Congress is really hard at work!

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Three Dozen Congress Members Try to Save Christmas Before It’s Over

Dec 21, 2013 7:00am

On the sixth day of Christmas, a group of Congress members decided to forgo the traditional “six geese-a-laying” and instead gave the American people a House Resolution defending Christmas.

On Thursday, Rep. Doug Lamborn, (R-Colo.) and 36 other Congress members proposed the two-page resolution in an effort to “strongly [disapprove] of attempts to ban references to Christmas.” The festive focus of the act comes on the heels of a number of run-ins with holiday Grinches who have reportedly stolen nativity sets and Santas across the country. The resolution addresses their antics by maintaining that “the symbols and traditions of Christmas should be protected for use by those who celebrate Christmas.”

“The Founding Fathers never intended for references to God and religion to be prohibited in civic dialogue. Despite this, our freedom to fully recognize Christmas is being attacked by a vocal and litigious minority,” Rep. Lamborn told ABC News in an email. “That is why I have introduced House Resolution 448, a bipartisan effort … calling on Congress to protect the traditional symbols of Christmas for use by the vast majority of Americans who do acknowledge the holiday.”

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/12/three-dozen-congress-members-try-to-save-christmas-before-its-over/

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

1. Republicans trying to out-stupid eachother

[Historic NY]

2. Wait they want to use the taxpayer provided mail sevice to send out greeting....

cards to their constituents. If they feel that strongly then buy them, their self.

I think they be disappoint to find most of the founders found Christmas to just be another day. Celebrations were confined mostly to the home with feasting or the church with worship, pslams and song. Decorations if any were modest boughs. The Hessians (German soldiers) exposed people to Christmas trees which did not become a formal part of our traditions until at least the late 1830's or early 40's. The day was more recognized by dressing the church in greens, then decorating the home or public spaces. Currier & Ives and Thomas Nast weren't around then, most people knew of St. Nicholas from church and Nast created him as Santa Claus in 1881 from the old St. Nicholas poem of the 1820's