How Do We Celebrate Christmas?

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

True power lies in creativity, not in destructiveness.

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy Child,

Like Mary and Joseph, we travel to Bethlehem with you, and we are unclear just what difference your arrival will make in our lives.
Like the shepherds on the hillside, we travel to the stable to see you wrapped in cloths, born a simple child like one of us.
Like the wise men of old, we travel to Bethlehem in hopes of seeing you, the one foretold who will save us from those things that hold us captive.
Like Joseph and Mary, we travel from Bethlehem, bound with you for a far country, where our former ways are reshaped by your presence with us.
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“How babies are born? Sure I know. My Mom told me all about how I was born.”


[That story went over well, I’m sure. But He never told it.]

D. Blog: A Parable

"Unless you become like one of these little ones..."

Once there was a boy who wanted to know what Christmas was all about. He listened to music on the radio and heard it was about toys and tinsel. He watched television and saw it was about parades and parties. He went to stores that had decorations and a Santa brought in by helicopter and learned it was about presents.

Now that he's an adult, he usually spends Christmas at work,
dreaming of how he will spend the triple-time pay he gets.

or,

Now that he's grown, on Christmas Eve he usually goes to a bar
and gets drunk with his buds.

or,

As an adult, he now enjoys the time off from work, but, having no children, feels that he's missing the point of the holiday.

Or…