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Holly Lebowitz Rossi is Beliefnet's Health and Relationships Editor. A graduate of Cornell University and Harvard Divinity School, she has more than a decade of experience writing about religion and spirituality for Newsweek, The Washington Post, Spa Finder, Sojourners, Search, and many other publications. Her commentaries have also been heard on NPR’s “All Things Considered." When not at her desk, you can find her baking, in her garden, or rockin' out in water aerobics class. She lives in Arlington, Mass. Visit http://www.hollyrossi.com for more.
As I bring this year’s December Dilemma Watch to a close, I have to say that 2007 will not go down as a banner year in the history of the Christmas wars. There were no freedom-of-religion (or freedom-from-religion) lawsuits that [...]
Yesterday, CNN.com published this column by commentator Roland Wilson, in which he makes the argument that Americans should “return to traditional values, and end this ridiculous charade” of stripping Christmas of its religious meaning. To longtime observers of the December [...]
This week, at least 12 residents of Santa Clarita, California discovered something missing from the nativity scenes they had put up in their front yards–the baby Jesus. In place of the baby, according to Los Angeles’ KNBC News, the thieves [...]
According to Catholic World News, the Vatican has changed its tradition of erecting a Nativity scene of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph in a manger in Bethlehem, instead putting up a scene of the holy family in their home in Nazareth. [...]
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Previous Posts
All is Calm, All is Bright
posted 10:23:43am Dec. 24, 2007 | read full post »
No Christ in Christmas? Impossible!
posted 10:58:44am Dec. 21, 2007 | read full post »
Not Until His Birthday, Please
posted 10:30:24am Dec. 21, 2007 | read full post »
The Vatican's Nativity Switch
posted 10:00:08am Dec. 21, 2007 | read full post »
Mike Huckabee's Christmas Message
posted 10:35:00am Dec. 19, 2007 | read full post » |
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Holly Lebowitz Rossi, a Beliefnet editor and freelance writer, has been compiling December Dilemma Watch since 2004. Her website is http://www.hollyrossi.com.
