Christmas

Christmas; the time of year to be worried.

Growing up as a child I had mixed feelings about Christmas; most of the time it was great; sometimes it wasn’t so great but it was always Christmas. The older I got the more disappointed I got with it; by the time I had children I didn’t like Christmas much; I now understood why my parents didn’t like it; Christmas is for children; but how do you make it good for children if we don’t like it much?

Faking Christmas has become a season pass-time; now that most of my children are grown up and out of the house; and the only one left seems to hate Christmas as much as I do; its getting harder to fake it. I still try for my wife; she loves Christmas.

Christmas; it seems like that said it all; people running around with their heads cut off; generally in a bad mood; spending money they don’t have, for presents no one will like a few months later. Yes I have the Christmas sprite alright; a season designed by retail stores just to make money; its about as phony of a holiday as they come.

Christmas is to celebrate Jesus Christ’s Birthday; might as well celebrate  Horus, Mithra and Krishna Birthday at the same time; seems Jesus is just one of many who was born on this day; and have these things going for him:

• He was born on December 25th of a virgin (Isis Mary)
• A star in the East proclaimed his arrival
• Three kings came to adore the new-born “savior”
• He became a prodigious teacher at age 12
• At age 30 he was “baptized” and began a “ministry”
• Horus had twelve “disciples”
• Horus was betrayed
• He was crucified
• He was buried for three days
• He was resurrected after three days

Why do we continue to celebrate Christmas? So the stores will continue to make money.