The Washington Post has an article on this today (Tuesday, Dec. 20)http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/19/AR2005121901802.htmlone of the interesting quotes:Today, secular Hollywood gives us Christmas shows and Christmas specials without end, not to mention Christmas-themed
with secularizing the song.
Sorry, Virginia, there is no War on Christmas.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Brayton
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 6:51 PM
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Subject: Re: Silent Night controversy
Richard is on to something here. The school play was
trying to hijack Silent Night and convert it into a
kind of easter bunny.
It is one thing for a public school to perform a
harmless little play about a cold and lonely christmas
tree. It is quite another thing for a school to
perform a play
Rick Duncan wrote:
Richard is on to something here. The school play was
trying to hijack Silent Night and convert it into a
kind of easter bunny.
Do you really think that was the intent here? Is that the intent when
churches perform the same play with their young children?
It is one
Title: Re: Silent Night controversy
Actually, Roth said that the greatest Amerixan Jew was Irving Berlin because he wrote both of the songs that transformed Christmas into being about snow and Easter into a holiday about dressing up! But, of course, Jews alone could not have made them
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Subject: Re: Silent Night controversy
These news accounts posted by Mark and Ed certainly
suggest that this school play
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Subject: Re: Silent Night controversy
These news accounts posted by Mark and Ed certainly
suggest that this school play is not as bad as
Liberty
Counsel
religious standard, as it goes to the miracle the
holiday remembers.
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Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 12:46 PM
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Subject: RE: Silent Night controversy
Mark Tushnet wrote:
I have no idea what the truth of the matter is, but here's a different
account of what happened in connection with the Silent Night
episode on which there was a post earlier today:
http://thinkprogress.org/2005/12/14/silent-night-fraud
It appears that your link in
University of America.
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Sent: Wed 12/14/2005 7:50 PM
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Subject: Re: Silent Night controversy
Mark Tushnet wrote:
I have no idea what the truth of the matter is, but here's
Coyle, Dennis wrote:
On the other hand, explaining that the song comes from a play about trees doesn't
entirely refute the criticism that the school may be driving out the true meaning
of Christmas -- it's a long ways from Christmas trees and Santa to a story of the
virgin birth of a
Rick Duncan wrote:
These news accounts posted by Mark and Ed certainly
suggest that this school play is not as bad as Liberty
Counsel made it out to be.
Still, it is good to see the school listening to the
voices of parents and the community, and adding Silent
Night with its original lyrics.
Ed, et al:
I know nothing about the play under discussion, but we might consider here the
comment by a Philip Roth character (if I remember correctly, the character was
Philip Roth), that the song White Christmas has nothing to do with Christmas,
as Easter Parade has nothing to do with Easter.
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