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At a time when more Hollywood comedians are flaunting their loudness and lewdness, Jason Sudeikis' rise to stardom seems remarkably understated and subdued.

Sure, there have been public romances with leading actresses (Sudeikis previously dated Mad Men's January Jones and he is now happily ensconced with Olivia Wilde and their 7-month-old son Otis).

But, unlike many of his peers, Sudeikis hasn't had to apologise for politically incorrect rants that went viral, or launched a war on Twitter.

He is never asked about any similarities between himself and the screwed-up characters he plays on screen - whether it's a family man going off the rails in Hall Pass or a small-time drug dealer in We're the Millers - for good reason.

Sudeikis, 39, is now one of the hottest properties in Hollywood, having featured in four films that have grossed more than US$200 million ($258 million) worldwide in the past six years.

He possesses a boyish, goofy comedic appeal, his relaxed mien enhanced by the fact that he's a late developer by Hollywood standards - he only acted in his first film in 2007.

Sudeikis' new film, Horrible Bosses 2, is hardly understated or subdued. Horrible Bosses was a 2011 black comedy in which a trio of bitter workers played by Sudeikis, Jason Bateman and Charlie Day murdered their tyrannical managers.

Most of the starry supporting players return for the sequel - Jennifer Aniston as a sex-crazed dentist, Kevin Spacey as a psychopathic CEO and Jamie Foxx as the ex-con "murder consultant".

Oscar-winner Christoph Waltz is a millionaire investor who steals the workers' money.

The success of Horrible Bosses took Hollywood off-guard, tapping into audiences' own experiences with micro-managing superiors in the workplace.

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Horrible Bosses star standing tall in Hollywood

I recently heard that White Christmas is now politically incorrect.

Bing rolls over in his grave. How foolish.

White Christmas is not about skin color, but about snow, which is white. I am praying for each of you who read this, a white Christmas, even if it doesnt snow on this or any Christmas. Here is what I mean.

If you come to church at Immanuel at Christmas you will see that the cloths that decorate the altar have turned to white. White is the color of holiness, purity, and the absence of that which makes unclean. That is not a description of us, even at Christmas.

The pressures that surround this season often bring out the worst in people. As someone recently said, We dont have a skin problem. We have a sin problem. White is the color that reflects the perfect, sinless Son of God born into our world of sin, to buy it back with the price of His own suffering and death.

What is most remarkable is that what this Christmas Child would do on the cross makes us white (Dont Think Skin Color!).

Christs suffering, death and resurrection makes us sinless, holy and perfect in the eyes of our God. The Christmas prophet Isaiah wrote: Though your sin (not skin!) is like scarlet, it shall be white as snow. A Norman Rockwell, Bing Crosby, White Christmas would be nice for a moment or two. The White (forgiven, at peace with God and man, declared holy) Christmas that comes from this Child whose birth we celebrate again this year, who was born to die and rise for us, gives to us a White Christmas forever.

No need to dream of a White Christmas. It is Gods gift to you in His Son. I am

Yours in Christ,

Pastor Mark Bangert

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A White Christmas