Still in a festive mood, THE SCRAPBOOK notes that the Starbucks Coffee Co., which trademarked the name "Christmas Blend" for one of its javas in 1992, has sicced its lawyers on the Russian Orthodox monks of All-Merciful Saviour Monastery in Puget Sound, Wash., who also peddle a "Christmas Blend" coffee. Heiromonk Tryphon told the Washington Times, "I have a right to use 'Christmas.' They may think they have a right under the law, but they have no moral right."
Father Tryphon may want to seek solace and advice from the administrators at Calvin College, a Christian Reformed (i.e., Calvinist) school in Michigan. A few years back, they tried to trademark the name of their school for use on student sweatshirts and the like. The only problem was lawyers from Calvin Klein, who objected to anyone else selling clothing with the name Calvin on it. Calvin College won of course, as it was predestined to. And so will the monks, though perhaps not by faith alone.