Priest: Keep Christ out of Xmas

Belfast -- Father Desmond O'Donnell (no relation to Rosie that we are aware of) said Christians of all denominations should realize that Christmas and Easter no longer has any sacred meaning.

"We lost Christmas, just like we lost Easter, and should abandon the word completely," the defeatist priest told The Belfast Telegraph. "We need to let it go, it's already been hijacked and we just need to recognize and accept that."

"I am simply asking that space be preserved for believers for whom Christmas has nothing to do with Santa and reindeer," he bloviated.

The good priest went on and on about his religious experience of "true Christmas" and how superficial losers see Christmas: as a fun holiday of giving and red nose reindeer. 

These people need to stop using Christ's name but they deserve to have a holiday (a word derived from the words 'holy day'). 

"I'm just trying to rescue the reality of Christmas for believers by giving up 'Christmas' and replacing it with another word [like, umm . . . 'Festivus']."

"I'm all for Christians choosing to celebrate Christmas by going out for meals and enjoying a glass of wine, but the commercialism of anything is never good."

Unless you consider growth as good.

"Faddah" O'Donnell (as Jimmy Cagney might refer to him) is a registered psychologist and author and said that he didn't intend his words to be a criticism of non-Christians.

Merry Christmas! Now let's go shopping for our loved ones.



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