{"id":27404,"date":"2017-12-19T00:36:55","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T04:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=27404"},"modified":"2017-12-25T21:16:28","modified_gmt":"2017-12-26T01:16:28","slug":"pew-research-survey-finds-religious-aspects-christmas-declining-public-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/pew-research-survey-finds-religious-aspects-christmas-declining-public-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Pew Research Survey Finds: “Religious Aspects of Christmas Are Declining in Public Life”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"LTRP Note:<\/strong> The following out of house news story is posted for informational and research purposes and not as an endorsement of the content or the source.<\/p>\n

Pew Forum on Religion<\/strong><\/p>\n

As long-simmering debates continue over how American society should commemorate the Christmas holiday, a new Pew Research Center survey finds that most U.S. adults believe the religious aspects of Christmas are emphasized less now than in the past \u2013 even as relatively few Americans are bothered by this trend. In addition, a declining majority says religious displays such as nativity scenes should be allowed on government property. And compared with five years ago, a growing share of Americans say it does not matter to them how they are greeted in stores and businesses during the holiday season \u2013 whether with \u201cmerry Christmas\u201d or a less-religious greeting like \u201chappy holidays.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not only are some of the more religious aspects of Christmas less prominent in the public sphere, but there are signs that they are on the wane in Americans\u2019 private lives and personal beliefs as well. For instance, there has been a noticeable decline in the percentage of U.S. adults who say they believe that biblical elements of the Christmas story \u2013 that Jesus was born to a virgin, for example \u2013 reflect historical events that actually occurred. And although most Americans still say they mark the occasion as a religious holiday, there has been a slight drop in recent years in the share who say they do this. Click here<\/a> to continue reading.<\/p>\n

(Photo from bigstockphoto; used with permission.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LTRP Note: The following out…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[614,45],"tags":[1064,2108,2279,3816],"class_list":["post-27404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world-in-crisis","category-signs-of-the-times","tag-christmas","tag-birth-of-christ","tag-society","tag-nativity","wpcat-614-id","wpcat-45-id"],"yoast_head":"\nPew Research Survey Finds: "Religious Aspects of Christmas Are Declining in Public Life" - From the Lighthouse<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/pew-research-survey-finds-religious-aspects-christmas-declining-public-life\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pew Research Survey Finds: "Religious Aspects of Christmas Are Declining in Public Life"\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LTRP Note: The following out...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/pew-research-survey-finds-religious-aspects-christmas-declining-public-life\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"From the Lighthouse\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LighthouseTrailsResearch\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-12-19T04:36:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-12-26T01:16:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/bigstock-195367600.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1033\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Miscellaneous News Source\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@LTrails\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@LTrails\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Miscellaneous News Source\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/pew-research-survey-finds-religious-aspects-christmas-declining-public-life\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/pew-research-survey-finds-religious-aspects-christmas-declining-public-life\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Miscellaneous News Source\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9fdbcbd48da5f29bb452804f6cac87fd\"},\"headline\":\"Pew Research Survey Finds: “Religious Aspects of Christmas Are Declining in Public Life”\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-12-19T04:36:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-12-26T01:16:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/pew-research-survey-finds-religious-aspects-christmas-declining-public-life\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":271,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/pew-research-survey-finds-religious-aspects-christmas-declining-public-life\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/bigstock-195367600-500x323.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"christmas\",\"birth of christ\",\"society\",\"nativity\"],\"articleSection\":[\"World in Crisis\",\"SIGNS OF THE TIMES\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/pew-research-survey-finds-religious-aspects-christmas-declining-public-life\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/pew-research-survey-finds-religious-aspects-christmas-declining-public-life\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/pew-research-survey-finds-religious-aspects-christmas-declining-public-life\\\/\",\"name\":\"Pew Research Survey Finds: \\\"Religious Aspects of Christmas Are Declining in Public Life\\\" - From the Lighthouse\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/pew-research-survey-finds-religious-aspects-christmas-declining-public-life\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/pew-research-survey-finds-religious-aspects-christmas-declining-public-life\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/bigstock-195367600-500x323.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-12-19T04:36:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-12-26T01:16:28+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9fdbcbd48da5f29bb452804f6cac87fd\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/pew-research-survey-finds-religious-aspects-christmas-declining-public-life\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/pew-research-survey-finds-religious-aspects-christmas-declining-public-life\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/pew-research-survey-finds-religious-aspects-christmas-declining-public-life\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/bigstock-195367600-500x323.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/bigstock-195367600-500x323.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/pew-research-survey-finds-religious-aspects-christmas-declining-public-life\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Pew Research Survey Finds: “Religious Aspects of Christmas Are Declining in Public Life”\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"From the Lighthouse\",\"description\":\""A Light Shining in the Darkness"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9fdbcbd48da5f29bb452804f6cac87fd\",\"name\":\"Miscellaneous News Source\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ae5ed7321390b0777703fc89a380c78854f42226a02207a7d093580adc2e5935?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ae5ed7321390b0777703fc89a380c78854f42226a02207a7d093580adc2e5935?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ae5ed7321390b0777703fc89a380c78854f42226a02207a7d093580adc2e5935?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Miscellaneous News Source\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/misc\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Pew Research Survey Finds: \"Religious Aspects of Christmas Are Declining in Public Life\" - From the Lighthouse","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/pew-research-survey-finds-religious-aspects-christmas-declining-public-life\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Pew Research Survey Finds: \"Religious Aspects of Christmas Are Declining in Public Life\"","og_description":"LTRP Note: The following out...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/pew-research-survey-finds-religious-aspects-christmas-declining-public-life\/","og_site_name":"From the Lighthouse","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LighthouseTrailsResearch","article_published_time":"2017-12-19T04:36:55+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-12-26T01:16:28+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1600,"height":1033,"url":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/bigstock-195367600.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Miscellaneous News Source","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@LTrails","twitter_site":"@LTrails","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Miscellaneous News Source","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/pew-research-survey-finds-religious-aspects-christmas-declining-public-life\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/pew-research-survey-finds-religious-aspects-christmas-declining-public-life\/"},"author":{"name":"Miscellaneous News Source","@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9fdbcbd48da5f29bb452804f6cac87fd"},"headline":"Pew Research Survey Finds: “Religious Aspects of Christmas Are Declining in Public Life”","datePublished":"2017-12-19T04:36:55+00:00","dateModified":"2017-12-26T01:16:28+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/pew-research-survey-finds-religious-aspects-christmas-declining-public-life\/"},"wordCount":271,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/pew-research-survey-finds-religious-aspects-christmas-declining-public-life\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/bigstock-195367600-500x323.jpg","keywords":["christmas","birth of christ","society","nativity"],"articleSection":["World in Crisis","SIGNS OF THE TIMES"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/pew-research-survey-finds-religious-aspects-christmas-declining-public-life\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/pew-research-survey-finds-religious-aspects-christmas-declining-public-life\/","url":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/pew-research-survey-finds-religious-aspects-christmas-declining-public-life\/","name":"Pew Research Survey Finds: \"Religious Aspects of Christmas Are Declining in Public Life\" - From the Lighthouse","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/pew-research-survey-finds-religious-aspects-christmas-declining-public-life\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/pew-research-survey-finds-religious-aspects-christmas-declining-public-life\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/bigstock-195367600-500x323.jpg","datePublished":"2017-12-19T04:36:55+00:00","dateModified":"2017-12-26T01:16:28+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9fdbcbd48da5f29bb452804f6cac87fd"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/pew-research-survey-finds-religious-aspects-christmas-declining-public-life\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/pew-research-survey-finds-religious-aspects-christmas-declining-public-life\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/pew-research-survey-finds-religious-aspects-christmas-declining-public-life\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/bigstock-195367600-500x323.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/bigstock-195367600-500x323.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/pew-research-survey-finds-religious-aspects-christmas-declining-public-life\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Pew Research Survey Finds: “Religious Aspects of Christmas Are Declining in Public Life”"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/","name":"From the Lighthouse","description":""A Light Shining in the Darkness"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9fdbcbd48da5f29bb452804f6cac87fd","name":"Miscellaneous News Source","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ae5ed7321390b0777703fc89a380c78854f42226a02207a7d093580adc2e5935?s=96&d=blank&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ae5ed7321390b0777703fc89a380c78854f42226a02207a7d093580adc2e5935?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ae5ed7321390b0777703fc89a380c78854f42226a02207a7d093580adc2e5935?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"Miscellaneous News Source"},"url":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/author\/misc\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27404\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}