This IS Christmas, for Pete’s sake!

Have you heard about the merry Christmas ladies? Five ladies in Niles, Ohio, are spreading the message of Merry Christmas. For the second year in a row, they’ve raised money to rent billboards. Last year, they were able to secure four billboards with the messages that read: “I miss hearing you say Merry Christmas” and “Why Have You Stopped Saying Merry Christmas?” Each was signed Jesus.

This year they’ve secured seven billboards that read, “I miss hearing you say Merry Christmas” and “It’s OK to say Merry Christmas.” Again, each is signed Jesus.

These ladies are determined to help us understand that this time of year is not just a happy holiday. It’s Christmas, for Pete’s sake! July 4 is a holiday. Labor Day is a holiday. Memorial Day is a holiday. Why don’t we say happy holiday then?

The time we take off in late November is called the Thanksgiving holidays. The time we take off in late December is Christmas holidays.

As one of the Merry Christmas ladies said, “If Christ were here, would we say to Him Happy Holidays or would we say Merry Christmas? We would wish him happy birthday by saying Merry Christmas.”

What I don’t understand about this strange obsession with political correctness is that it’s OK to have a “Christmas in July” sale, but it’s insensitive to wish someone a Merry Christmas because they may not celebrate Christmas.

The last time I checked the calendar, Dec. 25 was labeled Christmas.

A friend sent me an email of some group known as the Go Fish Guys. This group was performing a song entitled “It’s Called Christmas with a Capital C!”

Some of the lyrics were:

“Well, I went to the coffee shop to get myself a mocha,
“The lady at the counter said ‘happy holidays.’
“I said, “thanks, lady, I am pretty happy,
But there’s only one holiday that makes me feel this way.

“And it’s called Christmas, what more can I say
“It’s about the birth of Christ, and you can’t take that away.
“You can call it something else
“But that’s not what it will be
“It’s called Christmas with a capital C.

“God’s got a law and we pretty much destroyed it
“We’re gonna get judged, there’s no way to avoid it;
“But Jesus came down, to take the punishment for me
“He did it for you, too, so maybe you can see why,

“It’s called Christmas, what more can I say,
“It’s about the birth of Christ, and you can’t take that away.
“You can call it something else
“But that’s not what it will be
“It’s called Christmas with a capital C.”

It’s called Christmas because it’s about Jesus and His birth. A church member shared with me Sunday night something her aunt observed. The aunt took her grandson and granddaughter to see Santa. These children lost their mother several years ago and their dad is raising them.

Eight-year-old John climbed into Santa’s lap and presented Santa a note. Santa thought it was a Christmas list, but when he looked at it, tears rolled down his cheeks.

The grandmother saw what was happening and thought John was asking for a mother for Christmas. Instead, the note read, “Santa, you’re really neat, but it’s all about Jesus.”

And that’s why it’s Christmas, with a capital C. It’s all about Jesus.

Dr. David L. Chancey is pastor, McDonough Road Baptist Church, Fayetteville. The church family is located just past the department of drivers’ services building and invites you to join them this Sunday for Bible study at 9:45 a.m. and worship at 10:55 a.m. Visit them on the web at www.mcdonoughroad.org.

DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR

Submitted by mysteryman on Wed, 12/24/2008 - 10:23pm.

THERES NOTHING LIKE CHRISTMAS CAROLING IN THE HOOD WITH THE SOUND OF GUNFIRE CRACKLING IN THE BACKGROUND!!! WHEN THE LITTLE BOY ASKED THE KING "DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR" THE KING REPLIED I DO I DO...EVERYBODY GET DOWN. Problem is were in fayetteville not riverdale...nice...GODBLESS...

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The "fake" War on Christmas

Submitted by Main Stream on Wed, 12/24/2008 - 12:33am.

Thanks to the retail establishment, the Christmas season arrived fairly early this year. The first ornaments started appearing the day after Halloween soon after the kiddie costumes and the pumpkins disappeared from the shelves. Santa Claus and his reindeer, as well as the baby Jesus, have been lurking in the stores and in the media since around November 1st, so I don't see why the right-wingnuts are still screeching about a shadowy "War on Christmas." I just don't get it. "Happy Holidays" and "Merry Christmas" have coexisted for decades, just like the secular winter songs and religious Christmas Carols have. I can still remember my relatives back in the 1950's-60's wishing each other and the jovial strangers they would encounter, "Happy Holidays" or "Merry Christmas" without feeling a tinge of guilt either way. So knock off this crap and just be yourselves, whether it is with a "Merry Christmas" or "Happy Holidays" or "Axial Tilt is the Reason for the Season." There is no "War on Christmas" except in the minds of the dysfunctional cry babies like Hannity and O'Reilly and malcontents like this guy. Can't we all just get along during the holiday season and be happy that we are still walking on this earth and even able to say those words, "Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas", or is that way too much to ask?

WAAAAAAHHHH...WE'RE SO OPPRESSED!

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It's beginning to look NOT like Christmas!

Submitted by sniffles5 on Wed, 12/24/2008 - 5:04am.

I was in Kroger yesterday and noticed the Godless Commies taking down the Christmas decorations inside the store. Gotta make room for the Valentines displays, I suppose.

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Main Stream

Submitted by dawn69 on Wed, 12/24/2008 - 1:23am.

Happy Holidays, Main.

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Ding Fries Are Done....

Submitted by Main Stream on Wed, 12/24/2008 - 12:18pm.

Merry Christmas and a Joyous Axial Tilt to you too, dawn! We've been singing Christmas/Holiday songs all morning while still in our jammies, and I can't get this song outta my head......my kids love to sing this one, to the tune of "Carol of the Bells":

DING FRIES ARE DONE

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Main, Here comes Suzie Snowflake............

Submitted by dawn69 on Wed, 12/24/2008 - 2:54pm.

Main, my kids favorite Christmas song is Rosemary Clooney's "Suzie Snowflake" - they're so cute singing to it. Mine would be Eartha Kit's version of Santa Baby - she had such a sexy voice.

I regret to inform everyone, that I may soon be a widow. If my husband calls me one more time to ask me one more STUPID question - he might be meeting St. Peter tonight!!!!! We'll see if he makes it to Christmas morning!

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Hallelujah!

Submitted by iambriezy on Wed, 12/24/2008 - 12:44am.

Amen, Brother.

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