"Closed for Christmas" includes some churches

No, this is not from the Onion, but the Chicago Tribune. Free reg. may be required.

Willow Creek Community Church, one of the largest churches in the Chicago area, will be closed on Sunday, Dec. 25--because it's Christmas.

Although thousands of the faithful usually flock to the South Barrington church and its satellites on Sundays, Willow Creek is joining several other evangelical megachurches across the nation in choosing not to worship as a congregation on Christmas Day.

Instead, they will urge members to focus on family at home, rather than filling the pews.

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But some religious scholars say letting people decide what is convenient for them on one of the holiest days on the Christian calendar is an example of American evangelical Christians' concessions run amok.

I know some people who've attended mass there. From what they tell me, Willow Creek's church services have little preaching but a lot of dramatic skits.

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