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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — On cue, California jumped into the yearly fray over why Christmas symbols and carols get banned from schools and other public places, when that well-known religious radical, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, ignited a controversy by pointedly calling the state’s official “holiday” tree its “Christmas” tree instead.
Schwarzenegger is a (shudder) Catholic. A spokesman [...]

CLEVELAND — A drive through a renewed Cleveland neighborhood on a warm summer day shouldn’t evoke too many holiday memories.
But a bunch of tourists toting cameras and buying T-shirts might beg to differ. They are among the minions who have flocked to the tall yellow house in the working-class area that served as the [...]

A Department of Education policy barring Nativity scenes from the city’s public schools could be the focus of a new debate at City Hall.
A City Council member of Queens, Tony Avella, is calling on the department to amend its holiday display policy to allow Nativity scenes in schools.
The rule has withstood judicial scrutiny, with [...]

BERKLEY, Michigan — A residents group is on a mission to bring the baby Jesus back to City Hall.
Members of Berkley Citizens Vote YES to Christmas Holiday Display want to bring back a nativity scene on city property outside City Hall at 3338 Coolidge. They are on a petition drive to put the issue [...]

Below is the list of  the best selling Christmas Music CD’s of 2006.  How many do you have?
1) James Taylor - James Taylor at Christmas
2) Various Artists - Now! That’s What I Call Christmas, Vol. 3
3) Sarah McLachlan - Wintersong
4) Bette Midler - Cool Yule
5) Sufjan Stevens - Songs for Christmas
6) Wynonna Judd - [...]

A blog to reflect the “modern Christmas”. The phrase makes you wince just a wee bit doesn’t it. At first glance, there doesn’t appear to be much “Christmas” about the modern version.
Commercialised to the point where some people have washed their hands of the entire Season. Anti-Christmas sites (and blogs too no doubt) are [...]

Avril Lavigne may revive the Christmas album some day.
And Lavigne’s take on a potential Christmas album will surprise some people.
“I would make it completely traditional,” Lavigne said.
Talk of a possible Christmas album came up when it was pointed out to Lavigne that at this stage of her career — having “made it,” so to [...]

Renegade Animation has finished animation on its first animated film, the upcoming animated musical ‘Christmas is Here Again’.