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Canceling church on Christmas (news):

1. Defense of canceling church on Christmas | Southland minister answers critics (Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.)
   
   
2. Story of the season: canceled Christmas | Not holding services widely criticized as the news spreads (Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.)
   
   
3. Family first, religion down the field | A survey of 1500 people by Sensis found 95 percent planned to celebrate Christmas Day with family. Three in four of those surveyed will eat a meal at home, and the same number will decorate the house. But only one in three will attend a religious service (The Sydney Morning Herald)
   
   
4. Meeting of the megachurches | Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington may be closed on Dec. 25, but the megachurch's pastor has decided to preach on Christmas morning anyway. He'll share preaching duties with the Rev. James Meeks in the pulpit of his Salem Baptist Church, the area's largest predominantly black congregation (Chicago Sun-Times)
   
   
5. Christmas service DVD brings sermon to sofas | "I don't see it as canceling Christmas service," Pastor Jim Pelletier said. "I see it as putting it on a DVD and handing it to people." The DVD has a six-minute sermon, animated videos of carols like "Silent Night" and 30 minutes of a burning fireplace. (The Daytona Beach News-Journal, Fla.)
   
   
6. Churches keep their Christmas services | Local congregations not following trend (The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Ky.)
   
   
7. 2 churches not holding services on Christmas | While some churches are embracing the rare occurrence that Christmas Day falls on Sunday this year, at least two Central Indiana churches have joined other megachurches across the United States in deciding not to hold Christmas Day services (The Indianapolis Star)
   
   
8. Church trend puts holiday focus on Christmas Eve | Many are adjusting schedules to reduce services on Dec. 25 (Rocky Mountain News, Denver)
   
   
9. No Sunday holiday service? | Some churches close for Christmas (The Journal Gazette, Ft. Wayne, Ind.)
   
   
10. Some churches will take off Christmas Sunday | New trend urges stay-at-home family celebrations. (The Orange County Register, Ca.)
    
    
11. Christmas surprise: services cut | This year some churches in the Inland area and elsewhere will cancel Sunday services, expecting significantly lower attendance or wanting to give volunteers more time with their families (The Press-Enterprise, Riverside, Ca.)
    
    

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