"Phenomenon", Tobymac
"Here with Us", Joy Williams

"Rabbit's clever," said Pooh thoughtfully.
"Yes," said Piglet, "Rabbit's clever."
"And he has Brains."
"Yes," said Piglet, "Rabbit has Brains."
There was a long silence.
"I suppose," said Pooh, "that that's why he never understands anything."
--A. A. Milne

Time to break the ever-so-interesting politically correct peoples with the following message:

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

No Hohoho. No Seasons Greetings. And even if I said Happy Holidays, I would still know that holiday="holy day", so....

People have gotten far too caught up in the wrong part of Christmas. I know I say this every year, but commercialism, especially that that camps on holydays, is EVIL. ;p

So say it, what "it" is for you this year. If you go for Christmas, say so. Hanukkah? Share the Happy of it. Kwanzaa? By all means.

We gotta stop overthinking this. The P.C. people will have you believe that, by saying Seasons Greetings, you're C.Y.A.* But if the P.C. people are so concerned about uniting everyone and their individualities, then they need to realize that they are closing off a MAJOR potential oppurtunity here.

It's not a matter of hurting someone's feelings for saying the wrong thing. Even if there's that moment when someone says, "Uh, Merry Christmas? Gee...I don't celebrate that..." there's ALSO that door there: "...but let me tell you about what I do celebrate." No more uncomfortable than, "Happy Holidays." And dead silence. And the following moment of moving on without getting what could be a nice little extra definition of our co-workers and neighbors.

If we can't be mature enough to look past minor, innocent (and I know there are times when such moments are NOT innocent, believe me) goofs and allow those moments to be moments of information (without, mind you, belittling anyone's beliefs), then it's no wonder we can't get along. (Remember, agreeing with ideals and respecting ideals are two seperate things.) ...I've now officially lost my train of thought and the momentum behind it, but I'm hoping that you're understanding what I'm saying, my e-peeps.

So again, Happy birth of my Lord Christ, and feel ever free to share back however you prefer. ^_^

--thought and written by one who lives to defies the societal myths of Christianity. 'Cause it's just not right to let someone other than me to tell you what I'm like.

*happy, green and red poof*

*Cover Your (Butt)