This post was supposed to be a newsletter article but it kind of got sidetracked.
Merry Christmas! I was walking through Wal-Mart with my family the other day and we were looking at the Christmas ornaments. I finally saw something that disturbed me. Rows and rows of cartoon character ornaments and I turned to my wife and said, “It is official Christmas isn’t about Jesus anymore.� I love the Christmas symbols angels, stars, wreaths, candy canes, the Christmas tree, candles, the gifts etc…. I find each one of those help tell the story. Don’t even get me started on how the Easter bunny, Easter eggs and Mardi Gras tell the story of Easter. But Spiderman ornaments that’s a stretch. We have a great opportunity the story of Christmas and God’s great gift given to mankind is new to people again and begging to be told. Then Prime Minister Paul Martin is quoted in saying that a Christmas election could offend Christian Canadians but that an election in March or April wouldn’t. I love Christmas but as far as sacred holy days, isn’t Easter a bigger deal than Christmas. Without Easter who cares about Christmas? OK a little rant there but it is all good now. Let’s not bemoan the fact that we could now call Christmas a winter festival. We have great news to proclaim to the world. And if you figure out how to work Spiderman ornaments into the Christmas story let me know cause I want to buy them for my son.
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sweet blog greg! hope things are going awesome in winterpe.. i mean winnipeg... where i was born 21 years (minus 2 weeks) ago into balmy -35 degree (-60 with windchill) winnipeg weather. brrrrrrr....
Hey gregs,
Yah you're right. I think there's a lot of tainting done to christmas by all the materialism that surrounds it. Though the gifts are part of the tradition, they seem to have taken over by big business since there is a profit to be made. The way we counter it is to keep the focus of the holiday on Jesus, and not by any super-hero ornaments. I usually have nativity scene under my tree, it would be kinda weird having spider man hanging out with joseph and mary.
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