Tag Archives: Xmas

101 NYC Winter Things To Do

Time Out New York’s “101 Things To Do In New York City In The Winter” list has lots of interesting items on it. Number one is the holiday light show at Grand Central Terminal. Agreed. #32- See Jackie Beat’s holiday show. Agreed. #50- Celebrate Festivus on Dec. 23. Agreed! And now, the feats of strength…

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Christmahanakwanzolstice

JMG reader Scott sends us this amusing way to send holiday greetings. To My Democratic Friends: Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your …

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Happy Holidays, President Obama

A coalition of LGBT rights groups including PFLAG, COLAGE, the Equality Federation, and the Family Equality Council has joined forces on a campaign to send pro-LGBT holiday cards to the White House. The group will collect the cards and send them in a giant package for maximum impact. Today national and regional lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) family rights …

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Quote Of The Day – Russell Wisemen

“Ok, so, this is total crap, we sit the kids down to watch ‘The Charlie Brown Christmas Special’ and our muslim president is there, what a load…..try to convince me that wasn’t done on purpose. Ask the man if he believes that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and he will give you a 10 minute disertation (sic) about …

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NOM Booted From Chase Contest

Chase Bank has decided that NOM is ineligible for its $5M holiday charity contest, due to the organization’s blatant anti-gay bigotry. A Chase spokesman asserted late Thursday that the antigay group headed by Maggie Gallagher is not eligible for charitable funds — even if it garnered sufficient votes — because it violates the contest’s nondiscrimination rules. The database of groups …

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Singalong: Santa Claus Is Coming Out

JMG reader Sean Chapin turns in this sing-a-long response to yesterday’s story about Focus On The Family’s hissy fit regarding GLSEN’s Xmas play.

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Wingnuts Livid Over CBS’ Frosty The Snowman Promotions

CBS is promoting its nighttime lineup with a series of webclips in which dialog from their more popular shows is dubbed over scenes from the children’s holiday classic Frosty The Snowman. And guess who doesn’t like that? Via the right-wing site Newsbusters: In a perverse advertisement currently on the its Web site, CBS is trying to cross market the crass …

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Salvation Army: Want Xmas Toys For Your Kids? Show Us Your Green Card

Talk about the “Christmas spirit.” In Houston the Salvation Army wants proof of legal U.S. residency before giving out Xmas presents to needy kids. In a year when more families than ever have asked for help, several programs providing Christmas gifts for needy children require at least one member of the household to be a U.S. citizen. Others ask for …

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AFA Suspends Gap Boycott

Saying they are going on “good faith” that a coming ad from Gap properly acknowledges Christmas, the American Family Association is suspending their boycott of the company’s three retail chains. But only until they see the commercial. Via press release: According to Bill Chandler, vice-president of Gap corporate communications, Gap’s Old Navy division will launch a new television commercial this …

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Gay Pagan Witches Will Abort Your Kids!

The Maine Family Policy Council has picked up the American Family Association’s “witchcraft” charge against Gap’s holiday commercial. Aaaand somehow it all becomes about abortion and euthanasia. Oh! And don’t forget the witchcraft of gay marriage! Solstice is a holiday celebrated by “pagans,” and paganism is repackaged witchcraft, and witchcraft slowly darkens, withers, and kills the human soul. Modern day …

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Photo Of The Day

Santa Kong and the Rockettes shared a photo-op atop the Empire State Building. This post is just an excuse to complain about the incredibly annoying earworm jingle for the Radio City Xmas Spectacular, which has been running about every three minutes on every station for the last month. (Via – Gothamist)

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