Pyongyang calls Seoul's plans to light three Christmas trees along the contested border "psychological warfare".

South Korea will allow Christians to light three Christmas tree-shaped towers near its tense border with North Korea despite strong opposition from Pyongyang, an official said.

On Sunday, the North's state-run Uriminzokkiri website called ( Read more... )

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Fox's Camerota Promotes Phony War On Christmas: "Are Christians The Only Ones Being Forced To Be Tolerant?"

December 04, 2011 3:43 pm ET

From the December 4 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends Sunday:

Transcript: "You can't call a Christmas tree a 'Christmas tree' in Rhode Island, as you probably have heard by now. In Texas Santa can't come in to ( Read more... )

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Religious believers commonly attack atheists simply for existing. Do out-of-the-closet atheists -- even polite ones -- challenge attempts at theocracy?What, exactly, do religious believers want from atheists ( Read more... )

I'm not a Christian, but like many Jews, I've envied Christmas since childhood. I like the twinkly lights, pink-cheeked carolers, heartwarming television specials, and exuberantly ho-ho-ho-ing Santa Clauses ... pretty much everything except the endless renditions of "Jingle Bells" warbling from every audio speaker in the country ( Read more... )

If there's one media myth that is particularly prevalent around this time of year, it's the myth of Winterval. It's wheeled out by the media every year and has even managed to grasp the attention of the odd politician too.

The myth is that, in 1997, Birmingham City Council "rebranded" Christmas as Winterval. This is held up by much of the media as ( Read more... )

A Roman Catholic archbishop surprised his parishioners in Argentina by telling the children that Santa Claus was not real, but instead a commercialized symbol of Christmas, AFP reported Tuesday ( Read more... )

If you go into a Dick's Sporting Goods store, don't look for "Christmas." It won't be there.You won't find it in their newspaper inserts or on their website either. And their television commercials...forget it ( Read more... )