KNIGHTS LAUNCH MAJOR NEW EFFORT TO PROMOTE ‘KEEP CHRIST IN CHRISTMAS’

 Knights of Columbus councils from throughout southeastern Wisconsin are joining forces in a new effort to promote the “Keep Christ in Christmas” message through television, signage and public displays.

A growing list of K of C councils and assemblies have banded together under the name Knights for Christmas.org to purchase television commercials for broadcast to nearly 100,000 homes on Time Warner Cable in Racine, Kenosha and parts of Walworth counties.

The 30-second commercials feature a mosaic of the Nativity of Jesus from the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Images of the Nativity story are shown while a child’s voice is heard reading St. Luke’s Gospel narrative on the birth of Christ.

The commercials will air on a wide range of cable networks during December, including ABC Family, History Channel, Fox News, TBS, the Weather Channel and others. The spots will be tagged with the Web site address knightsforchristmas.org.

The Web site includes suggestions for the general public to Keep Christ in Christmas by resisting the politically correct movement that seeks to censor the Christian nature of Christmas. It also includes a summary of the latest attempts nationwide to remove Christmas from the public square.

The Web site will also allow people to request Keep Christ in Christmas yard signs, vehicle magnets and static cling decals from their local Knights of Columbus council. Yard signs sell for a suggested $5 each. Magnets sell for $3 each.

Principal sponsors of the project include:
• Msgr. Stanley B. Witkowiak Council 697, Racine
• Msgr. Anthony G. Weiler Assembly 1207, Racine
• Msgr. Dreis Council 4831, Caledonia
• St. John Neumann Council 973, Kenosha
• St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe Council 8108, Wilmot