Merry CHRISTmas!

*Twas the month before Christmas*

*When all through our land,*

*Not a Christian was praying*

*Nor taking a stand.*

*See the PC Police had taken away,*

*The reason for Christmas - no one could say.*

*The children were told by their schools not to sing,*

*About Shepherds and Wise Men and Angels and things.*

*It might hurt people's feelings, the teachers would say*

* December 25th is just a ' Holiday '.*

*Yet the shoppers were ready with cash, checks and credit*

*Pushing folks down to the floor just to get it!*

*CDs from Madonna, an X BOX, an I-pod*

*Something was changing, something quite odd! *

*Retailers promoted Ramadan and Kwanzaa*

*In hopes to sell books by Franken & Fonda.*

*As Targets were hanging their trees upside down*

* At Lowe's the word Christmas - was no where to be found.*

*At K-Mart and Staples and Penny's and Sears*

*You won't hear the word Christmas; it won't touch your ears.*

*Inclusive, sensitive, Di-ver-si-ty*

*Are words that were used to intimidate me.*

*Now Daschle, Now Darden, Now Sharpton, Wolf Blitzen*

*On Boxer, on Rather, on Kerry, on Clinton !*

*At the top of the Senate, there arose such a clatter*

*To eliminate Jesus, in all public matter.*

*And we spoke not a word, as they took away our faith*

* Forbidden to speak of salvation and grace*

*The true Gift of Christmas was exchanged and discarded*

*The reason for the season, stopped before it started.*

*So as you celebrate 'Winter Break' under your 'Dream Tree'*

*Sipping your Starbucks, listen to me.*

*Choose your words carefully, choose what you say*

*Shout MERRY CHRISTMAS ,

not Happy Holiday !*

Please, all Christians join together and

wish everyone you meet during the

holidays a

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Christ is 'The Reason' for the Christ-mas Season!

A few people emailed this to me...I thought it was blog-worthy, mainly because I am tired of feeling like people are trying to forget the birth of Christ. I went somewhere last week (won't say where because that would totally give away Christmas gifts), but the lady working there started to say "Merry Christmas" and stopped herself, almost in an apologetic way, and said "Happy Holidays" instead. I smiled and said, "Merry Christmas" back to her. Angie and I were talking about the fact that jobs have been threatened, saying that if employees say "Merry Christmas" they will be fired. I find this to be not only sad, but just altogether ridiculous. I mean, what happened to free speech and living in a country where we have the freedom of religion? I went to a store called C28 (a Christian clothing store at the mall), and as I was leaving the guy said "MERRY CHRISTMAS". I stopped dead in my tracks, turned and said "Thank you for saying that..." He said, "We are real here...and Christ is what Christmas is really all about, right?" Now, I'm not one of those people who gets my panties in a wad when people write, type, or text "x-mas"...I understand it's a shortcut and in most cases, not a way to take Christ out of it...but right now the whole country is taking Christ out of it...and in fact, they are just taking out Christmas as a whole. Christmas has become a season of trampling people to their death for the latest greatest gifts, not about the birth of our Lord. Last year at our church, they handed out buttons that say "It's ok to wish me a Merry Christmas!" as a way to open doors for sharing...I think I'll find mine and wear it for the rest of this season, for those who don't have the true meaning at heart :)

Peace, Love and Baby Jesus