by Dorothy Porawski  |  24 December 2024  | After over a decade of discussions and arguments on this topic, I’ve stopped participating in online forum discussions about Christmas. I am resigned that there is nothing which could be written that would so much as make a dent in the zealous opposition to Christmas by some […] Source: https://atoday.org/christmas-online-forums-around-the-world/

SILVER SPRING, MD — In a scene reminiscent of Black Friday chaos, local Adventists swarmed the Adventist Book Center (ABC) on Christmas Eve, desperate to secure the season’s hottest gift: the “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Jewelry” collection. The controversial gift set, which includes a variety of adornment-adjacent items, has taken the Adventist world by […] Source: https://atoday.org/satire-last-minute-shoppers-flock-to-abc-for-i-cant-believe-its-not-jewelry-gift-sets/

23 December 2024  | Dear Aunt Sevvy, Why do people have Christmas trees, when Jeremiah 10:3-4 clearly warns against them? For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. They deck it with silver and with […] Source: https://atoday.org/aunty-doesnt-jeremiah-10-ban-christmas-trees/

by Nicole Brown Dominguez  |  23 December 2024  | In my grandparents’ church, there is a member who refuses to enter the sanctuary for the entire month of December. Why? Because the platform has a Christmas tree on it. I briefly was the moderator of the General Conference Instagram account. I once suggested doing an […] Source: https://atoday.org/missing-the-forest-for-the-christmas-tree/