Friendly Fire in the War on Christmas: many churches cancelling their services this Sunday

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4. Makes me question the theological bases of these type of churches

I was raised old-style Catholic: not only would it require something as drastic as the priest dropping dead seconds before it was supposed to start to cancel Sunday mass, but Christmas day itself is a Holy Day of Obligation, meaning all practicing Catholics are expected to make every effort to attend services that day. It is, after all, only the 2nd most important day in the liturgical calendar. It's interesting that none of the churches mentioned in the article are mainstream Protestant denominations: I wonder if these are small congregations founded by self-appointed preachers with little or no background in the history of Christianity.