So when I was digging around on the net I found this interesting page on atheist.about.com about the secularization of Christmas. The author, an atheist, slams Protestantism for being arbitrary and inconsistent in shouting about the secularization of Christmas when Protestantism played an active and deliberate role in the destruction of the rest of the liturgical calendar in public life. If you're Catholic, you're consistent, but we're not going to talk about that because it doesn't make Christianity look bad.
So, the next time a Christian insists [he says] that we put the Christ back in Christmas, tell them that they should also:
- Put the Mass back in Christmas
- Restore Michaelmas
- Restore Candlemas
- Restore Childermas
- Restore the Feast of the Epiphany
- Restore the Advent season
- Restore gift-giving to the real Christmas season, which occurs after Christmas day
- Don't put up a Christmas tree until Christmas Eve — if at all
- Use Christmas as a day of contemplating Christ, not for engaging in commerce
Good suggestions! Let's start right now!
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