Christmas Day
After getting up at 5am, Juliana and I had a quick drive to the Tulsa Airport and were off to Denver...we arrived early and grabbed the shuttle.
On the way up here (to Fort Collins) I talked to a guy on the bus, who was like, "This whole 'happy holidays' thing is crazy. All these people trying to be politically correct. Holidays comes from 'holy days.' So what's wrong with saying 'Merry Christmas?'"
It's been interesting reading about this debate, how the humanists and atheists are trying to destroy Christmas by refusing to say "Merry Christmas." And how the Christians demand that we keep the "Christ" in Christmas.
My two cents is that the season is about family and about hope and peace and possibility being born into the world, especially in the darkest time of the year. This hope comes in many ways and many places. The message of the season is that we have to make room in our lives (in our "inns") for hope, love, and joy to be born. It doesn't matter if we're theist, atheist, agnostic, or pagan...we need to make room for the "divine," for life to surprise us - we need to make room in our lives for the unexpected. That's the point of the season.
And, as a factual tidbit, the early Pilgrims and Puritans weren't into Christmas, at all. You'd be put in the stocks if you celebrated that Pagan Holiday.
This is my virgin post in blog land. A trial run, if you will. But I was inspired by Laurel's and DuoTeam's blogs and couldn't resist..
Merry Christmas, all!
On the way up here (to Fort Collins) I talked to a guy on the bus, who was like, "This whole 'happy holidays' thing is crazy. All these people trying to be politically correct. Holidays comes from 'holy days.' So what's wrong with saying 'Merry Christmas?'"
It's been interesting reading about this debate, how the humanists and atheists are trying to destroy Christmas by refusing to say "Merry Christmas." And how the Christians demand that we keep the "Christ" in Christmas.
My two cents is that the season is about family and about hope and peace and possibility being born into the world, especially in the darkest time of the year. This hope comes in many ways and many places. The message of the season is that we have to make room in our lives (in our "inns") for hope, love, and joy to be born. It doesn't matter if we're theist, atheist, agnostic, or pagan...we need to make room for the "divine," for life to surprise us - we need to make room in our lives for the unexpected. That's the point of the season.
And, as a factual tidbit, the early Pilgrims and Puritans weren't into Christmas, at all. You'd be put in the stocks if you celebrated that Pagan Holiday.
This is my virgin post in blog land. A trial run, if you will. But I was inspired by Laurel's and DuoTeam's blogs and couldn't resist..
Merry Christmas, all!
posted by Justin Schroeder at 5:47 PM
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