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Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor

 

Christians who wish to acknowledge the religious roots of the season — the birth of the Christ child —would be well-advised to uncouple the celebration of faith from excessive retail spending. Rather than complain that retailers have failed to sanctify consumerism with the name of Christmas, Christians should consider resisting the commercialization of their holy day.

Guest Voices: How should Christians cope with ‘Christmas wars?’ - On Faith at washingtonpost.com (via tiffanyb)

Not to mention the great big likeliness that we co-opted a pagan holiday around the winter solstice when picking the day for Christmas in the first place.

(via tj)

Of course we did, though I actually find that kind of cool and ingenious. It finally dawned on me a little while ago that winter solstice celebrations are about the coming of the light to a dark and cold world. It makes sense, and is compelling on a very basic, physical level, to draw the parallel between the coming of the light and the coming of the Light.

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