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Wednesday’s Religion News Roundup: Holiday tree; mini Stonehenge; Christmas weapons

By: Tracy Simmons

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November 30, 2011

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As bitter winter advances, religious communities from Portland to New York are opening their doors to Occupy protesters. How many“Christmas among the Occupiers” stories do you think we'll see this year?

Christmas, by the way, is on a Sunday this year. The vast majority of churches (91 percent) plan to hold some sort of worship service, according to Lifeway Research. Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafeesays that anyone upset that he calls the blue spruce erected in the Statehousea holiday tree instead of a Christmas trees hould hush up and go feed the poor.

Speaking of charity,donations are inching up, but it could take years to return to pre-recession levels, USA Today reports.

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Tracy Simmons

Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of FāVS.News, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Associate Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.

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