Anti-Christmas Activity Surfaces Early in 2012 – Tue, 06 Mar 2012
Over the past four weeks DefendChristmas.com has received a steady stream of threats about anti-Christmas protests and activities in 2012. This is the earliest such threats have been received. The threats center around some of the most noteworthy events in the media’s declared “war on Christmas” from last year from nativity scenes on public lands [...]
Human Christmas Tree Gets Around Decoration Rules – Sat, 24 Dec 2011
A ban on Christmas decorations this year at the Staten Island ferry terminal in a bid to avoid lawsuits sparked an unusual protest Friday. Self-proclaimed activist and Staten Island resident Scott LoBaido found a loophole in the rule imposed at the transit hub by the Department of Transportation and dressed up as a seven-foot Christmas [...]
Post Office Bars Santa from Delivering – Wed, 21 Dec 2011
The U.S. Postal Service is bankrupt. Abused by years of mismanagement and fierce competition in the shipping business the Postal Service is inept, incompetent and woefully broke. They’re cutting back services, stifling customer service and draining the coffers of the government at a record pace. We only point all this out in advance of telling [...]
