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Archive Home > 2008 > December > 16 > Even seemingly secular holiday decorations have religious roots

Even seemingly secular holiday decorations have religious roots

By Electa Draper / The Bulletin
December 16, 2008

It’s that time of year when people of good will are making a holiday decorating list — and checking it twice.

Baby Jesus, out.

Snowmen, in.

Any object — an orange stuffed in a stocking or a tree decorated with white lights, for example — can have both....

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