[Apologetics] Catholics Celebrate Christmas; Some Protestant Do NOT

[Art Kelly]

Catholics Celebrate Christmas; Some Protestant Do NOT

Christmas tree, creche, are powerful symbols, Pope
says  

Vatican, Dec. 14, 2007 (CWNews.com) - A Christmas tree
is an eloquent symbol of the Incarnation, Pope
Benedict XVI (bio - news) remarked on December 14,
"because with its evergreen leaves it recalls the life
that does not die." 

The full article is at
http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=55362

Religion Today
By TOM BREEN  

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — As Christmas draws near,
Pastor John Foster won't be decorating a tree,
shopping for last-minute gifts or working on a holiday
sermon for his flock. After all, it's been 50 years
since Christmas was anything more than a day of the
week to him.

He's one of very few American Christians who follow
what used to be the norm in many Protestant
denominations — rejecting the celebration of Christmas
on religious grounds.

The full article is at
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gq7KQubcoZYlyDvdQtL1eVU3fEzQD8TGMBAO0



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