Merry Christmas from the War Front
It is Christmas Eve, and I hope you are all finding time to nice to one another. After all, the days are starting to get longer, almost everyone I meet is in a good mood because of the holiday, and my shopping is done. Wrapping is a different matter. I even have a package going out to my family, which I don't think I've done in years. But this year, I have managed to keep a good Christmas. I have not felt guilty over being a grinch, in fact, all of my grinchlike tendencies have faded away. The only time I've lost my temper was yesterday, and that was because of the clutterfucked state of our apartment. Christmas has contributed to that, but not much of it.
Today I plan on resting for as long as possible. Tonight I have dinner at the in-laws and we'll open gifts, then Stephanie and I will change into our good clothes and go to church at 9, where we'll sing carols at 10:30 and have a service at 11. It will be a long night in the war on Christmas.
What war?
Apparently, there is a War going on right under our noses and nobody has noticed except the folks at FAUX NEWS. They're fighting like hell to keep Christmas a religious experience, by talking up the birth of Christ and killing in his name (wait, that's Ann Coulter, sorry). Apparently, the USA is so Christian that Christmas has always been celebrated in the same way, except when it wasn't, especially with Santa Claus and all that, who didn't really make an appearance until 1822, long after Congress was in the habit of meeting on Christmas day.
I just have to laugh. Do I have a problem with the public squares having Christmas Trees? No. Holiday Trees? No. Christmas is a wierd holiday because Christians gave it away. We gave it to consumerism (see Yuleman vs. Anti-Claus) as a gift. Funny how we don't see a lot of John 3:16 signs around Christmas, God loved the world and gave His son. That's what Christmas is all about. The gift of Godhood in human form. It seems natural, if only a modern convention, to mimic that generosity, but we've let it go too far. We let it get to a point where non-Christians celebrate Christmas.
Today I plan on resting for as long as possible. Tonight I have dinner at the in-laws and we'll open gifts, then Stephanie and I will change into our good clothes and go to church at 9, where we'll sing carols at 10:30 and have a service at 11. It will be a long night in the war on Christmas.
What war?
Apparently, there is a War going on right under our noses and nobody has noticed except the folks at FAUX NEWS. They're fighting like hell to keep Christmas a religious experience, by talking up the birth of Christ and killing in his name (wait, that's Ann Coulter, sorry). Apparently, the USA is so Christian that Christmas has always been celebrated in the same way, except when it wasn't, especially with Santa Claus and all that, who didn't really make an appearance until 1822, long after Congress was in the habit of meeting on Christmas day.
I just have to laugh. Do I have a problem with the public squares having Christmas Trees? No. Holiday Trees? No. Christmas is a wierd holiday because Christians gave it away. We gave it to consumerism (see Yuleman vs. Anti-Claus) as a gift. Funny how we don't see a lot of John 3:16 signs around Christmas, God loved the world and gave His son. That's what Christmas is all about. The gift of Godhood in human form. It seems natural, if only a modern convention, to mimic that generosity, but we've let it go too far. We let it get to a point where non-Christians celebrate Christmas.
posted by Josh English @ 9:38 AM
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