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\"WarI have mixed feelings about the whole “War on Christmas” battle that gets waged every year around this time.<\/p>\n

I noticed this week at work that someone put out a bunch of “Merry Christmas” cards on an entryway table. A few hours later I came by and noticed that someone had thrown them all out.<\/p>\n

The next day, someone put out a bunch of “Happy Kwanzaa” cards on the exact same table. Guess what? Nobody threw them out.<\/p>\n

Isn’t that odd?<\/p>\n

Anyway, it is easy this time of year to get all worked up about such things. Which is why I so appreciated a post over at GraceGround today called “War. On Christmas<\/a>” by Kimberly Parker. Here is an excerpt:<\/p>\n

For the past\u00a050+ years in North America, Christians have been distracted by a global \u201cwar on Christmas\u201d not even recognizing that it is creating war in their hearts. Don\u2019t use the perceived war on Christmas as an opportunity to take\u00a0your\u00a0focus off of Christ. Don\u2019t use it as an excuse for bad behavior. Don\u2019t spread gossip, propaganda or untruths about anyone because of what you think they believe or don\u2019t believe. Let it stop with you.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Head on over there to read the rest of this post<\/a>, and this Christmas season, let the peace of Christ dwell in you richly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have mixed feelings about the whole “War on Christmas” battle that gets waged every year around this time. 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