What Christmas is all about
Posted by Moonage on 24 Dec 2006 | Tagged as: Political Correctness
A lot of adults are debating whether Christmas should be a religious celebration in the United States. There has been adult arguments about whether Christmas trees should be in airports, adult fights over companies allowing charities to raise money during Christmas. All over the country, adults find negatives to worry about and fret over. Those adults doing everything they can to sour their Christmas are missing the main point of Christmas. There really is only one. This is it:
Christmas, no matter what adults want to call it, or interpret it, is for kids.
There may be religious connotations to Christmas, but the only thing I teach my kid during Christmas is the joy of giving, and receiving. He’ll learn about the birth of Jesus in church when he can understand it. Until then, Christmas is a very self-serving holidy for me. Nothing makes me happier than seeing the joy in their faces when they get something that excites them. If adults spent more time searching for that joy and a lot less time worrying about the adult politics, which never deliver joy of any sort, the world would be a much better place. And, no matter how hard some adults try, when my boy asks why we celebrate Christmas, I will tell him we’re celebrating the birth of Jesus. And, for the rest of his life, if he asks, I will tell him Santa is real.
Merry Christmas to all the Moonies who drop by!
( That picture is actually a picture of Moonlet’s birthday party. He was born on 12/23, we brought him home on Christmas day, four years ago. Every year, we start opening presents on the 23rd, and don’t stop until at LEAST the 25th. I kinda like it that way. )
3 Comments »
on 25 Dec 2006 at 12:05 am 1.StormWarning
said …
Merry Christmas to you and Mrs. Moon, and of course to Moonlet who is now 4 years old.
on 27 Dec 2006 at 10:34 am 2.American Phoenix
said …
Merry Christmas Moon and family!
on 27 Dec 2006 at 1:03 pm 3.Moonage
said …
And a Merry Christmas to all the CC’s! ( Got your card and newsletter. We were bad this year and didn’t have a chance to send one at all. Amazing how much that Patrick looks like Moonlet! )