Keep Christ in Christmas! Well sure. That's how most of us were raised. To the ones that weren't raised, there's a tad more to the education than just the one phrase. There's a multitude of lessons to share before the one phrase takes hold or has any meaning.
But what about those other FRIENDS that aren't Christian? What of my Jewish FRIENDS? I don't force Christ on them. I think that's most unfair. Neither would I want them to force their belief on me. I do get to choose. Once I left home, I strayed away from being in church every Sunday, but I came home, and I came home because of what I was taught by good Christian parents. I had a choice, and I made the choice in which Christ is the center.
However, I've good Jewish FRIENDS with the same good parents just like mine, and they taught just as well as mine taught me and just as well as the many previous generations taught them. We all have our tradition in which we feel comfortable. Isn't it all about one God and faith in that one God?
And now, there's the Muslim side...(and by the way...it use to be Moslem not too many years ago, didn't it?) They had good parents and good traditions to the SAME God.
And I'm leaving out the Sikhs and Buddists and a whole passel of others, and some of them are my FRIENDS too.
Let's wish everyone a Happy Holiday, if Christ is not their mainstay. To all the rest, Merry Christmas works best. And God Bless the Jews and Muslims who aren't offended, and don't make a stink when you wish them a Merry Christmas. Once a Southern Baptist, always a Southern Baptist: but respectful of all.
Merry Christmas!
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