If the Hessians weren’t partying up a storm on Christmas, Washington couldn’t have won the critical victory at Trenton.
That is 100% accurate but not just for the reasons stated in the article.
If it had not been for the Christmas celebration Johann Rall would not have stood down his patrols and himself been sleeping late on the Morning of December 26, 1776 as George Washington’s ragtag army swooped down on the Hessian garrison at Trenton NJ.
The attack was a last desperate gamble by a quickly dissolving American Army that had secretly crossed the ice choked Delaware River in the darkness hours before. By the time the Hessians realized what was happening, the Americans were already in Trenton’s streets and after a short but sharp battle (in which Rall was mortally wounded), Washington was victorious.
A few days later another battle was fought in Trenton and on January 3, 1777, Washington defeated a British force at Princeton NJ, however losing his friend and fellow General Hugh Mercer. Despite this the Revolution was saved and never again was the American Army and the American cause so close to defeat. The Trenton Princeton campaign was ten days that changed the world.
Christianity rescued Rome from paralyzing superstition. If bad omens as simple as a raven choosing to take flight or some other thing occurred, it was a big hairy deal necessitating that events be canceled or foreign policy be put on hold. Wars were planned utilizing the guts of some unfortunate creature sacrificed for the occasion. Rome was the power of the day, but it was deeply superstitious. Christianity rescued this land of multiple gods and shrines to unknown gods (in case they missed one).
As we roll into another Christmas season, we face another time of superstition with political correctness being employed to shut down critical thought with a level of success that would have wowed then at the Spanish Inquisition. Weaponized magical thinking in the service of injustice (for what else is the rhetorical belief that the right words strung together can alter reality without the need for those words to be resonant of a deeper truth?) is a charge frequently laid to the Church, but the Church has no monopoly on the practice.
America was founded by dissidents that were often hunted by intolerant thinkers of magical thoughts and the power-mad. Let’s learn that lesson and proceed in the spirit of the Godly enlightenment men and women who founded this great nation.
While the doctrine of the incarnation in Christianity is undoubtedly foundational to the United States, the New England Pilgrims and other reformed groups did not celebrate Christmas as a holy day given there is no express statement in Scripture to do so (ie. the regulatory principle of worship). Of course, those who belonged to the Church of England or the Roman Catholic churches did, but it wasn’t until the Victorian era that Christmas became a national holiday as we know today.
https://www.frauncestavernmuseum.org/colonial-christmas
Like the Communists, the Devil’s mainstay is chaos and death. As we look around chaos is everywhere. People need to make up their minds is it going to be chaos or Christ in your life?
Many small businesses make half their profit at Christmas. Imagine our economy without Christmas. I expect the libs to eliminate Christmas at some point in our future.
Without the historical events which we affirm during Easter, there would be no Christmas.
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