Cultural Analysis

The Evergreen Tree and Christmas Celebrations over time

The Evergreen Tree and Christmas: The Royal 1848 Christmas Tree engraving that produced a craze for Christmas Tree across the Western world. It was the German-born Queen Charlotte of Britain who published this Christmas greeting depicting her family around a Christmas tree.

  Today, Christmas is celebrated with trees, decorations, mistletoes, chocolate and presents. The Evergreen Tree and Christmas: Many allege that these traditions stem mostly from pagan or secular practices, and very few, if any, from Christianity – again, rendering Christmas into a generic holiday unspecific to Christianity. Let us begin by revisiting how Christmas was initially commemorated. The answer is …

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Countries that constitute the West are no longer nations, no common values, no unifying forces

The West no common values: Dr. Paul Craig Roberts with Hanne Nabintu Herland, Herland Report

  The West no common values: On Christmas eve in Paris the police were battling violent protesters from the Paris Kurdish community. Clashes of this sort have become common all over Europe. They are the product of “diversity” and “multiculturalism.” Countries that constitute the West are no longer nations. They are conglomerates of populations that have nothing in common. There …

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Why we Celebrate Christmas: St. Nicholas, Santa Claus and the birth of Jesus

St. Nicholas and why we celebrate Christmas, Herland Report

  St. Nicholas: Today, Christmas is mostly associated with Santa Claus, decorative trees, gift-giving, and a time for relaxation in the Liberal, commercialized West. But where does this holiday – and its beloved traditions – come from? Initially a Christian feast celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, it has been appropriated by secular forces to be expanded into a generic …

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The Metaphysical World and its Relevance to our Existence

  Herland Report: The Metaphysical World: The belief that human life is subordinate to God, that we are responsible for our own actions and will be judged by the Creator, is simply an unbearable thought for the non-believer. In the film version of J. R. R. Tolkien’s trilogy, “The Lord of the Rings”, directed by Peter Jackson, two of the main …

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The Liberal hatred of “Merry Christmas” and Religious Traditions

"A Christmas Carol" av Charles Dickens, The Liberal hatred of Merry Christmas and Religious Traditions, Herland Report

  The radical Liberal, atheist clampdown on the true meaning of Christmas has never been worse. The Liberal hatred of “Merry Christmas” produces excess focus on the ocean of gnomes, trolls and secularized Walt Disney – Santa Clauses on their endless rides to and from the North Pole. “Merry Christmas” now is rebranded “Happy Holidays,” as if to hide its …

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The need for Faith in God in the Darkened West

The need for Faith in God:Hanne Nabintu Herland Report

  Herland Report: The need for Faith in God: The ancient Greek philosopher Socrates said that an unexamined life is not worth living. We need to question more, to study ancient wisdom, to acquire knowledge about the key to happiness and how we may fulfil the purpose of life. Socrates believed that each man has access to the truths of …

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Megathreats, deglobalization and the end of European greatness

The foolishness of our leaders: Megathreats, deglobalization and the end of European greatness: Getty Madrid 2022

  The world has entered a geopolitical depression, writes Dr. Nouriel Roubini, pointing at severe megathreats that spell dark days ahead.   This new era will resemble the tumultuous decades between 1914 and 1945, as the U.S. economic, financial, security unipolar world is challenged by four powers – China, Russia, Iran and North Korea. “There is a sharply rising risk …

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Why Countries Collapse: Exorbitant debt, energy sector problems, corrupt political systems, delusional elites

Why Countries Collapse: Collective US Stupidity threaten to demolish National Unity: Getty

  Herland Report: Why Countries Collapse: Dmitry Orlov and Vladimir Putin believe the US is failing, because the US government, in Putin’s words, is “making sure-footed strides directly along the path of the Soviet Union.” These strides are, in Orlov’s words: “exorbitant debt, problems in the energy sector and unreformable political systems mired in corruption, their elites delusional in their feelings …

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