Merry Christmas

Well, we're done celebrating the winter solstice christian style. Funny how it is the birthday celebration of Jesus Christ being held months early or late depending on how you look at it. The kid was born in the spring near as anyone can figure. The church leaders needed a good excuse for a big winter solstice shindig so they could compete for the business all the pagans had during the season. Marketing was alive and well back then and we worry about it getting too commercial today.

The only thing that gets under my skin are the folks who are upset that they don't get a big enough piece of the pie today. Trying to use separation of church and state and other lame arguments to detract from the holiday. Get a life. Christmas is for the kids. It is part of our culture. It came over on the Mayflower and is older than the Constitution. The Christians have the market on winter solstice celebrations in the good ole USA, so just drop it.