Who's knockin on my door?
Okay, listen. I know this isn't one of those 'important' blogs. It's a vanity blog. I know there's a dozen or fifty people visiting, or three, or whatever. But it gives me some pleasure to post here. I perpetuate the mystery and joy of it for myself by not having a hit counter. I would be either pleased or appalled by the number of visitors. But it's my very own soapbox.
So here we are. It's Christmas eve. I went to Bill and Margo's home tonight, and enjoyed the moment of their family - a few adults, two charming 13-year-olds, and a passel of dogs. We had salmon for dinner, which I normally do not like at all; tonight I actually enjoyed it. Bill's just that good. It was a warm and fun evening.
I'm home now. Red is on the couch, continuing to wonder about the box that spews blue rays on my face...why the fascination, she wonders. Why not just plunk down there on the couch and scratch her ten nipples and watch another CSI re-run? I'd love to move over there, but I want the words out of me first.
In the last two weeks I have watched with a nearly totally detached wonderment as the politically-correct world spat on each other about whether one can say, "merry Christmas" or not. It's painful to see so many people hurting themselves and others over what should be such a painless issue.
My bias has been clear about things religious - every man for himself, really. A few things I believe:
- If everyone has to say the pledge of allegiance in school, I reckon 'god' should be left out of it.
- I think, certainly, the ten commandments should not be in front of any facility paid for by the general public.
- I think that "in god we trust" should be taken off of our common currency. (Shocking, perhaps, but you know what? We all have to use money, and a lot of us don't trust in god. And trusting god's got nothing to do whatsoever with my committing commerce. That's about trusting each other.)
But you know what else? Christmas is a benign, benevolent, utterly traditional holiday. When someone says "merry Christmas" it is a signpost of joy and good-tiding. Say "happy holiday" if you must. But none of it needs to be construed as a segregational bidding of prosetelizing come-hither. People need to lighten up.
Yes, there are some people who say "merry Christmas" hoping you will remember "the reason for the season." But most people understand the moment is actually just a warm way of saying they remember their neighbors as friends and fellow humans, whether it's about their own god or not.
As one seriously secular humanist to another, I wish everyone a lovely holiday season. There's some joy being spread, and I urge each of us to soak it up. Few other times do we get to be all warm and fuzzy to each other. Let's just do some of that.
XO - CCH
So here we are. It's Christmas eve. I went to Bill and Margo's home tonight, and enjoyed the moment of their family - a few adults, two charming 13-year-olds, and a passel of dogs. We had salmon for dinner, which I normally do not like at all; tonight I actually enjoyed it. Bill's just that good. It was a warm and fun evening.
I'm home now. Red is on the couch, continuing to wonder about the box that spews blue rays on my face...why the fascination, she wonders. Why not just plunk down there on the couch and scratch her ten nipples and watch another CSI re-run? I'd love to move over there, but I want the words out of me first.
In the last two weeks I have watched with a nearly totally detached wonderment as the politically-correct world spat on each other about whether one can say, "merry Christmas" or not. It's painful to see so many people hurting themselves and others over what should be such a painless issue.
My bias has been clear about things religious - every man for himself, really. A few things I believe:
- If everyone has to say the pledge of allegiance in school, I reckon 'god' should be left out of it.
- I think, certainly, the ten commandments should not be in front of any facility paid for by the general public.
- I think that "in god we trust" should be taken off of our common currency. (Shocking, perhaps, but you know what? We all have to use money, and a lot of us don't trust in god. And trusting god's got nothing to do whatsoever with my committing commerce. That's about trusting each other.)
But you know what else? Christmas is a benign, benevolent, utterly traditional holiday. When someone says "merry Christmas" it is a signpost of joy and good-tiding. Say "happy holiday" if you must. But none of it needs to be construed as a segregational bidding of prosetelizing come-hither. People need to lighten up.
Yes, there are some people who say "merry Christmas" hoping you will remember "the reason for the season." But most people understand the moment is actually just a warm way of saying they remember their neighbors as friends and fellow humans, whether it's about their own god or not.
As one seriously secular humanist to another, I wish everyone a lovely holiday season. There's some joy being spread, and I urge each of us to soak it up. Few other times do we get to be all warm and fuzzy to each other. Let's just do some of that.
XO - CCH
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