The Obamas were planning a "non-religious
Christmas" and intended not to put the traditional White House créche scene on display.
White
House Social Secretary Desirée Rogers reportedly told a meeting of former secretaries that the Obamas did not intend
to put the manger scene on display - a suggestion that was greeted by an "audible gasp" from her audience.
The White House confirmed that there had been discussion regarding whether to make Christmas more "inclusive."
Despite such discussions, the White House eventually bowed to tradition, reports the NY Times; the creche
scene is now on display.
In an email to Fox News' Todd Starnes regarding the issue, the Michele
Obama's office quoted a speech given by Barack Obama at the lighting of the National Christmas Tree. Barack's remarks
emphasized that Christmas has a lesson for all, not merely Christians, and that it represents, "a tradition that we
celebrate as a country - a tradition that has come to represent more than any one holiday or religion."
Catholic League President Bill Donohue said that it should be no surprise that Obama and "his wife
would like to neuter Christmas in the White House."
He continued: "That's their natural
step - to ban the public display of Christian symbols. Have any doubts? Last April, Georgetown University was ordered to
put a drape over the name of Jesus as a condition of [Obama] speaking there."
"It is
the business of the public to hold [the Obamas] accountable for the way they celebrate Christmas in the White House. We know
one thing for sure: no other administration ever entertained internal discussions on whether to display a nativity scene
in the White House."
Help Get the USA Right With God
The answer to how to get America
back on the right track is to obey God, and Jesus told us how to do that. He said:
You shall love the LORD your
God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. This is the first commandment.
(Mark 12:30)
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love
one another. (John 13:34) 
