Comments on: Closed for the Holidays http://differentriver.com/archives/2005/12/07/closed-for-the-holidays/ ''You can never step in the same river twice.'' --Heraclitus Sun, 12 Apr 2009 20:52:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Fraces http://differentriver.com/archives/2005/12/07/closed-for-the-holidays/#comment-90254 Fraces Mon, 19 Dec 2005 18:28:28 +0000 http://differentriver.com/archives/2005/12/07/closed-for-the-holidays/#comment-90254 I CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS!!! I CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS!!!

]]> By: MRSFISH http://differentriver.com/archives/2005/12/07/closed-for-the-holidays/#comment-86017 MRSFISH Fri, 09 Dec 2005 20:17:26 +0000 http://differentriver.com/archives/2005/12/07/closed-for-the-holidays/#comment-86017 I had not heard this and I am apalled. The government may want to call everything a Holiday, but when our places of worship forget the reason we celebrate, it is indeed a sad, sad day. Family is very important. It is not more important than true faith. I can celebrate Christmas and honor Hanukkah and treat the people around me of different faiths with respect and dignity without turning my celebration back to the pagan tree worship that many of the Christian symbols have merged with. Sorry for ranting. You informed me and the news has startled me. My goodness. I was worried I wouldn't be able to find Christmas Eve services because Christmas was on Sunday and some churches might not do both. Yikes. No church on Christmas Sunday so kids won't have to wait to open gifts and parents won't have to get up too early. Awful. Shameful. If they will cancel church for the birth of Christ, what's next, superbowl sunday? I had not heard this and I am apalled. The government may want to call everything a Holiday, but when our places of
worship forget the reason we celebrate, it is indeed a sad, sad day. Family is very important. It is not more important
than true faith. I can celebrate Christmas and honor Hanukkah and treat the people around me of different faiths with
respect and dignity without turning my celebration back to the pagan tree worship that many of the Christian symbols have
merged with.

Sorry for ranting. You informed me and the news has startled me. My goodness. I was worried I wouldn’t be able to find
Christmas Eve services because Christmas was on Sunday and some churches might not do both. Yikes. No church on
Christmas Sunday so kids won’t have to wait to open gifts and parents won’t have to get up too early. Awful. Shameful.
If they will cancel church for the birth of Christ, what’s next, superbowl sunday?

]]> By: Jacob Williams’ Blog http://differentriver.com/archives/2005/12/07/closed-for-the-holidays/#comment-85876 Jacob Williams’ Blog Fri, 09 Dec 2005 17:53:43 +0000 http://differentriver.com/archives/2005/12/07/closed-for-the-holidays/#comment-85876 <strong>Churches closing for Christmas</strong> I heard this discussed on local talk radio yesterday and now Different River and Clayton Cramer have chimed in. Apparently a number of churches are choosing to forgo services on Christmas Sunday. I have attended a church that did this and I don&#821...</trackback> Churches closing for Christmas
I heard this discussed on local talk radio yesterday and now Different River and Clayton Cramer have chimed in. Apparently a number of churches are choosing to forgo services on Christmas Sunday.
I have attended a church that did this and I don̵…

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