USA Christmas in the Future

Well it's almost Holiday Day, but first we have Holiday Eve.  That's when all the little girls and boys wait for the arrival of toys under their holiday tree.  Songs will be sung on the radio; old familiar tunes like, "White Holiday,"  "The Twelve Days of Holiday," and my favorite, "Here Comes That Fat Guy."  Other songs from the past are no longer sung, tunes like "Little Drummer Boy," "Silent Night," and "Good King Wenceslas," (a.k.a. "Good King Worstershire Sauce") because they offend atheists.

I remember a time when movies were innocent and bereft of "cool violence." Today we have the cool guy, good or bad, acting violent but it's okay because he's cool.  Gone are such flicks like:  "It's a Wonderful Life," and more hard boiled movies that had characters who actually fought against evil, like "Dirty Harry."

In my little town of Bedford Falls, New York, we used to have a manger scene in the town square.  We had Catholics, Protestants, Jews and Hindus in the town who loved the way it looked and respected the celebration of those who believed that the child in that manger was the son of God, even if they may not have believed it themselves.  We even had a few atheists who didn't believe in God at all, but were okay with others believing in Him, so they looked upon the nativity as something perhaps quaint or interesting, but certainly not offensive.  But that was then and this is now.

Now the atheists and Muslims are offended by Christian displays of Christianity.  The atheists feel sick when walking past a nativity scene, and Muslims feel angered that a "false god" is being worshiped.  Orthodox Muslims are funny that way--just not "ha ha" funny.  They have warned the town fathers that if this obscenity continues, heads are going to roll.

But my mind keeps going back to the past, to the days of Bing, and Nat the King, and Johnny Mathis and the Beaver.  I miss Christmas trees, and movies like "The Bells of Saint Mary," and people greeting me in stores with "Merry Christmas," instead of "Happy Holiday."  Dang--even the word 'holiday' comes from the words 'holy day.'  So why are people so offended?

I believe it's a lie.  I think atheists are just angry creatures who see life in concrete terms, and Muslims believe that life begins at death where "it's my way or the highway for nonbelievers. 

MERRY CHRISTMAS!  MERRY CHRISTMAS! MERRY CHRISTMAS! MERRY CHRISTMAS! MERRY CHRISTMAS! MERRY CHRISTMAS! MERRY CHRISTMAS! 

Have a safe, wonderful, enjoyable and spiritual Christmas.

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