Christmas Eve has displaced Christmas day

From Time magazine:

… While demand for Christmas Eve celebrations is so high that some churches hold as many as five or six different services on the 24th of December, most Protestant churches are closed on the actual religious holiday. For most Christians, Christmas is a day for family, not faith.

If that sounds like the triumph of culture over religion, it is. …

Amy Sullivan, Going to Church on Christmas: A Vanishing Tradition, Time.com, Wed. Dec. 24, 2008.

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