Church Kicked Out Of Town's Christmas Celebration

    "A Christmas controversy is brewing in Hillsboro after a church was kicked out of the upcoming community-wide celebration.

    It all has to do with a pastor's plan to read "The Night Before Christmas" along with a Bible passage. "It basically is the account of the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, so we wanted to read that and also read 'The Night Before Christmas,'" said the Rev. Greg Lull of the Valley Bible Chapel.

    The reading was planned as part of a tea party at Valley Bible Chapel following Saturday's town tree lighting.

    However, organizers of the town's Old Fashioned Christmas have now canceled the church event.

    The Chamber of Commerce sponsors the celebration and said it is a violation of the group's bylaws to host a religious event.