2007-12-09 The real reason for the season

Christmas in America has only been celebrated for about 150 years – earlier, it was sometimes illegal to celebrate it, or to take off work on that day. Sometimes, Christian churches look forward to it because, with Easter, it’s one of only two times in the year when they seem to matter very much (only about 20% of Americans regularly attend any religious services). And during the past few years, the voices of “official Christianity” have often been so bigoted and hateful that some Christian churches have stopped calling themselves “Christian.” And yet now, it’s the Christmas season.... Originally delivered by Rev. Davidson Loehr on December 9, 2007

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