Winter Solstice!

[gatechic]

To celebrate the Winter Solstice last night, we went to Zoo Lights. They had karaoke, Carolers, snow making machines (which had kids running around laughing at the falling 'snow flakes'), food, cool 3-D effect glasses (ours last night showed us snowflakes in the lights - each night has a different theme), and some of the smaller animals were

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[hexeengel]

I just have to tell you that you're one of the coolest Christians I've ever known, and I wish more of them were like you. Stay awesome.

-your friendly neighborhood Wiccan

[gatechic]

*hugs*

I'm one of the few Christians who knows the reason for season is actually Saturnalia. ;)

[hexeengel]

*hugs back* :D Not only do you know, you respect and celebrate the Pagan origins alongside your own faith traditions. It's frankly inspiring and I think an incredible lesson in tolerance and acceptance for your kids. My folks raised me Wiccan but also bought me world mythology books and Bible stories, and you're giving your children the same kind of open-minded exposure and education. Not only are you a great person, you're a great mom.

Sorry, I get emotional and passionate about religious freedom and inter-faith stuff like this. One of my pet causes, heh. But yes. Thank you for being amazing.

[gatechic]

Aww...thank you! I find it strange that with all the Christmas traditions, which can be traced back to Pagan practices, the one thing that can be traced to a Christian origin is attacked the most by Christians - Santa Claus. It truly shows the lack of education on the part of Christians of our own origins with respect to Christian traditions

[hexeengel]

My mom has a book called "When Santa was a Shaman," so while yes there are Christian influences there too, notably St. Nicholasbof course, as with many other things, it goes back further :)

Oh I agree whole-heartedly that most right-wing Conservatives who like to call themselves Christians would greatly disagree with Jesus if He came back. Or if they even read for themselves what He actually said. Such as, that He represented a new covenant with God so that the covenant with Abraham was rendered null and void, effectively making much of the Old Testament inapplicable and at best a collective history and lesson in context as far as where Jesus was coming from with some of His teachings. Because so much of the hate that is supposedly supported by scripture, has nothing whatsoever to do with Christ's teachings. I love a quote attributed to Mahatma Ghandi, "I like your Christ, but I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ." That's unfortunately far too true.