i don't like the christmas season - hater ed. 101
does it bother anyone else when people say "happy holidays!" as if to lessen the importance of the birth of jesus?
does it bother anyone else that some people feel bad because they can't afford to buy you a gift (message to everyone that makes under 50G's a year...don't buy me anything!)?
(correction: give me a big hug and tell me you love me instead)does it bother anyone else that artists record "sacred" (as opposed to secular) christmas songs when you know full well the content of their normal material?
does it bother anyone else that santa gets more airtime than jesus?
does it bother anyone else that people like to argue about "pagan holiday this and that" or "christmas tree this or that" instead of discussing the birth of the greatest human being ever?
does it bother anyone else that this is the only time of year that people even consider giving food or money to starving and cold people on the streets?
does it bother anyone else that the greatest celebration that we christians have (next to easter - me: he is risen! you: he is risen indeed!!) has been turned into the largest shopping extravaganza of the year?
does it bother anyone else that people make awesome cookies and food for everyone to eat?
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Post a Commentit does bother me when people feel bad that they can't buy me anything for christmas and apologize. i'm like---"WHY are you apologizing?"
If you know that I know that that is not what it's about then why feel bad?
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Pablo: you are SO cool - I'm putting this one in the "great minds think alike" category. I blogged on the same thing over at my second blog (s-t-a-n-d.blogspot.com).
Yes, it bothers me that some people only give to the needy this time of year, but think about this: people who wouldn't otherwise give at all, and eleven months out of the year don't, can only be moved to give my the thought of Jesus' birth.
Yes, it bothers me that celebrities who publish worldly, fleshly junk and live totally lost lives the rest of the year suddenly get religion for four weeks out of the year; but consider that the only thing that can get them in touch with some need people have for something higher is the birth of Jesus.
Down deep, the lost know, they KNOW, that there's more to life, and Christmas confronts them with it, just as surely as it did Ebenezer Scrooge. We may try to fill that God-shaped hole in our lives with sleigh bells and winter wonderlands and a raft of other cheap substitutes, but only kneeling at the manger will truly change us inside, year-round.
As diluted as Christmas may be, it is still and always be a common grace.
- Keith
now pablo. i know it's hard to believe, but some people live very comfortably on less that 50 g's a year. and who are these people apologizing for not buying a gift. they need to pick up knitting or something. i'm almost done with your christmas slippers. j/k.
i'm not knocking less than 50G's. i actually picked a relatively high number because it encapsulates a good majority of the people that read this thing.
you makin' me look bad! :)
but for those that make more than 50 G's, hit me up with a jamba juice at least!
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