Waging War On Christmas: "The Little Town of Bethlehem Has a Surprising History"

It Was Christians Who First Waged War On Christmas

(And Seventh Day Adventists Still Do)
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/11/it-was-christians-who-first-waged-war.html

American Christians Made Christmas Illegal
NPR
https://www.npr.org/2017/12/25/573365557/americans-didnt-always-celebrate-christmas-the-way-we-do-today

The Little Town Of Bethlehem Has A Surprising History

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/12/bethlehem-christ-birth-blincoe/?google_editors_picks=true

Republican Lawmaker From Nevada Sends Christmas Card Featuring Fully Armed Family

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/12/republican-lawmaker-from-nevada-sends.html

Merry Christmas! How Saint Nicholas Saved Three Sisters From A Life Of Prostitution

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/12/christmas-greetings-how-st-nicholas.html

"Learning That There's No Santa Taught Me To Believe"

Rich Cohen

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/12/learning-that-theres-no-santa-taught-me.html

Exceedingly Clever Video: "It's Christmas Dinner And You're Invited!"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/12/exceedingly-clever-video-its-christmas.html

Charles Dickens: Where To Begin The Feast?

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/06/charles-dickens-where-to-begin-feast.html

"How The Grinch Stole Christmas"

Dr. Seuss

(My 2011 SoundCloud recording)

https://soundcloud.com/alan-archibald/how-the-grinch-stole-christmas

"A Christmas Carol" 

Disney's Production With Jim Carrey "Doing All The Voices."

This movie is a tour de force - my favorite filmatic representation of Dickens' classic.

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2011/12/daily-dose-112911-christmas-carol.html

A Good Friend Thinks This Is The Most Important Christmas Song Ever Written

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/12/my-friend-w-thinks-this-is-most.html

Today Is The 100th Anniversary Of The WWI Christmas Truce

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/12/today-is-100th-anniversary-of-wwi.html

It Came Upon A Midnight Clear

Music by Unitarian Minister, Richard Storrs Willis

Lyrics by Unitarian Minister, Edmund Sears

Written in 1849, it has long been assumed to be Sears' response to the just ended Mexican-American War. Sears' pacifism would take second place to his commitment to abolishing slavery in the Civil War, but his carol remains, repeated all over the world every year. Probably more than any other Christmas carol, it talks about today — his day or our day. It says that the call to peace and goodwill to all is as loud on any other day as it was on that midnight of old, if we would but listen "in solemn stillness."

http://www.uuworld.org/ideas/articles/8732.shtml

"Alan's Christmas Song"

A new composition by Chuck Holton

(There is so much dynamic range in this song that I urge you to listen through headphones or good speakers.)

https://fridaynightjazzorchestrafinjo.bandcamp.com/track/alans-christmas-song-a-new-composition-by-chuck-holton

"Hallelujah"

Leonard Cohen

 (My incomplete rendition with Chuck Holton on piano)
https://fridaynightjazzorchestrafinjo.bandcamp.com/track/hallelujah-with-chuck-on-grand-piano