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people to publicly proclaim Christ on their property (seeing as its not allowed on public grounds) and the winning scenes were photographed and put in the local newspaper. You can even encourage your local TV station to put it on the local news. Keep Christ in CHRISTmas Essay Contest Post an ad in the local newspaper, put flyers up in store windows that will take them. Put flyers on telephone poles, in libraries, in Laundromats advertising a Contest for the best Essay on What you will do to keep Christ in Christmas. As far as your budget will go Have a prize for every age group. Seek permission from the local trustee for all the schools. Invite school children to participate. Get past the obstacle that the schools are not allowed to do this by telling them we are only advertising there is a contest if they wish to participate. We did this in our community and even some non-Catholic school teachers had their whole class do essays as a project. Challenge the Commercial Stores Talk to managers and tell them that there is a growing group of customers that are going to boycott their store if they dont stop boycotting CHRISTmas. Tell them you want to see Merry Christmas signs to their customers and that you are the majority not the minority. Challenge at the Checkouts Remember when there was not one checkout clerk that didnt wish you Merry CHRISTmas? Now they are directed that they are not allowed to say Merry CHRISTmas. Wish the checkout clerk a Merry Christmas and most try to smile and say Happy Holidays. Some remain silent and you can see they are clearly troubled they want to return the sentiment but know they may be fired if they do. I know, because some of them tell you. Wow we are closer to the 666 issue than we want to think! You cant work there if you dont deny Christ. What to do? Be brazen again say loudly enough so the rest of the lineup can hear you, I know you are forbidden to wish me a Merry CHRISTmas but I DO wish YOU a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Holy New Year. These are just a few of the Christmas challenges I have been involved in over the years. Other than contest prizes you dont need a lot of money to do them. But you do need Faith and Guts. For some, its not easy to speak out as I have noted above, but believe me, try it and when you do the warm and fuzzy feeling you will experience in your heart and soul will be one of the greatest gifts God has given you and your soul. Didnt you ever dream of being a hero? All you have to do is try; stand up for Christ and you will be on a heros path. I know there are many more things being done by Christs heroes out there. Your ideas and actions will be the faith of a mustard seed. Would you share them with us? Then we can share them further on our television, web and letters to millions more who think like you. We are waiting to hear from you What a wonderful gift for the Christ Child on His Birthday. Coralie Graham, Editor of The Fatima Crusader