Merry Christmas to us all.
Whether you believe in Jesus or Allah or Krishna or don't believe at all - Merry Christmas to you. Of all festive out there, Christmas is, perhaps, the warmest and most cheerful. Furthermore, unlike most other religions holidays, it does not mark glorification of religion intolerance and bigotry (Hanukkah) or praising unjust and cruel God for his cunning and ostentatiously twisted desire to torture humans (Passover) or pretentious celebration of stolen holidays in a state of hunger and extreme horniness (Ramadan). Christmas celebrates something truly beautiful - coming of new life to this world.
Christmas preparations and decorations - smell of pine trees, giggles of children in anticipation of gifts, rush of shoppers and queues to meet Santa at malls - are the best time of the year. It elevates your spirit and makes entering the most depressing time of the year - winter - a lot more pleasant.
Christmas is all about tolerance, accommodation and forgiveness (I hope, no one would spray others with pepper-spray while grabbing a turkey at a local grocery store). I notice that people get milder and much more forthcoming around Christmas, and small acts of kindness are aplenty, which turns you towards returning the favour.
Whether you believe in Jesus or someone else or don't believe at all, Christmas is part of the inseparable tradition of this land. It is not acceptable to dilute this beautiful holiday to something devoted of taste or meaning - "Happy Holidays". "What holidays?" I ask. "Whatever you celebrate" the typical response goes. Well, thank you very much for wishing me "Happy Whatever".
Screw all sensitive political correctness - Christmas is here to stay. And so, ladies and gentlemen, Merry Christmas to you. Merry Christmas to David Wood and Richard Dawkins, to Matt Dillahunty and Sam Harris, to Darrel Ray and Ray Comfort.
Merry Christmas
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