The War on Christmas - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The War on Christmas write by Bodie Hodge. This book was released on 2013-10-01. The War on Christmas available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Is it a bunch of pagan symbols "Christianized" for the celebration? Why is our concept of Christmas so important for those who don't believe in Jesus? Most may say Christmas is about the birth of Jesus, but are we truly worshiping Him or just celebrating the earthly gifts we give ourselves? Filled with family get-togethers, office parties, breaks from school, decorating the tree, and more, Christmas is a time of peace and love. So why has so much controversy clouded this sacred holiday? It has become ground zero in an ongoing culture war where Nativity scenes are nixed, Merry Christmas becomes Happy Holidays, and even the word "Christmas" is considered by some as offensive. Find the truth about Christmas and the Christian's response to a culture that seems to be declaring war.
God Rest Ye Merry, Soldiers
God Rest Ye Merry, Soldiers - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook God Rest Ye Merry, Soldiers write by James McIvor. This book was released on 2005. God Rest Ye Merry, Soldiers available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Documents an inspiring event just after Christmas in 1862 when closely camped Union and Confederate armies, having endeavored to out-sing one another with contrasting patriotic songs, joined together in a shared round of "Home Sweet Home."
The Christmas Truce
The Christmas Truce - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Christmas Truce write by Terri Blom Crocker. This book was released on 2015-11-10. The Christmas Truce available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In late December 1914, German and British soldiers on the western front initiated a series of impromptu, unofficial ceasefires. Enlisted men across No Man's Land abandoned their trenches and crossed enemy lines to sing carols, share food and cigarettes, and even play a little soccer. Collectively known as the Christmas Truce, these fleeting moments of peace occupy a mythical place in remembrances of World War I. Yet new accounts suggest that the heartwarming tale ingrained in the popular imagination bears little resemblance to the truth. In this detailed study, Terri Blom Crocker provides the first comprehensive analysis of both scholarly and popular portrayals of the Christmas Truce from 1914 to present. From books by influential historians to the Oscar-nominated French film Joyeux Noel (2006), this new examination shows how a variety of works have both explored and enshrined this outbreak of peace amid overwhelming violence. The vast majority of these accounts depict the soldiers as acting in defiance of their superiors. Crocker, however, analyzes official accounts as well as private letters that reveal widespread support among officers for the détentes. Furthermore, she finds that truce participants describe the temporary ceasefires not as rebellions by disaffected troops but as acts of humanity and survival by professional soldiers deeply committed to their respective causes. The Christmas Truce studies these ceasefires within the wider war, demonstrating how generations of scholars have promoted interpretations that ignored the nuanced perspectives of the many soldiers who fought. Crocker's groundbreaking, meticulously researched work challenges conventional analyses and sheds new light on the history and popular mythology of the War to End All Wars.
The War on Christmas
The War on Christmas - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The War on Christmas write by John Gibson. This book was released on 2006-10. The War on Christmas available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Updated with new material, this book delineates a Fox News Channel host's claim that the push to secularize Christmas is a liberal plot.
The War Christmases
The War Christmases - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The War Christmases write by Stanford Beebe. This book was released on 2015-12-23. The War Christmases available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book is about the times and the people who lived during World War II. About life in small town mid-America: the schoolhouse, the grocery stores, the barber shop, the taverns, and the characters. Particularly, it is about the people and what life was like during the war. Like the soldiers who fought in WWII, the people who grew up then are also slipping away, and these are their stories. Those times may well mark the zenith of American greatness, not only politically and economically, but also spiritually. We had both religious and patriotic spirituality, a nation populated with churches, a nation that had sent its young men around the world twice in the twentieth century, in the name of freedom for others. It was a nation of goodness, of strong families, a time we are not likely to ever see again. This book is about that time, stories that should be told, stories our children and grandchildren need to hear.
