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Christmas Past, Christmas Present, Christmas Future
By Carole Hornsby Haynes December 23, 2025
For decades we have had our world turned upside down by a radical left that is hellbent on transforming America. Every level of our Republic and our Christian traditions are under attack and none more so than Christmas, which the speech police once designated “Winter Holiday.” Leftist zealots banned candy canes given by student as gifts at schools, supposedly a Christian symbol that violates the “separation clause” of the Constitution except, of course, there is no such clause, only a ban on official government supported church.
Public school enrollment continues to careen downward with no end in sight. Although the long term decline in the U.S. birth rate and changing demographics are drivers for plummeting enrollment, dissatisfaction with public education and school choice are triggering a movement toward alternative forms of education.
American schools began with the Puritans in the 1600s for the purpose of Bible literacy. With the Bible as the core of learning, America’s first reader, the New England Primer, was created to teach children Bible stories, poems, hymns, and prayers. This emphasis on literacy and education promoted strong religious convictions among colonists and led to the creation of the most literate, educated society in the world. 
Since his arrest last month by ICE, the public is still struggling with how Ian Roberts could have been hired by the board of the largest public school district in Iowa despite the facts: he was unauthorized to work in the U.S., had a history of criminal charges, and touted falsified credentials. 
The contemporary celebration of Halloween is controversial. Many view it as a macabre celebration of evil while others view it as Christian. Its complicated past goes back thousands of years with roots in both paganism and Christianity.