My wife and I celebrate Christmas, big-time. I am sure we have more decorations than anyone within miles of here has.
Why?
On a superficial level, it's because the lights and tree and fire are festive. That's innate. Man loves colored lights and fires. When I was a child in Maryland, the Gentiles had festive lights and we Jews didn't. I didn't like that. I saw no reason why the Gentiles should have all the fun and I still don't. Having those lights and a tree -- that's what I always wanted -- to have colored lights and to be a part of the dominant culture.
Celebrating the Holidays 2011
But I love Christmas for much more basic reasons. Christmas is about something huge. You can be saved if you simply make a contract to believe in God and (some add) if you act right. It has nothing to do with how you were born or into what tribe.
This is a revolutionary, stupendous freeing of the human spirit. This is why Christmas is such a joyous time for people, whether Jews or Christians, or anyone else, who want to believe that we humans can be forgiven and go on to lead lives of triumph no matter what has happened in our past.
That, and not shopping at all, not the retail numbers, is why Christmas is such a great time.
The lights are nice and the tree is nice and the shopping is nice. But a dominant culture that says that love and peace are the highest values -- that's what I want to honor.
We don't honor retail sales numbers. We honor the spirit of forgiveness and love. That's Christmas for me.
Merry Christmas.
but its also more than that for the majority of Americans, do you agree with Ben Steins perspective?
Christmas is the constant target of political correctness in the USA as well as a major driver of the economy, but its also more than that for the majority of Americans, do you agree with Ben Steins perspective?
And the lefty squad hates Christmas but wouldn't outright vote for as much. Who saw that coming?
And the lefty squad hates Christmas but wouldn't outright vote for as much. Who saw that coming?
Christmas is the constant target of political correctness in the USA as well as a major driver of the economy, but its also more than that for the majority of Americans, do you agree with Ben Steins perspective?
Well as we all know, the social conservatives out there have a constitutional right to have the cashier at Target tell them Merry Christmas instead of Happy Holidays.
Why are you offended by a Target cashier saying Merry Christmas?? And how is happy HOLY days any less Offensive?
Oh bull****. I am not into the whole praying to the zombie thing, but I enjoy the holidays as much or more than you do.
On a superficial level, it's because the lights and tree and fire are festive. That's innate. Man loves colored lights and fires. When I was a child in Maryland, the Gentiles had festive lights and we Jews didn't. I didn't like that. I saw no reason why the Gentiles should have all the fun and I still don't. Having those lights and a tree -- that's what I always wanted -- to have colored lights and to be a part of the dominant culture
Who prays to a zombie?? And as a non believer why would you want anything to do with Holy days?? Other then getting new dollies, what's the point of your participation?
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