tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90669862284333837282012-01-29T14:27:07.668-05:00This is the place where you come to find out what's going on in the battle for Christmas--who's taking sides and which sides they're taking. This is also the place where you contribute information relevant to the discussion. (Oh, yeah, and Merry Christmas!)Kingdom Advancernoreply@blogger.comBlogger351100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066986228433383728.post-20733133302266112712008-02-29T15:21:00.001-05:002008-02-29T15:22:43.861-05:00

I just wanted to remind everyone that all of my posting is still taking place on We Want a Christian President...Also, I'm officially suspending The Kingdom Courier. I hadn't sent an issue out since late November, and it simply did not pan out the way I had hoped. However, I am happy with what I am accomplishing on WWCP.I will be leaving The Christmas Watch up for now, but it looks very

Kingdom Advancernoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066986228433383728.post-82198525976918268082007-12-03T17:24:00.000-05:002007-12-03T17:26:28.822-05:00

If it wasn't a Merry Christmas, it wouldn't really be a Happy Holiday!Think about it.~Kingdom Advancer~

Kingdom Advancernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066986228433383728.post-22048044319146618872007-10-22T12:36:00.000-05:002007-10-22T12:42:21.271-05:00

Is it truly believable? Will Best Buy actually be using 'Christmas' in their 2007 advertising campaign? One wouldn't think so given their strong and steady stance last year on the subject, but apparenty Best Buy has turned the tides toward common sense and will be using 'Christmas' this year. Source? Well, I called the Best Buy hotline today and the representative quoted something to the liking

PAnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066986228433383728.post-73660648464651058722007-02-06T23:05:00.000-05:002007-02-06T23:07:46.058-05:00

I can post!!!! I had to resign to google and a bunch a weird stuff that didn't take but 2 minutes.Neat-o!Lanna

LeeAnnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10073462808188016923noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066986228433383728.post-44015179701308803412007-01-17T22:55:00.000-05:002007-01-17T22:59:02.810-05:00

This doesn't have anything to do with Christmas, but I heartily urge you to check out this article. It is an important matter.This is the article: http://kingdomadvancing.blogspot.com/2007/01/wrong-in-so-many-ways.html

Kingdom Advancernoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066986228433383728.post-29669038104245042612006-12-26T10:26:00.000-05:002006-12-26T10:35:26.755-05:00

I hope everyone had a safe and joyous Christmas, if according to God's will, for He knows what's best in the long run. This morning, on television, I saw a commercial for the phone company Sprint that stated, "Now that the holidays are over..." What a coincidence that the holidays ended the very morning after Christmas Day! But, wait, unless my calendar is wrong, Kwanza just started today and

Kingdom Advancernoreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066986228433383728.post-88925940764334948752006-12-24T12:01:00.000-05:002006-12-24T12:12:17.779-05:00

No, I'm not talking about St. Nick, I'm taking about Nickelodeon (a popular children's TV channel). My brother and sister were watching it this morning when a holiday commercial came on. It featured a bunch of cartoons celebrating Christmas and a Rosie O'Donnel snowwoman narrating. The commercial ended with this message:"Happy (insert holiday choice here)!"I never would have expected anyone

Austinnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066986228433383728.post-55312413812137765612006-12-22T13:13:00.000-05:002006-12-22T13:14:56.768-05:00

Read it here.~Kingdom Advancing

Kingdom Advancernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066986228433383728.post-72424231341268063252006-12-19T16:10:00.000-05:002006-12-19T16:12:35.503-05:00

Visit Kingdom Advancing to read about four of Kingdom Advancer's favorite Christmas albums. ~Kingdom Advancing

Kingdom Advancernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066986228433383728.post-67127719109718759552006-12-15T22:15:00.000-05:002006-12-15T22:26:08.314-05:00

You guys'll get a kick out of this. It's an email that my mom received from an old friend. Note: Please don't copy this and use it - I don't know who wrote it, so I don't know who gets the credit. It is simply too funny for me to resist posting it on The Christmas Watch. Also, I haven't been on here for a while, and I've just noticed that we have a new member, PatrickA. Welcome, PatrickA. Okay,

Austinnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066986228433383728.post-88641905074322575152006-12-14T17:43:00.000-05:002006-12-14T17:46:08.694-05:00

Follow this link to Kingdom Advancing to read a review of The Nativity Story.~Kingdom Advancer

Kingdom Advancernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066986228433383728.post-50550586432376573372006-12-11T03:22:00.000-05:002006-12-11T03:41:57.253-05:00

The Chicago Field Museum is the most anti-Christian organization I've ever come across. It is promoting a "Winter Holiday sale", while at the same time they are using "Common Era" dating for years prior to the year 1 (prior to Christ). For example, they will use "400 BCE" instead of "400 BC". "BC" of course means Before Christ, and "BCE" means Before the Common era. For example, this year is 2006

PAnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066986228433383728.post-11577114492772215342006-12-10T19:02:00.000-05:002006-12-10T19:17:56.338-05:00

Whenever one looks at the newspaper on a Sunday, there is an overwhelming amount of ads one could make notes of. Many ads this week stuck with the "holidays" vernacular, or avoided the controversy altogether--essentially saying "just great deals."Since print advertisements don't necessarily entail the company's official position, I decided just to note some highlights:America's Windows: At the

Kingdom Advancernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066986228433383728.post-3357756295462101002006-12-09T17:01:00.000-05:002006-12-10T15:47:48.566-05:00

A site called War on the War on Christmas (Update: the list originally came from the Liberty Counsel at HelpSaveChristmas.org; thanks to Dumb Ox for pointing that out to me!) has their own version of the "Nice & Naughty" retailer list--like the one PatrickA has started. Here are some clips from their article of a few of the stores that Patrick has yet to mention that were noted there (By the way,

Kingdom Advancernoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066986228433383728.post-51548424337945747552006-12-09T12:19:00.000-05:002006-12-09T16:41:48.122-05:00

From Pushing Back the Frontiers of Ignorance and BREITBART.com :"A Muslim convert who talked about his desire to wage jihad against civilians was charged Friday in a plot to set off hand grenades at a shopping mall during the Christmas rush, authorities said.Investigators said Derrick Shareef, 22, of Rockford, was acting alone and never actually obtained any grenades."He fixed on a day of

Kingdom Advancernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066986228433383728.post-73202279058718007232006-12-08T23:15:00.000-05:002006-12-09T06:46:20.884-05:00

So, what's the scoop on media mention of Christmas this year, you ask? Read on my friends!(P.S—this section on Naughty / Nice lists is being copied at Wikipedia for Wikipedia users to read and for y'all to access as well. It's much easier to read there and it's easier to post comments and responses. Click HERE to access the Wikipedia version, and click HERE to comment on it at Wikipedia's article

PAnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066986228433383728.post-39233634893063485242006-12-08T17:34:00.000-05:002006-12-08T18:13:24.672-05:00

As is usual with retailers, Microsoft's XBOX website tells its customers to "Have yourself an XBOX 360 Holiday", missing the perfect slogan opportunity for "XBOX XMAS", instead opting for for political correctness.The website goes further downhill by saying "Gamers tell Trixie what they're hoping to find under the tree this holiday." What holiday? Obviously it can't be Hanukkah or Kwanzaa, or

PAnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066986228433383728.post-82469819359677053472006-12-08T16:16:00.000-05:002006-12-08T18:01:43.882-05:00

A large majority of Americans are Christian, a 2001 poll says 80 percent. However, it is not only Christians who celebrate Christmas—the Gallup polling organization reports that 96% of Americans celebrate Christmas. Ninety-six! Doesn't that make it so unbelievably stunning to consider the stretches most companies (and schools, and city councils) go to avoid using the word "Christmas"? It's

PAnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066986228433383728.post-88065693021712205952006-12-08T14:57:00.000-05:002006-12-08T15:11:59.185-05:00

I've never read this book (I just heard about it), soI can't officially endorse it necessarily, but it has to be an interesting read. Note the subtitle: How the Liberal Plot to Ban the Sacred Christian Holiday is Worse Than You Thought. Well, maybe worse than YOU thought. ;) I do know John Gibson, for he is the anchor of the Fox News Channel show "The Big Story with John Gibson," which usually

Kingdom Advancernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066986228433383728.post-61581612460544553342006-12-07T15:30:00.000-05:002006-12-07T15:51:02.307-05:00

I found this at Faultline USA. Linked from there was The Rapture is at Hand. They linked the site Ice Station Tango for the story, and Stop the ACLU for the picture, which actually comes from Right on the Right. (Just wanted to give proper credit. I don't know how accurate my "credit" is, but it's as best as I can do.) Story:The Young Conservatives of Texas - University of Texas Chapter announced

Kingdom Advancernoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066986228433383728.post-47871349224893076402006-12-01T22:04:00.000-05:002006-12-01T22:16:28.509-05:00

I just got back from Dickens on the Square, a Christmas event in my hometown every year. It's happening tonight, and tomorrow morning. First, we caroled (in English and American Sign Language), and then we watched the parade. The parade included a nativity scene, which I was happy to see. It was followed by a Santa Claus sleigh. The girl next to me (someone from my old church) said, "Ooh Santa!"

Austinnoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066986228433383728.post-7181872067180921312006-11-30T12:11:00.000-05:002006-11-30T12:15:22.080-05:00

In the retailer chain K-Mart's latest TV commercial, Christmas is explicitly mentioned twice. First, saying "...a Christmas to remember..." and ending the commercial with K-Mart's apparent Christmas slogan: "Where Christmas comes together." It seems that K-Mart can be added to the list of companies who are taking the step to cater to Christians and all Christmas fans this season, while many

Kingdom Advancernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066986228433383728.post-63967944528118931472006-11-28T10:41:00.000-05:002006-11-30T12:18:51.863-05:00

"Our guidance was that this very prominently placed [Christmas] advertisement would not only be insensitive to the many people of different faiths who come to enjoy the market for its food and unique gifts, but also it would be contrary to acceptable advertising standards suggested to the many festivals holding events on Daley Plaza," Jim LawFull story here

Jonathan Mnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066986228433383728.post-59998595064850694252006-11-25T10:54:00.000-05:002006-11-26T11:37:40.549-05:00

It seems that PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, has decided to get in on the battle for Christmas. They'll certainly pose as non-religious, concerned only with the welfare of animals, but ultimately, it looks as though they'll fall on the side of the battleline opposite of most Christians. I got this story from Pushing Back the Frontiers of Ignorance. The details are a little

Kingdom Advancernoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066986228433383728.post-14704079931530788582006-11-24T21:36:00.000-05:002006-11-24T21:49:26.308-05:00

Over the past couple of weeks, I've been trying to balance Kingdom Advancing, The Christmas Watch, the rest of my life, and blog-surfing in order to create a strong core of teammembers on this blog for the next month and into the foreseeable future. Now, I think my resources are being a bit exhausted. So, my question for Austin, Jonathan, Keith, Lanna, and any visitor is: who do you know who

Kingdom Advancernoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066986228433383728.post-81799752327717983492006-11-22T19:12:00.000-05:002006-11-22T19:18:18.141-05:00

Happy Thanksgiving! And, if you've been enjoying the pre-Thanksgiving "calm before the storm," all I can say is: enjoy it while it lasts! ;) Starting just a little over 24 hours from now are the biggest 30 or so shopping days of the year. And, that along with other things, means that the battle over Christmas will only heat up even more. That's what The Christmas Watch is here for. ~Kingdom

Kingdom Advancernoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066986228433383728.post-63571009913207554562006-11-22T15:12:00.000-05:002006-11-22T15:23:10.054-05:00

Okay, I confess, this is about Thanksgiving, not Christmas. Sue me.I just wanted to share that today, while I was at ACC (Austin Community College, where I take Chemistry for both high school and college credit), this guy was talking on the phone, and I heard him say something like, "Okay, so what are you doing for - ". He paused, "...turkey day?" It seemed like he was going to say thanksgiving,

Austinnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066986228433383728.post-35158017422210627282006-11-22T09:46:00.000-05:002006-11-22T15:22:28.745-05:00

My name is Lanna, and I am now part of the Christmas Watch. Thou I am not all for the holiday, I do see an awful amount of Christmas things the are taking our beloved Christ out of our well known Christmas.Things like Santa and elves, and getting gifts and displaying selfishness. Some try to avoid these self-pleasing ideas, but it's hard to escape them.When I was a little girl, maybe fiveish, I

LeeAnnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10073462808188016923noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066986228433383728.post-84942186436760473062006-11-21T21:49:00.000-05:002006-11-21T21:59:51.483-05:00

So is that what it has come to? The car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz is calling its sale for the following season a "winter event." Talk about dulling down the holidays--Christmas in particular, of course. This, personally, is the one I really don't like. People can choose between Christianity, non-Messianic Judeaism, and Islam when it's set before them this time of year. But, the real, most

Kingdom Advancernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066986228433383728.post-72856470271298947212006-11-20T20:10:00.000-05:002006-11-21T21:57:40.395-05:00

On a Christian radio station here locally where I live, a mall had a commercial that said in sing-song, and I quote: "Merry Christmas, and happy holidays." Talk about wanting to have your cake and eat it too! Actually, though, this is probably one of the better scenarios. It would be impractical--to say the least--and perhaps even insincere, for a commercial to say "Merry Christmas, Happy

Kingdom Advancernoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066986228433383728.post-15635558359897586212006-11-19T22:33:00.000-05:002006-11-21T21:58:01.072-05:00

Jewelry companies aren't stupid. They know that Christmas is sweet and romantic...period. Therefore, they are not afraid to specifically mention Christmas, show a Christmas tree, etc., in their commercials.I've already seen two Christmas commercials for jewelers, and we are not even at Thanksgiving! One was Kay Jewelers ("Every kiss begins with Kay"); while I'm not sure what the other one was,

Kingdom Advancernoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066986228433383728.post-77213486732167677262006-11-19T18:31:00.000-05:002006-11-21T21:58:24.533-05:00

Best Buy and Geico Insurance Company are two of the first entities to get holiday television commercials up-and-running. Both of their spots include Santa; neither include mention of Christmas. This may seem like nit-picking, but it is conspicuous: Santa has little or no relation to Christ--although he has become a symbol for Christmas (not the generic "holidays"). In fact, Santa Claus seems to

Kingdom Advancernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066986228433383728.post-40845507211094148962006-11-18T19:43:00.000-05:002006-11-19T22:41:42.005-05:00

This is Austin, a new team member. I'm a little spy, looking out for the attempts of our society and specific organizations to remove Christ completely from Christmas and our culture in general. Check out this article by USA Today about Christians who are fighting to put Christ back into Christmas:http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-12-21-holidaysuit_x.htmNow that's bold! In case you missed

Austinnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066986228433383728.post-88180693064320879082006-11-18T17:53:00.000-05:002006-11-21T21:58:45.251-05:00

With un-traditional music and decorations, the latest Target television commercial (which I saw a few days ago) is hardly overtly pro-Christmas. Yet, the company does flash the two magical words of the 2006 holiday season--"Merry Christmas"--at the end of the spot, right beneath its famous logo. The words are on there for about a total of three seconds, and they're almost hard to read.

Kingdom Advancernoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066986228433383728.post-83294976282382038632006-11-17T18:52:00.000-05:002006-11-21T21:59:08.364-05:00

Yeah, like the "Neighborhood Watch," only not. This blog is all about Christmas. Yet, the main focus is watching the Christmas scene. What stores aren't afraid of Christmas? What stores are? What TV shows? What radio stations? What brands? What politicians? What celebrities?Who only will say "Happy Holidays"? Who refuses to show a Nativity scene? Who wants Christ out of Christmas? What's the ACLU

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