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All I Want for Christmas is My Son Back
The holidays are upon us … and how they churn up our emotions. The expectations … the memories … the empty chairs … Somewhere there’s the Norman Rockwell family celebrating , but it was never at my house. Was it at yours? A client and I have in...
Book Review : Christmas in Dairyland
Author/Publisher
Christmas in Dairyland
by LeAnn R. Ralph
Published by LeAnn R. Ralph
E6689 970th Ave. Colfax, WI 54730
Printed by Booklocker.com
ISBN 1-59113-366-1
$13.95, 2003, 153 pages
Reviewer
Boyd Sutton
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Suzy’s Journal of the Christmas Markets Germany
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Christmas Season Versus Holiday Season
In the United States, the month of December is the Christmas
Season, not the Holiday Season. To the best of my knowledge
there is only one holiday in December recognized by our
government. December 25 was made a legal holiday in order to
celebrate the birth of Christ. There are no other legal holidays
during the month of December. Chanukah, Hannukah, or Hanukah is
a celebration and, some say, a Jewish Holiday but it is not a
legal holiday. Kwanza is a celebration and not a legal holiday.
Christmas Eve is not a day and New Years Eve is not a day. We
don't call the month of May, the Holiday Season, even though
that's when Memorial Day is celebrated. On Martin Luther King
Day we don't have holiday parades, we have Martin Luther King
Day parades. We don't say happy holiday on the Fourth Of July,
we say Happy Independence day or Happy Fourth Of July. Why then,
do some people insist that we say happy holiday and holiday
season when we are celebrating Christmas?
I'll tell you why. It is because the organized religion of
atheism (Yes atheism, is an organized religion, it is a religion
of non belief.) is waging war against Christianity as the first
battle in a war against all other religions. If they can defeat
Christianity in this country of Christians, then they can defeat
all religions that believe in a God or higher power.
I am a Christian. I don't, however, know for sure, if Christ is
the son of God or if he was a teacher or what. I do know, that I
believe in the teachings ascribed to him. I do know, that even
though we are humans and therefore can not and do not always
follow all of those teachings, that if we all tried to live by
those teachings of love and kindness, the whole world would be a
better place. I also know that, I want Christ to be the Son of
God because then it would mean that God did and does care about
us and that there may very well be a Heaven.
I disagree with the director of special projects for the
American Family Association when he says, "Christmas is not a
holiday" and that calling Christmas a holiday "devalues our
nation's most holy day." Christmas is a holiday. In fact, I
consider Christmas and the Fourth Of July to be this country's
two most important and happiest holidays. The Fourth Of July
celebrates the birth of our nation and Christmas celebrates the
birth of Christ. Workers are given Christmas Day off with pay,
school children are given several days off for Christmas
vacation. Offices hold Christmas parties. Families get together,
listen to Christmas music, stuff themselves with food and give
each other gifts. Marines collect "Toys For Tots". The Salvation
Army puts out it's kettles and collects money which is used to
help needy people all year long. Many family members who have
been feuding all year round get together and forgive each other.
Christmas is a holiday of love and forgiveness.
Christmas is a holiday that everyone, not just Christians,
should celebrate. Almost no one denies that Christ did exist at
one time. The controversy is, whether or not he is the son of
God. Putting that controversy aside, Christ preached or taught
"peace on earth and goodwill towards men". If people bemoan the
fact
that John Lennon died because he was a fighter for peace,
how can they not celebrate the fact that Christ was born? Christ
was arguably the original teacher of peace, forgiveness and
goodness. He lived and died promoting peace. He not only
promoted peace, he lived peace. He not only taught forgiveness,
he lived forgiveness. Christ set an example that has lived for
over two thousand years. If Martin Luther King can have a
holiday, if Presidents, Veterans, labor and others can have
their own holidays, why shouldn't Christ have a holiday.
A note to other religions: You should support Christmas. If you
allow the atheists to kill off Christmas, it could be your
religion that they go after next. There is a war being fought
today. I'm not talking about the war in Iraq. I'm talking about
the war against religion being brought by atheists and certain
hard line fanatics on the far left. Right now, they are winning
the war because religious groups are not fighting back in a
cohesive manner. If religious groups don't help each other,
someday they will all cease to exist and the United States will
become another Soviet Union. Taking away our right to
participate in religion and to celebrate our religion is a first
step in taking away our other freedoms.
One of the main reasons that the United States was able to
become so great is that, contrary to what the atheists and some
others tell you, we are not a secular country. Our whole method
of government and our laws come in large part from our
forefathers religious beliefs.
It may not seem so, but I am not agaisnt all atheists. They have
a right to believe in non belief and I support that right. I am
just against the activists that are trying to force their non
beliefs down my throat. I am willing to leave them alone if they
are willing to leave me and mine alone. The problem is that they
won't leave us alone. They don't want to allow us to believe as
we wish. They want us to believe as they do. They don't believe
in Christmas so they want to take Christmas away from us.
One final note to all you major retailers who want to sell me
gifts for me to give as Christmas presents, if you won't
acknowledge the Christmas Season in your advertising and in your
stores, then don't expect me to shop in your stores. If you
insist in saying holiday season and happy holidays instead of
Christmas Season and Merry Christmas, then I will insist in not
dealing with you. For the time being, at least, you are free to
do as you wish and I'm free do as I wish. My wish is to boycott
you, not only during the Christmas Season but for a long time to
come. Heck, I'm still boycotting everything French and I've been
boycotting Jane Fonda and Shirley MacLaine since the Vietnam
War.
About the author:
David G. Hallstrom, Sr. is a retired private investigator and
currently publishes several internet directories including http://www.resourcesforattorneys.com a
legal and lifestyle resources directory for attorneys, lawyers
and the internet public. For more lifestyle information see
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