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John Clayton

The denominational world tries to pressure its members to focus on the birth of Christ, but in doing so layers of guilt are imposed, and competition gets complicated as one Christmas program tries to outdo the other.

John Clayton

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Religious groups encourage their followers to concentrate on celebrating Jesus' birth during Christmas, but this often leads to feelings of guilt for not doing enough. Additionally, the desire to create better Christmas events than others causes unnecessary rivalry among these groups.

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