According to the LA Times, US Christians have made so much money from
their "Keep Christ in Christmas" and similar campaigns that we're going
to be treated to similar garbage come Easter.

This article gives a small idea of how much money is involved in
fighting the "war on Christmas":
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-christmas23dec23,0,6673512.story?coll=la-home-headlines


1) The American Family Assn., a conservative activist group, has rung up
more than $550,000 in sales of buttons and magnets stamped with the
slogan "Merry Christmas: It's Worth Saying."

2) Liberty Counsel, a nonprofit law firm affiliated with the religious
right, has taken in more than $300,000 with its Help Save Christmas
Action Packs. The kits include two buttons, two bumper stickers and "The
Memo that Saved Christmas," a guide to defending overt religious
expression, such as a Nativity scene in a public school classroom.

3) [Jennifer Giroux, a Cincinnati entrepreneur] began marketing rubber
bracelets urging "Just Say 'Merry Christmas' " last December; this
season, she has sold more than 50,000, at $2 apiece. She plans to donate
her profits to a Christian charity. "It's never been about the money,"
she said. "It's about the message."

4) Tim Wildmon, president of the American Family Assn., said he was
delighted with the revenue from "War on Christmas" merchandise, which
supplemented the ministry's $13-million annual budget. All 500,000
buttons and 125,000 magnets were sold out by early December. "It was
very successful for us," Wildmon said.

The result of all this success is:

[Quote]
In fact, the fundraising went so well that the religious right plans to
branch out. Next up: the War on Easter.

Scouts for the American Family Assn., which is based in Tupelo, Miss.,
will keep a keen eye out for stores that promote "spring baskets" or
"spring bonnets" instead of celebrating the Resurrection. The group
already has laid in a stash of Easter buttons, featuring three gold
crosses and the words "He Lives." They'll go on sale in early January.
[End quote]


I suspect that part of this hysteria is the religious right's attempt
to regain what they see as ground lost on their chosen "moral" issues.
They've found a new cause to take up, allowing them to maintain their
stance as a persecuted minority while making a mint. After all, if they
can't portray themselves as martyrs, they really don't have an identity
to present to the world.


--
L. Raymond

According to the LA Times, US Christians have made so much money from
their "Keep Christ in Christmas" and similar campaigns that we're going
to be treated to similar garbage come Easter.

This article gives a small idea of how much money is involved in
fighting the "war on Christmas":
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-christmas23dec23,0,6673512.story?coll=la-home-headlines


1) The American Family Assn., a conservative activist group, has rung up
more than $550,000 in sales of buttons and magnets stamped with the
slogan "Merry Christmas: It's Worth Saying."

2) Liberty Counsel, a nonprofit law firm affiliated with the religious
right, has taken in more than $300,000 with its Help Save Christmas
Action Packs. The kits include two buttons, two bumper stickers and "The
Memo that Saved Christmas," a guide to defending overt religious
expression, such as a Nativity scene in a public school classroom.

3) [Jennifer Giroux, a Cincinnati entrepreneur] began marketing rubber
bracelets urging "Just Say 'Merry Christmas' " last December; this
season, she has sold more than 50,000, at $2 apiece. She plans to donate
her profits to a Christian charity. "It's never been about the money,"
she said. "It's about the message."

4) Tim Wildmon, president of the American Family Assn., said he was
delighted with the revenue from "War on Christmas" merchandise, which
supplemented the ministry's $13-million annual budget. All 500,000
buttons and 125,000 magnets were sold out by early December. "It was
very successful for us," Wildmon said.

The result of all this success is:

[Quote]
In fact, the fundraising went so well that the religious right plans to
branch out. Next up: the War on Easter.