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Christmas Past, Christmas Present, Christmas Future
By Carole Hornsby Haynes December 23, 2025
For decades we have had our world turned upside down by a radical left that is hellbent on transforming America. Every level of our Republic and our Christian traditions are under attack and none more so than Christmas, which the speech police once designated “Winter Holiday.” Leftist zealots banned candy canes given by student as gifts at schools, supposedly a Christian symbol that violates the “separation clause” of the Constitution except, of course, there is no such clause, only a ban on official government supported church.
The contemporary celebration of Halloween is controversial. Many view it as a macabre celebration of evil while others view it as Christian. Its complicated past goes back thousands of years with roots in both paganism and Christianity. 
Lincoln Day events (sometimes Lincoln-Reagan Day), named after Abraham Lincoln, are held annually in February or March. These are the primary annual celebrations and fundraisers for the Republican Party. 
As Americans prepare to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ in a few days, the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral is a stark reminder of the global attack to cancel our Western culture and Chrisitan religion. There has been ongoing controversy between the French citizens, most of whom wanted to preserve their heritage, and the French government and Catholic church officials who wanted radical changes in the restoration of the cathedral. Critics compared the proposed changes to a 
America is in a crisis. From a Constitutional Republic and limited government founded on Judeo-Christian principles, America has now disintegrated into a state of chaos, violence, murder, corruption, indebtedness, and internal division that threatens to rip the nation asunder. Where does the blame lie? 
In 2021 our nation celebrated the 
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