Ruckus Around the Christmas Tree -- as Usual
By Penne Restad, the author of Christmas in America: A History. She teaches history at the University of Texas at Austin (THE WASHINGTON POST, 25/12/05):
At last, Christmas morning. May we now declare a truce in the Christmas culture war? All those poor salespeople who struggled to remember whether company policy was to greet shoppers with "Happy Holidays" or "Merry Christmas" are free to relax and settle down around their Christmas tree or holiday tree or whatever other seasonal symbol they prefer and celebrate in their own private way. For celebrate Christmas is something that almost all of us, apparently, do.… Seguir leyendo »