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Thursday 24 December 2009

Christmas is therefore a Christian holy day that, when understood properly in its Biblical context, offers indeed a great commemorative feast in stark contrast to the spun sugar of the Santa Claus myth. But it’s not a feast to everyone’s taste and certainly not everyone will be partaking of it this year. So let’s not talk as if everyone will. Wishing everyone indiscriminately a “Merry Christmas” is not, furthermore, honoring Christ. If Christians really want to “put Christ back into Christmas,” then we mustn’t spray “Merry Christmases” around town as if they were so many candies being flung from a Santa Claus Parade float. Save “Merry Christmas” for people who actually do focus on Christ, and wish everyone else a happy holiday, whatever it might be. John Stackhouse

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