War on Christmas - The Final "Battle"

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In case you haven't read Part 1, Part 2, or Part 3 of my 4 part trilogy about the "War on Christmas" Fox news keeps harping on; I don't believe in it. To sum up: In a world where tinsel throws up every which way from November to December 25th, and the Christmas holiday is all you see on TV and Advertising, the Christians are not being persecuted; it's faux-Christians reacting to the realization that there ARE other religions in the world who celebrate other things in December, and the Christmas tree is a pagan symbol of the life within the Earth, not a holy relic.

Just to put the final nail in the coffin of ignorance, allow me to refer you to my new favorite bible passage: Romans 2:24 - As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.” Meaning the actions of people calling themselves Christians which are less than Godly give Christians a bad name. As the comedian said, "Jesus is like Elvis: I like HIS work, but his fans get really annoying at times."

The so-called Christians who want to "Keep Christ in Christmas," and complain that the word "Happy:" being chosen over "Merry" are celebrating Christmas right now. They shouldn't be, you know. They should currently be celebrating ADVENT; the preparations for Christmas. Christmas doesn't happen until the 25th of December, and must continue for 12 days afterwards until January 6th. That is, according to the Church Calendar.

People who claim to be true Christians should recognize that there's only one good reason for the Christmas Season to start on Thanksgiving... It sells toys. This is the most wonderful time of the year for shoppers and retailers. In fact, retailers are starting earlier and earlier; like, Halloween! And yet, on December 26th, all of it will stop.

This is the reverse of what the Christian Church says about celebrating the season. The church designates the four Sundays before Christmas as Advent, a time of preparation. We tell the stories of the prophesy, and the angels coming to Mary and Joseph, and the journey to Bethlehem, but Christmas actually starts at midnight on the 24th. And we're blessed this year to have Christmas Day be a Sunday. I'm looking forward to going to church on Christmas morning. I'm even preparing special holiday music for the event. How about you?

If Bill O'Reilly is in church on Christmas morning, I'll take him seriously with his defense against the dark arts teachings. If ANYONE from Fox news is still greeting people with a Merry Christmas the first week of the new year, then I'll allow them to preach their anti-war-on-Christmas hate speech unharassed. But they won't. They, like too many of us, frankly, are caught up in the manufactured frenzy that is the Holiday Shopping Season.

The same frenzy that make people actually believe that if they don't tackle the crowd in order to be the first to get the Rock Me Elmo doll for their kid; well, then they're committing a Christmas sin of the worst magnitude. The frenzy that makes people forget the whole "peace on earth, good will to men" thing and nurture hatred of anyone who doesn't acknowledge a holiday they don't even celebrate. The frenzy that makes us forget the child who united the world as brothers, and instead attempts to divide us into those who celebrate Christmas and those who don't; rather than all of us who are celebrating happy holidays together.

Well, gentle readers, thank you for letting me vent. And for listening. I hope you'll bring up the points I've made next time someone ignorant harasses you for celebrating how you wish. And I wish you all a Merry Happy Chanukah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Boxing Day, Epiphany, Ramadan, and Buttering of the Great Holy Potato.

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