he Ecclesiastical Front in the War on Christmas, by John M. Grondelski

A suburban Boston Catholic parish ignited a controversy this Advent when its outdoor Nativity scene replaced the figure of the Baby Jesus in His crib with a sign, “ICE was here.”  The pastor contends the display moves “beyond static traditional figures and evoke[s] emotion and dialogue.”

A new battlefront is emerging in the “War on Christmas.”  For years, the “war on Christmas” was primarily a confrontation with encroaching secularism: many Americans’ first encounter with the “naked public square” was the city hall park from which the traditional Nativity scene had been evicted, usually by court order.  As wokeness spread, “Happy Holidays” became the euphemism for the holiday that dared not speak its name. ….