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It pains me that so many of my fellow Jews think that protecting their own Religious Freedom now means intruding on the Religious Freedom of others.   A town hall with a manger scene in no way restricts my liberty.  But declaring that the mere mention of certain religous holidays is “offensive” restricts the religous freedom of us [...]

With every Christmas card I wrote, with every Christmas e-mail I thumb-typed, I also express to the readers of this TOWNHALL weblog, my social media readers a very, blessed Christmas Season. May the Lord be with each of us.

One of the most overlooked holiday films is “The Muppets Christmas Carol”.  Seriously.  Don’t laugh … well, not at me, you may laugh at the film. Aside from being a fun Muppet movie, it is actually a surprisingly faithful interpretation of the classic tale.  Michael Caine is an excellent Ebeneezer, the Muppets perform their various [...]

Long before the arrival of the BurkeanSon I wondered how to manage the great holiday gift-fest that strikes American children every December.  I watched, often with horror, as sweet little cherubs turned into greedy, present obsessed monsters every December 25.   Even the children who were polite and grateful in the face of the present overload were [...]

As a genuine member of the non-Christian American community I hereby give permission to all my readers to use the phrase  “Merry Christmas.”  I also allow you to call all the festive December gatherings you attend “Christmas Parties.”   If anyone threatens to prosecute you for a hate crime because you used the most deplored word [...]