In Defense of Christmas
Dearest Readers, Things have been different for me this year. I don't know what set it off exactly, but I suddenly just sat up and realized that... Christmas seems to be dying. A shocking statement, yes, I know. But I'm serious. Think of it. The stores overflowing with all that cheap, tacky plastic. Hideous decorations. The Grinch, who seems to have cast his reformation aside, products everywhere about his hatred for the season. Santa Claus, elves, Rudolph, Frosty the Snowman, awful music just blaring over speakers everywhere... "Last Christmas I gave you my heart..." (etc., repeat endlessly)... and "Baaaaby it's cold outside"... And then there are the people from my church, who don't celebrate Christmas. The pastor ranting at us from the pulpit about "pagan, heathen practices" and how evil it all is... And the two combined just cracked something in me. I want you to close your eyes and picture something with me... Or rather, don't clos...
