The Trump administration did not back down when the Washington Post chastised the executive branch for “hailing Christmas in explicitly sectarian terms.”
Several of President Donald Trump’s officials or agency social media accounts posted messages celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ.
For example, the Department of Homeland Security shared a one-minute video set to the tune “Hark the Herald Angels Sing,” with the lyrics “glory to the newborn king… with angelic hosts proclaim, ‘Christ is born in Bethlehem.'” The video ends with the words on the screen, “Chris is born.”
All these social media posts were too much for The Washington Post’s Azi Paybarah, who wrote, “The messages sharply diverged from the more secular, Santa Claus-and-reindeer style of Christmas messages that have been the norm for government agencies for years. The posts provided the latest example of the administration’s efforts to promote the cultural views and language of Trump’s evangelical Christian base.”
Paybarah quoted Rachel Laser, president and CEO of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, saying, the social media posts are “one more example of the Christian Nationalist rhetoric the Trump administration has disseminated since Day One in office.
Contrary to what Laser argued, there is nothing in the First Amendment that blocks Trump officials from posting Christian messages in sectarian terms. What it specifically states is, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”
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Several of President Donald Trump’s officials or agency social media accounts posted messages celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ.
For example, the Department of Homeland Security shared a one-minute video set to the tune “Hark the Herald Angels Sing,” with the lyrics “glory to the newborn king… with angelic hosts proclaim, ‘Christ is born in Bethlehem.'” The video ends with the words on the screen, “Chris is born.”
All these social media posts were too much for The Washington Post’s Azi Paybarah, who wrote, “The messages sharply diverged from the more secular, Santa Claus-and-reindeer style of Christmas messages that have been the norm for government agencies for years. The posts provided the latest example of the administration’s efforts to promote the cultural views and language of Trump’s evangelical Christian base.”
Paybarah quoted Rachel Laser, president and CEO of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, saying, the social media posts are “one more example of the Christian Nationalist rhetoric the Trump administration has disseminated since Day One in office.
Contrary to what Laser argued, there is nothing in the First Amendment that blocks Trump officials from posting Christian messages in sectarian terms. What it specifically states is, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”
Trump Admin Stands Firm After Jesus-Centric Christmas Messages Spark Media Freak-Out
The Trump administration did not back down when the Washington Post chastised the executive branch for too overtly celebrating Christmas.
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Can you imagine the uproar if Christmas was canceled as a national holiday and people didn't get their day off, holiday pay, and year-end Christmas bonuses? Even non-Christians? And the uproar if Christmas were canceled because of the huge economic impact Christmas has on the whole economy 
Everything from parents buying little kids presents, to trees, to ornaments and decor, to holiday foods to major/extravagant purchases (Christmas being the excuse), to Christmas cards and postage for cards and gifts, to Christmas/holiday parties, concerts, etc., to holiday/year-end giving, to the stock market.
