Battles have put the court in Christmas
By Eric Gorski Denver Post Staff Writer

Somewhere at an undisclosed location in Denver is a symbol of the city's truce in the Christmas wars.

Workers with the Downtown Denver Partnership, with the guidance of Protestant and Catholic leaders who are paying the bill, are finishing off a new float for the annual Parade of Lights this Friday and Saturday.

No twinkling candy canes, Santa Claus or Frosty the Snowman here. This float will re-create the scene of Jesus' birth, complete with sequined angels and a swaddled doll as the Christ child.

The private, downtown booster group caved to community pressure and lifted a ban on religious entries this year after a proposed float by Faith Bible Chapel of Arvada was turned away a year ago, creating a controversy that attracted national attention.
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