Where I work, we receive quite a few Christmas cards (that's not the correct term anymore, as I'll demonstrate) from our customers, vendors, consultants, etc. I would estimate that we received in excess of seventy or so that were addressed to our office staff. I kept count this year to see how many actually said "Merry Christmas".
The sad result is 3.
3 cards which read "Merry Christmas". Two of these depicted the Manger Scene, and the other one had a cartoon train overflowing with presents and reindeer. All of the other cards said some variation of "Happy Holidays", "Seasons Greetings", or the hypocritical "Wishing You the Peace of the Season", as if there could be any peace without the Manger.
It seems the coup is over. What we became aware of just a few short years ago when retailers began to omit "Merry Christmas" from ads and store banners has resulted in an Advent season with no Savior.
Indeed, Christ has been successfully erased from Christmas. Or at least denegrated to a fairy tale along side the jolly fat man.
How did Christians, who at least statistically still amount to a majority in this Country, allow this to happen?
Anyway, I indeed hope you have Happy Holidays filled with the Joy that comes from Christ.
I send to you Seasons Greetings in the name of our Lord.
I pray that you have the Peace and Joy that comes from knowing Christ.
Merry Christmas!
The sad result is 3.
3 cards which read "Merry Christmas". Two of these depicted the Manger Scene, and the other one had a cartoon train overflowing with presents and reindeer. All of the other cards said some variation of "Happy Holidays", "Seasons Greetings", or the hypocritical "Wishing You the Peace of the Season", as if there could be any peace without the Manger.
It seems the coup is over. What we became aware of just a few short years ago when retailers began to omit "Merry Christmas" from ads and store banners has resulted in an Advent season with no Savior.
Indeed, Christ has been successfully erased from Christmas. Or at least denegrated to a fairy tale along side the jolly fat man.
How did Christians, who at least statistically still amount to a majority in this Country, allow this to happen?
Anyway, I indeed hope you have Happy Holidays filled with the Joy that comes from Christ.
I send to you Seasons Greetings in the name of our Lord.
I pray that you have the Peace and Joy that comes from knowing Christ.
Merry Christmas!
1 comment:
merry Christmas Dbro...
wish you were here.
from big dbro
PS
happy B-Day Chelle...
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