First of all, thank you for these posts - I've really been enjoying them.
I recently read an op-ed piece calling for 'banning' the celebration of Christmas by any but Christians, and in any but Christian ways. This is such a terrible view. The holiday is where it is on the calendar for a reason. We all need a break from the darkest time of the year. It is a human need, and a blessed gift, to remember the light.
Ugh, that's awful. I was raised going to church, but by the time I went to college I had decided I was an atheist. I love celebrating Christmas - and not even just as a secular holiday. I appreciate the story even if I don't necessarily believe it actually happened, and I would hate for anyone to tell me I shouldn't be "allowed" to celebrate.
(Although how could such a "banning" even be done? I can't quite work out what the author intends to happen...)
I've always wanted to make stained glass! My younger sister did in school, and it is so, so pretty.
Although how could such a "banning" even be done? I can't quite work out what the author intends to happen...
Inorite? Crazy people some of these intense church-goers. Maybe by public pressure? Government didact? It would crash the retail economy of course. Though I like the idea of being an underground Santa-worshipper. We could hold meetings in catacombs...er, maybe empty malls at night? There would be secret handshakes (hook your thumb like a candy cane), forbidden foods (the Fruitcake of DOOM), and whistled (secular) songs for signaling our allegiance to each other. Our Santa names could be those of the reindeer, or maybe Peanuts characters.
I have friends who made glass, lovely stuff. I even have a couple of books and a box of glass somewhere in the garage. Another project never gotten around to...
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I recently read an op-ed piece calling for 'banning' the celebration of Christmas by any but Christians, and in any but Christian ways. This is such a terrible view. The holiday is where it is on the calendar for a reason. We all need a break from the darkest time of the year. It is a human need, and a blessed gift, to remember the light.
Ugh, that's awful. I was raised going to church, but by the time I went to college I had decided I was an atheist. I love celebrating Christmas - and not even just as a secular holiday. I appreciate the story even if I don't necessarily believe it actually happened, and I would hate for anyone to tell me I shouldn't be "allowed" to celebrate.
(Although how could such a "banning" even be done? I can't quite work out what the author intends to happen...)
I've always wanted to make stained glass! My younger sister did in school, and it is so, so pretty.
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Inorite? Crazy people some of these intense church-goers. Maybe by public pressure? Government didact? It would crash the retail economy of course. Though I like the idea of being an underground Santa-worshipper. We could hold meetings in catacombs...er, maybe empty malls at night? There would be secret handshakes (hook your thumb like a candy cane), forbidden foods (the Fruitcake of DOOM), and whistled (secular) songs for signaling our allegiance to each other. Our Santa names could be those of the reindeer, or maybe Peanuts characters.
I have friends who made glass, lovely stuff. I even have a couple of books and a box of glass somewhere in the garage. Another project never gotten around to...
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