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Let It Be Known
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Let It Be Known


 


Holiday trees? That's not
right-
X's for Christ? Supreme Court
rulings; Religous fights?
Well let it be known, there's
no X's in CHRISTmas-
And my Scene of Nativity
can be seen every
night


If you don't like the way
I choose to pray-
My suggestion to you, is just
look the other way-
You can call your tree whatever
you want-
but mine is for CHRISTmas,
and Jesus's birthday


All the judgements and lawyers; Not
the ACLU-
will change my mind; and I don't
care if they sue-
They can have my bills; 'Cause that's
all I got-
just make sure they pay'em before
they come due!


Many men died; So that
my rights be preserved-
My Freedom to choose the
God I serve-
So let it be known there
are no X's in CHRISTmas-
And  it's only God I still trust
with the Federal Reserve


I won't put your X's where
my CHRIST belongs-
and I'll still sing his name in
my CHRISTmas songs-
Let it be known; It's my
CHRISTmas too-
and personally I don't care,
who thinks I'm wrong!


© Lisa Hilbers
12/5/05


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 Reviews of "Let It Be Known"
Reviewed by John Martin
Reviewed on December 10, 2005
God Bless and A Merry Christmas

Reviewed by Rebecca Burns (Reader)
Reviewed on December 7, 2005
Go.............Christmas Cheer! Awesome write.
Rebecca

Reviewed by Dawn Richerson
Reviewed on December 7, 2005
bravo, Lisa. we just had a school in GA whose principal banned the use of the word "Christmas" for any reason - thankfully her decree was reversed after community outcry... Dawn

Reviewed on December 7, 2005
GOOD ON YOU, LISA! I don't understand why anyone would want to not use *Christmas*. We are supposed to be a nation founded on Religious Freedoms...well, I'm Christian and I proclaim my right of freedom to celebrate and to speak CHIRSTMAS! The celebration of my Christ, my God's Son! This is not showing disrespect to other religions.

MERRY CHIRSTMAS~

Micke

Reviewed by Tinka Boukes
Reviewed on December 7, 2005
Excellent...I said the brain word......lol!!

Love Tinka :)

Reviewed by Joyce Hale
Reviewed on December 7, 2005
Amen! and Hooray, and right on, Lisa!!! We won't tread on your rights if you don't tread on ours!!

Peace. Joyce

Reviewed on December 7, 2005
AMEN!! BRAVA!!! Merry CHRISTmas, Lisa; and thanks for standing for those who want the OLD Christmas ways back!! BRAVA!!

(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in Burleson, Karen Lynn. :D

Let's show these yahoos that they canNOT take the CHRIST out of Christmas!!!!!

Reviewed by Gwen Dickerson
Reviewed on December 7, 2005
Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas, Lisa! What a marvelous Christmas poem! Bravo!

Reviewed by Declan Crosson
Reviewed on December 7, 2005
You know I had never thought of it that way. I've always used the X for shorthand when typing out messenger messages but have always written it out when doing christmas cards (unless it was to someone that wasn't religios now that I think about it). I think you have opened many eyes with this poem and I won't go into my views on a complete seperation of church and state (including taking "In God We Trust" out of every courthouse...
Great write and I hope others will open their minds to the way they use it (the X).

Reviewed by George Carroll
Reviewed on December 7, 2005
You echo the sentiments of the vast majority of people out there. Keeping Christ in Christmas I will be a proponent of until the death of me or the ACLU.
A powerful write that needs to be heard this Christmas season and I will not shop in any store that follows this pagan secular way of keeping Christ out of Christmas.

Reviewed by Felix Perry
Reviewed on December 7, 2005
Right on the money Lisa, I think all christians who are true to the word of God and all that are true to tradition of our land, our parents and our way of life should be singing this poem to the rooftops. Whatever happened to our religious rights, are they not as important any more as others? We have a city here where I live that took a vote in council to keep Christ in all things regarding to Christmas and are making a stand, perhaps it's time more of us did the same. Was the lives of out fathers, brothers, sisters, uncles and cousins just a sham and not to keep our countries freee? Righteous is the best way to describe your poem here Lisa and I am behind you 100% on this one.

Felix

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton (Reader)
Reviewed on December 7, 2005
Nice job.

Reviewed on December 7, 2005
Everyone should enjoy religious freedom. No ne should be stopped from worshiping God the way he/she knows HIM. Great write
thanks Lisa.

Reviewed by SHERRY HEIM
Reviewed on December 7, 2005
Without Christ, there is no Christmas. If it is wrong for us to celebrate then all those Senators, Congressmen, Judges and Civil Rights Groups should be the first to work on the holiday or stop being biggots and control freaks. It is funny how they don't wish to give up any of their rights, but expect us to. Just because we are the majority here doesn't mean that we can't be prejudiced against. This is America and everyone is free to worship as they please (?) so why should we be disallowed the same rights simply because we are Christians and our country was founded on Christianity? I am not offended by the Star of David nor do I think that it is wrong to celebrate Kwanzaa here, so why do we have to hush and why is it wrong for us to celebrate the Christ in Christmas? OK now I am late for work...was only going to read and comment later but you got my blood boiling, Lisa....Great work!! Thanks for speaking from your (our) heart.

Take care,

Sherry


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