I know as usual the defacto "War on Christmas" continues with heavy losses on both sides (like Bill O'Reilly's favorite loofah, pray for him). But I'd just like to say whatever silly greeting you like to use, Christmas is no longer religious. What's my evidence? well I'll begin by noting the pagan symbols present.
The Christmas Tree: a pagan symbol from the Celts, trees such as these didn't even grow in Jerusalem. Lights on the tree were also part of the pagan tradition, which ended with burning the tree at festival's end.
The Gift-Giving: Oh this has pagan written all over it. Seriously, what does giving children some cheap plastic crap in a gaudy box have to do with Jesus' birth? even the date is speculative as we don't know when HE was born.
If we were to indeed celebrate Christmas we'd celebrate it not as an orgy of consumerism (this is the REAL TRADITION the culture warriors desperately seek to maintain) but as an absentee birthday. All of your relatives would get together, bake a cake, annoy each other, present gifts to the holy spirit, eat, fight and then go home. The tradition of Christmas would indeed be themed by togetherness and commonality of caring for one another, not by Little Johnny getting a Wii. So I submit as proof, who can remember Christmas after it passes? The memory lasts for a time and fades away just like any other insignificant day. Make this holiday memorable not for what you buy or what you receive but for how you and yours treat one another. Because life is a series of moments and the brain only keeps vivid the ones that affect it the most. And if "Peace on Earth" really meant anything, we'd do something about ending senseless and stupid wars (yes President Obama, that one's for you). Food for thought.
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