One thing that has changed over the past 35 or so years is the seperation of God and state. In order "not to offend," many in the print press and broadcast media refrain from printing or broadcasting anything which acknowledges the fact that the holiday of Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. It was not so in years past. As you can see by this 19th century editorial the writer (and most of his contemporaries) had no problem using the now forbidden reference to the Nativitiy as the "birth of our Saviour."
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Sunday, December 17, 2006
1877: "Happy Holidays?" NO! MERRY CHRISTMAS!
One thing that has changed over the past 35 or so years is the seperation of God and state. In order "not to offend," many in the print press and broadcast media refrain from printing or broadcasting anything which acknowledges the fact that the holiday of Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. It was not so in years past. As you can see by this 19th century editorial the writer (and most of his contemporaries) had no problem using the now forbidden reference to the Nativitiy as the "birth of our Saviour."
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