I celebrate Christmas as a cultural holiday, because I really don't give half of a smashed rat's ass about the religious hokum surrounding this dominant incarnation of the Winter Solstice celebration (oh, and no I don't dress up in pine branches and sit out in a field watching the sun rise and celebrating solstice). I'm rather comfortable thinking of the period between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day as the "holiday season." When I hear some shitbag talking "Jesus is the reason for the season," it's usually 1 of 3 possibilities:
- Puritanical obsession with people believing exactly as he/she believes.
- Hypocritical pronouncement of someone who wouldn't walk 2 steps in Jesus's sandals.
- Combination of the first two. They're the best. Someone like Bill O'Reilly.
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Hey Zeus does a damn fine job blowing my leaves in October.
Happy Holidaze!
And real puritans would denounce the Christmas holidays as horrifying anyway.
I have the same distinction between Jesus and Paul. I'd like to run that donkey right over him on the road to Damascus. Least Favorite Apostle Ever.
Don't forget to celebrate Festivus on Thursday.
And ditto the votes for Jesus over Paul.
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