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President Donald Trump’s campaign has gone viral by posting a flashback video to highlight Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris’s anti-Christian agenda. The video contrasts Trump’s fondness for the festive season while exposing Harris as a loyal solider in the War on Christmas. Team Trump’s video shows Vice President Harris angrily blasting the phrase, “Merry Christmas.” However, the video goes on to promise that a second Trump presidency would be filled with Christmas cheer. “How dare we speak ‘Merry Christmas!’ How dare we!” Harris said in a 2017 speech. Harris waged war on the Christmas spirit during negotiations about protections for...

Billionaire investor Mark Cuban said Friday on MSNBC’s “The Beat” that if former President Donald Trump is elected and implements tariffs, it will kill Christmas. Cuban said, “I would do is ask them what they bought their kids for christmas last year? Then I go through the list and show them how many were made in China because most of them are. Then I tell them with Trump’s tariffs, all those are probably going to go up 60%, and you’re going to have to make choices. If you elect Donald Trump and he implemented these tariffs is that what you...

Neiman Marcus has quietly removed the word “Christmas” from its iconic, 98-year-old annual gift catalog – and some company insiders gripe that the stealthy switch smacks of woke politics, The Post has learned. The swanky retailer didn’t specifically discuss the pivot in a press release last week. But for the first time ever, it called the glossy catalog — long known for its extravagant gifts, from last year’s $975,000 electric Cadillac to his-and-her Egyptian mummy cases in 1971 — the “Holiday Book” instead of the “Christmas Book.” The name change has raised hackles inside the luxury chain’s Dallas headquarters, where...

Then-Sen. Kamala Harris warned Americans not to say “Merry Christmas” until there was permanent status for some illegal immigrants — amid a Trump-era battle over protections for some illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children. “And when we all sing happy tunes, and sing Merry Christmas, and wish each other Merry Christmas, these children are not going to have a Merry Christmas. How dare we speak Merry Christmas. How dare we? They will not have a Merry Christmas,” she said at a 2017 press conference, a video of which was obtained by Fox News Digital. Speakers pushed for...

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It's that time of year again when you're likely thinking of settling down for a traditional rewatch of It's a Wonderful Life. (It's streaming via Channel 4 online this year). When we think of Christmas movies, the movie will inevitably come up alongside the likes of Miracle on 34th Street and A Christmas Carol. Most Christmas movies follow a similar enough pattern: something dire happens and only a Christmas miracle can save the day. In the case of It's a Wonderful Life, that miracle actually came many years after the film's initial debut. When the movie bowed in 1946, it...

Vladimir Putin staged a lavish Orthodox Christmas Eve dinner for children of soldiers killed in Ukraine as he attempted to present himself as a caring leader by ordering officials to do more for the country’s troops. (snip) The Russian leader vowed to back those “with arms in hands” as he hosted Saturday evening’s heavily choreographed event at his Novo-Ogaryovo residence on the outskirts of Moscow. It came as festivities were cancelled in the border region of Belgorod amid continued Ukrainian attacks that have left dozens dead over the past week. “Many of our men, our courageous, heroic men, the soldiers...

Monday 8 January 2024 The Baptism of the Lord Feast St Mary’s Church, Portsmouth, PA(decorations for the Baptism of the Lord)Readings at MassThe readings shown here are for places where the Epiphany is celebrated on Sunday 7 January.If you are celebrating the Epiphany on Saturday 6 January this year then these are not the right readings. To see the right readings, you need to set this web site to use your own local calendar. On this web page, find the list of dates. After the last date there is a heading which says “Calendar Used”. Click on the calendar...

Sunday 7 January 2024 The Epiphany of the Lord Solemnity Epiphany Roman Catholic Church, Normal IL Readings at MassThe readings shown here are for places where the Epiphany is celebrated on Sunday 7 January.If you are celebrating the Epiphany on Saturday 6 January this year then these are not the right readings. To see the right readings, you need to set this web site to use your own local calendar. On this web page, find the list of dates. After the last date there is a heading which says “Calendar Used”. Click on the calendar name below this heading,...

Saturday 6 January 2024 6 January (before Epiphany) St. André Bessette Parish, Vaughan, ON Readings at MassThe readings shown here are for places where the Epiphany is celebrated on Sunday 7 January.If you are celebrating the Epiphany on Saturday 6 January this year then these are not the right readings. To see the right readings, you need to set this web site to use your own local calendar. On this web page, find the list of dates. After the last date there is a heading which says “Calendar Used”. Click on the calendar name below this heading, and choose...

Friday 5 January 2024 Memorial of Saint John Neumann, Bishop St. John Neumann Church in Bryn Mawr, PAReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading1 John 3:11-21 ©Our love is to be something real and activeThis is the messageas you heard it from the beginning:that we are to love one another;not to be like Cain, who belonged to the Evil Oneand cut his brother’s throat;cut his brother’s throat simply for this reason,that his own life was evil and his brother lived a good life.You must not be...

Thursday 4 January 2024 Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton on 4 January St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church (Houston) Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading1 John 3:7-10 ©No-one sins who has been begotten by GodMy children, do not let anyone lead you astray:to live a holy lifeis to be holy just as he is holy;to lead a sinful life is to belong to the devil,since the devil was a sinner from the beginning.It was to undo all that the devil has donethat the Son of God...

[Make sure to read Daniel Greenfield’s contributions in Jamie Glazov’s new book: Barack Obama’s True Legacy: How He Transformed America.]Muslims celebrated Christmas in Nigeria by massacring around 100 Christians across a dozen communities. The Jihadis hacked Christians to death with machetes and burned down churches as part of a genocidal campaign that has killed 52,000 Christians in over a decade and forced millions to leave their home and become refugees in the African nation.In America, not a single person marched, rallied or protested over this actual genocide.The rampaging mobs crying that Hamas is suffering genocide remained silent. Black Lives Matter...

Wednesday 3 January 2024 Christmas Weekday Sainte Genevieve Catholic Parish, Sainte Genevieve, MO Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).First reading1 John 2:29-3:6 ©Everyone must try to be as pure as ChristYou know that God is righteous –then you must recognise that everyone whose life is righteoushas been begotten by him.Think of the love that the Father has lavished on us,by letting us be called God’s children;and that is what we are.Because the world refused to acknowledge him,therefore it does not acknowledge us.My dear people, we are already the children of Godbut what we are to be in the future...

Tuesday 2 January 2024 Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops, Doctors on 2 January St. Basil the Great Byzantine Catholic Church, Irving, Texas Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading1 John 2:22-28 ©The anointing he gave you teaches you everythingThe man who denies that Jesus is the Christ –he is the liar,he is Antichrist;and he is denying the Father as well as the Son,because no one who has the Father can deny the Son,and to acknowledge the Son is to have the Father as...

'Still investigating churchgoers?' ... The FBI of the days when it pursued and captured criminals and protected American citizens apparently is gone. In recent years it has been documented to have colluded with Democrats to make up stories about President Donald Trump to try to hurt him. It has interfered in an election by telling media corporations to suppress accurate, but damaging, information about Joe Biden. ... Then it suggested traditional Catholics were domestic terrorists. And threatened pro-life protesters trying to keep unborn babies from harm. And more ... So when it released an innocuous holiday greeting just days ago,...

Monday 1 January 2024 Mary, the Holy Mother of God Solemnity Mary, Mother of God Parish, Scranton, PAReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).First readingNumbers 6:22-27 ©They are to call down my name on the sons of Israel, and I will bless themThe Lord spoke to Moses and said, ‘Say this to Aaron and his sons: “This is how you are to bless the sons of Israel. You shall say to them: May the Lord bless you and keep you. May the Lord let his face shine on you and be gracious to you. May the Lord uncover his...

A never-ending massacre of Christians being “killed for sport” is happening in Nigeria, yet the world .. largely deaf to the matter. ... the deaths of more than 100 Christians – as the world remains virtually silent. ... The Christians were killed in a wide swath across an invisible line that separates the mostly muslim north and the predominately Christian south in the country’s Plateau State. .. Christians represent 46% of Nigeria’s population. “There was yet another Christmas massacre of Christians in Nigeria yesterday. The world is — silent. Just unbelievable,” tweeted leading evangelist the Rev. Johnnie Moore ... More...

Sunday 31 December 2023 The Holy Family Holy Family Catholic Church (Columbus, Ohio) Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).First readingGenesis 15:1-6,21:1-3 ©Your heir shall be your own flesh and bloodThe word of the Lord was spoken to Abram in a vision, ‘Have no fear, Abram, I am your shield; your reward will be very great.’ ‘My Lord,’ Abram replied ‘what do you intend to give me? I go childless…’. Then Abram said, ‘See, you have given me no descendants; some man of my household will be my heir.’ And then this word of the Lord was spoken to...

Walt Disney World Resort omitted or replaced lyrics containing the words “gay” and “queer” at Disney Jollywood Nights, a hard-ticketed event at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. This special event celebrates the magic of the holidays in old Hollywood, bringing together Disney Characters, musical entertainment at the Hollywood Brown Derby and Tip Top Club at the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, the Jingle Bell Jingle BAM! fireworks, exclusive dining options, and all-new stage shows. It runs from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. on select nights through December 20. The first Disney Jollywood Nights was a bit of a disaster, with long lines...