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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 2015
Page
4
Established 1825 The Athens Messenger provides Route 33 North and Johnson Road Athens Ohio 45701 as its mailing and office location with phone and email contact options for letters to the editor and reader inquiries.
The piece argues Christmas is for joy and generosity, not controversy or commerce. It encourages loving gatherings, quieting stress, and embracing diverse celebrations while honoring tradition and faith. It ends with a hopeful, inclusive Merry Christmas message.
A personal essay reflecting on Christmas as a political and cultural issue in modern America. The narrator, a veteran reporter, embraces festive displays while avoiding religious debate, contrasts public and private expressions of faith, and recalls a past relationship shaped by views on Christmas joy and safety.
The piece argues the Obama administration permits about 10,000 Syrian refugees despite claims of extensive screening. It cites 9,500 revoked visas since 2001 for suspected ties, with 0 tracking of those individuals found. It names Tashfeen Malik and Umar Abdulmutallab as terrorists who entered. It alleges social media checks were proposed but rejected. It concludes the system lets more terrorists through than it stops and attacks political correctness.
The narrator recalls family customs that defy climate and custom from fluffy Santa toilet lids to a gingerbread house on a butler’s tray. He notes how imagined snow and portable decorations defy 90 degree heat in the tropics and praises Christmas spirits regardless of geography. The essay ends with warm greetings from friends abroad and memories of fruitcake and festive rituals.
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